THE SHORT STORY
1996
Freelanced 60-80 hours a week as a graphic designer making lots of money and wanting to take over the world.
Traveled through Europe. Realized that I needed to stop and smell the roses and that there was more to life than making money.
1997
Got married.
2000-02
Went to Art Center College of Design. Met Roland Young and Lou Danziger and learned that I knew nothing about communicating.
Interned at Caltech. Worked with David Kremmers, the Conceptual Artist at Caltech, developing ways of visualizing complex information.
Realized that I could use my skills in the scientific field.
Became a father to Spencer Lewis Goods.
Valedictorian and graduation speaker for Art Center College of Design.
2003
Hired as the “Visual Strategist” at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Created installations for JPL about finding planets around other stars, including one where I drilled a hole into a grain of sand.
2004
Became a father to Ellie Madeline Goods.
2006-
Became the father of Heather Leigh Goods. Our third.
Designed and collaborated on various installations around the world.
Given a silver “International Design Excellence Award” for the eCLOUD sculpture at the San Jose Airport.
Named “One of the Most Interesting People in LA” by the LAWeekly.
Built a studio of amazing creative’s at JPL.
Honored with NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Award
Looking for opportunities to make a positive impact on people.
INSTALLATIONS
2023
Earth Pulse
NASA HQ’s, Washington DC
2020
Experiment 2.c
Wonderspaces: San Diego and Scottsdale
2018
DAZZLE
San Diego International Airport, San Diego CA
Refraction Live
MUSE / IQE, Pasadena CA
2016
Refraction Live
MUSE / IQE, Pasadena CA
2015
Orbit Pavilion
World Science Festival (NYC)
2014
Refraction
Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Pasadena CA, October - January
Metamorphosis
World Science Festival (NYC) + AxS Festival (Pasadena, CA) + Exploratorium (San Francisco)
Hidden Light
World Science Festival (NYC) + Doheny Memorial Library at USC, January 24th - February 28th
2012
dMIRROR
Dynamic mirror installation at the new BMW Paris flagship store on Avenue Georges V (permanent installation)
airFIELD
New International Concourse at the Atlanta Airport (permanent installation)
Beneath the Surface
Mindshare + Pasadena Museum of California Art, September 18th - January 8th
Curiosity
Nevada Discovery Museum, Reno NV
August 23rd (permanent installation)
2010
Beneath the Surface prototype, Hidden Light, and Big Playground
Exploratorium’s "After Dark", San Francisco CA, September 2nd
eCloud
San Jose International Airport
(permanent installation)
Solid Smoke
Summit Series, Washington DC
May 13th - 16th
Solid Smoke and Hidden Light
TED Active Conference, Palm Springs CA
February 10-13
2008
The Past Is Present
Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Pasadena CA, Oct 10 - Jan 9th
Solid Smoke
Technorama, Winterthur Switzerland
July 4th
Hidden Light
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV
July 12th - November 16th
2007
Hidden Light
Pasadena Museum of California Art
2006
Faraway Does Not Exist
von Karman Museum at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA
2005
Hidden Light
Bumbershoot, Seattle WA
Hidden Light and Drake Equation
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art
2004
The Big Playground
TED Conference, Monterey CA
TALKS
2023
Herald Design Forum, Seoul, South Korea
2022
KPMG
Fay School, Southborough, Massachusetts
2020 /2021
Great Forum on Arts, Culture, Creativity and Technology, Bogotá Colombia
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna CA
Deloitte University, Westlake TX
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno NV
2019
D&AD, London
Deloitte University, Westlake TX
Visual Resources Association, Los Angeles CA
Western Energy Institute, Hollywood CA
Siggraph, Los Angeles CA
Brandweek, Istanbul Turkey
2018
StartUp 2018, Seoul Korea
VISA, San Francisco CA
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Online
Frontiers Conference, Stockholm Sweden
Tennessee Arts & Arts Education Conference, Clarksville TN
VIVID IDEAS : Sydney, Australia
Oracle Collaborate 18, Las Vegas NV
LA Times Festival of Books, LA CA
Deloitte University, Westlake TX
American Institute of Steel Construction, Baltimore MD
2017
REMIX : Sydney, Australia
360 : Polytechnic Film Festival in Moscow, Russia
Urban Land Institute National Conference, Los Angeles
Glendale Tech, Glendale
COCAbiz, St. Louis
Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle
American Institute of Architects, Orlando
-ING CREATIVES, Dubai
SXSW, Austin
Professional Convention Management Association, Austin
2016
NASA HQ's, Washington DC
Story Conference, Nashville
Nike - Future You, Portland
Nike - Blue Ribbon Group, Portland
iMedia Brand Summit, Thailand
Bluebeam eXtreme Conference, San Diego
SciFest, South Africa
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
Penny Stamps Speaker Series, University of Michigan
AIGA National Convention, New Orleans
Far-Sighted, Long Beach
Keck Futures Initiative Conference, Irvine
2015
Pacific Coast Builders Conference, San Diego
Designskolen Kolding, Denmark
TEDxEAL, Denmark
Factory of Imagination, Denmark
EG 09, Monterey CA
University of Central Florida
TICE 2015, Raleigh NC
AdTECH, Sydney Australia
RISD, Providence RI
2014
Kennedy Space Center, FL
INST-INT, Minneapolis
REMIX SUMMIT, NYC
Allscripts, San Antonio
MUSE/IQUE, Pasadena
Americans for the Arts Leadership Rountable, Sun Valley
Americans for the Arts Convention, Nashville
San Marino League
IDSA, Long Beach
2013
DASER at the National Academies of Sciences, Washington DC
TEDxYouthHollywood, Hollywood
Seso, Los Angeles
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
2012
SIAS University, China
ISEA 2012, Radical Cosmologies Panel Discussion
Mindshare 50
Categorically Not!, Santa Monica Art Studios
Southern Utah University
Utah Art Education Conference
2011
CalArts, Radical Cosmologies
USC, School of Cinematic Arts
Art Center College of Design, 3x3 Speaker Series on Transmedia
National Arts Education Association National Conference, keynote panel
Steal This Idea: GOOD Magazine symposium
Aquarium of the Pacific
University of Minnesota
2010
University of California Santa Barbara
Broodwork, Los Angeles
2009
Science Café at the Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences,Washington DC
Trade&Row's Saturday Fantasy Festival, Los Angeles
IDEA Project, Hollywood
Postopolis, Los Angeles
Dorkbot, Los Angeles
2008
Art + Environment Conference, Nevada Museum of Art
Sidfest 2008, University of Chicago
Yuri’s Night, Los Angeles
2007
Pixar, Emeryville
2006
7th Workshop on Space and the Arts, European Space Agency’s Research and Technology Center, (ESTEC) Noordwijk, NL
AFFILIATIONS
LACMA Art + Technology Laboratory
Advisor
Caltech Management Association
Vice President
ITACCUS
Board member
Vine and the IDEA Project LA conferences
Brain trust