NuVu brings creative education to students around the world.
Our Core
Mission
Innovation School
Partner Network
Full time immersive studio school for 60 students/year
Empowers schools and organizations around the world to deliver innovative learning experiences
NuVuX studios cover a wide variety of topics and teach an evolving skillset that is relevant to the future of work. As a result, students develop diverse portfolios and show their unique creative voice and technical competency.
Real-World Skills
NuVuX Technical Competencies
San Diego Unified students build a prototype of a biomimetic robot inspired by the neck of a giraffe.
Visual Communication
Rapid Prototyping
Electronics Hardware
Programming
Design Methods
Hand Fabrication
Components
NuVuX provides schools with three components, which are implemented collectively to maximize impact: NuFolio, NuHub and NuExperts.
NuFolio
NuHub
NuExperts
NuHub
Studios
Catalog of high quality project-based curriculum that can be filtered by topic, subject, length and output
Training
Self-paced professional development that covers the NuVuX pedagogy, framework, and studio specifics
Creative Process
Cyborg Enhancements
Biomimetic Motion
Devices for Activism
Delightful Interventions
Transitopia
Music Makers
The intersection of pedagogy, technology and relevant curriculum
Studio Topic Selection
Living Architecture
Self Illumination
Deep Sea Bots
Delightful Interventions
Health Wearable Tech
Biomimetic Motion
Cyborg Enhancements
Transitopia
When teachers select studio topics, they choose based on criteria of curricular alignment, the physical methods of prototyping, or other studio objectives that are desired.
NuFolio
Portfolio/Assessment
NuFolio creates an archive of the creative process for every student in every project. The work collected comes together to form a portfolio for college and work applications.
Studio Management
A visual learning platform that brings student work to the forefront, where ideas, prototypes, feedback, and presentations can all exist in a single location.
Saeed Arida
Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Arida received his PhD in Design Computation as a Presidential Fellow at MIT.
Ramzi Naja
Head of Strategy
A Harvard GSD alumnus, Ramzi is an architect, researcher, and educator.
Joselyn McDonald
Head of Teacher Experience
A Carnegie Mellon University grad, Joselyn's exp. is in design+human-comp interaction.
Aaron Laniosz
Head of Innovation
Aaron is an educator and electric motorcycle builder with a background in architecture.
Saba Ghole
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Saba is an MIT grad, an architectural/urban designer, and edtech entrepreneur.
Annie Braude
Executive Sales Manager
Annie is an experienced sales executive with an MEd from American College of Education.
Paula Garza Gonzales
Creative Learning Expert
Paula brings a unique design-ed background with a BArch from Stanford and MEd from Harvard.
Kate James
Head of Product Experience
A HGSE alumnus, Kate has years of experience developing creative learning experiences.
Ryan Ferguson
Head of Content
Ryan is an interdisciplinary designer with a MID from RISD.
Karen Sutton
Chief of Staff
Karen brings over 20 years of project and program leadership experience to the team.
NuExperts
Studios & Training Adapted to Needs
We designed our training experience for teachers based on how our team has been training Coaches at our NuVu Innovation School for over a decade.