Kevin Lahoda studied design at Parsons School of Design in New York where he received a Master of Fine Arts in Design and Technology. Prior to this, he received a Bachelor of the Arts in Anthropology from Binghamton University.

Upon graduation from Parsons, Kevin worked as Technical Director at the Gotham Gazette, a good government news outlet published by the Citizens Union Foundation in New York City. Following his time at the Gotham Gazette he worked as Technical Producer at WNYC, New York Public Radio.

Additionally, Kevin co-launched Lenny's Studio, a boutique design agency working predominantly with clients in the performing arts.

Kevin labored as a graphic design lecturer in the Art & Design Department at Binghamton University from 2018 to 2022 and is looking forward to a new role as Assistant Professor of Art, Architecture and Design at Lehigh University in Fall 2023.

I am committed to a model of education where students learn by doing. I engage students with a multi-layered approach to project based work where practical knowledge and theory, personal development, and skill acquisition all come together to augment the practice of visual language and non-discursive problem solving.

It's important that students feel and understand the nature of the themes and questions being explored in their project work and connect this to their own sense of self and the world(s) they create and occupy. Some projects place emphasis on technique, some on ideas, some on process, some on form, and it's always a pleasure to see where students take them.

Today, more than ever, we are challenged with an onslaught of critical issues. I find it important to foster an environment that cultivates designers who embrace the changes and challenges of the future with service, collaboration, and a commitment to life long learning.

I work primarily with networked technologies, exploring the interface between visual and written language, code, data, and culture. My research is socially aware, engaged, humble, boundless, principled, and active. I’ve always had an interest in and am equally wary of and enthralled with the dialectic of how humans create and are created by technology.

Current projects include application design and development for health & wellness self efficacy research, exploring computer vision to mine, translate and visualize untranslated poetry, and service design that explores climate change influenced transitions in the upper Amazon/Ucayali region of Peru.