[12/13/2024]
Ray Majewski is a multi-disciplinary creative designer and an Extended Reality (XR) Environment Artist at the University of Michigan's Center for Academic Innovation. In this role, he collaborates with an incredible team to bring digital environments and set designs to life through LED studio productions, augmented reality apps, and virtual reality modules.
Throughout his zany, multi-industry career, he’s explored design across architecture, theme park lands, product design, essays, experimental media, and virtual production environments. Ray is passionate about crafting clever solutions to design challenges, embracing imaginative and fun processes to push boundaries and inspire.
Education
M.Architecture | Taubman Scholar | Taubman College | University of Michigan | 2022 [4.0 GPA]
B.S. Architectural Studies | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | 2016
Experience
Extended Reality (XR) Environment Artist | Center for Academic Innovation | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | 2022- Present
3D Artist Graduate Fellow | Center for Academic Innovation | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | 2022
XR Development Research Assistant | BetaMatter Lab | Taubman College | Ann Arbor, MI | 2021
Graduate Student Instructor | Representation | Taubman College | Ann Arbor, MI | 2021
NuVuX Design Education Fellow | NuVu Studio | Cambridge, MA | 2018 - 2020
Design Consultant | Traction Architecture | Tampa, FL | 2017
Graphics Fabrication Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering | Orlando, FL | 2017
Editorial Writer | LOBBY [journal] Bartlett School of Architecture| University College London | London, U.K. | 2016-2017/8?
Engineering Professional Development participant | The Walt Disney Company | Orlando, FL | 2016
Disney College Program participant | The Walt Disney Company | Orlando, FL | 2016
Architectural Design Intern | Arquitectonica | Miami, FL | 2016
Researcher | Content Management | Project GUT | Graham Foundation [worked under David van der Leer and Florian Idenberg] | 2015 - 2016
Creative | Graphic Designer | QUIPIT | The Illinois School of Architecture | Champaign, IL
Resident Advisor | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | Champaign, IL | 2013- 2016
Library Assistant | Ricker Library of Architecture & Art | Urbana Champaign, IL | 2012-2016