Visakh Menon
Climate Designer focused on designing interactive documentaries and immersive journalism pertaining to issues of climate change, land use and food production
Visakh Menon is an art director, interactive designer and educator based in New York City. Over the last 15 years he has been creating immersive digital experiences, data visualizations and branding for institutions, leading global brands & independent documentaries. He designed and developed the webby nominated and World Press Photo awarded Unknown Spring, an immersive digital doc that focused on Fukushima residents in the aftermath of Japan’s nuclear disaster and was followed up with a second documentary project "the Invisible Season". His recent project "Beneath the Horizon" focused on the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the impact on the Gulf coast.
He is an Adjunct Lecturer of Communication Design at New York City College of Technology (CUNY).