His work focuses on a wide range of topics that grapple with where art, design, craft, technology, and social and political histories converge. He has developed and produced a number of exhibitions, public art commissions, publications, and digital projects for internationally recognized museums and corporations.

He’s published widely, including articles on the monumental fiber-based sculptures of Indian artist Mrinalini Mukherjee; the work of A. Joel Robinson, the first Black designer to enter MoMA’s collection; and the political art of former Black Panther Emory Douglas. He has written for books focused on the glass designs of Italian architect Gae Aulenti; the radical contemporary ceramics of Japanese artist Takuro Kuwata; the Nazi-origins of the Volkswagen Beetle; the revolutionary graphics of the Stenberg Brothers; and the international lineages of felt-making in the work of Sagarika Sundaram.

He has organized, co-organized, or contributed to a number of exhibitions, including Bauhaus and Beyond (2021-present), Automania (2021-2022), Taking a Thread for a Walk (2019-2020), and The Value of Good Design (2019), at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; MoMA at NGV with the the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Tools: Extending our Reach (2014-2015), How Posters Work (2015), and Beauty: Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial (2016) at Cooper Hewitt; Emma Safir: Peripeteia at Blade Study Gallery (2023); and Sagarika Sundaram: Source at Palo Gallery (2023-2024). He has commissioned a wide range of artists for site specific artworks and installations, including Dominic Chambers, Liz Collins, Olalekan Jeyifous, Dahlia Elsayed, Julie Wolfe, Matthew Kirk, and David Linchen.

He has lectured widely and served on the jury for the 2021 Museum of Arts and Design Burke Prize and the 2023 McKnight Fellowship for the Textile Center Minnesota. He has worked for The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Arts & Design team, Meta’s Open Arts team, the Bard Graduate Center, Artsy, and Sotheby’s Institute of Art.