I used to have a goal of having 318 patents to my name, but even in death the Legend is still accumulating lots of IP. (458 and counting — RIP Steve).
AWARDS
2020 Young Innovator Award – The Alumni Awards provide an opportunity for ArtCenter to publicly recognize the talent, service and influence of its alumni. The Young Innovator Award recognizes a notable professional or creative innovation, bestowed on a recent alum of the past 10 years. I am their 2020 recipient. Read the full story.
Uber 2018 Workation Selection – My passion project was chosen out of 150 submissions with funding for a 2 week sprint in Mexico. A Prototype was in development around the time I left with two product teams interested in sponsorship.
PayPal 2016 Hackathon Grand Prize Winner – My team and I won the Checkout-sponsored hackathon. Our winning solution was marked for 2017 Q2 development and found its way into shipping product the following summer. See the winning project here.
PayPal 2016 1st Place Best Video – I shot and produced a video about prototyping and how I hope to change PayPal’s company culture to that of an internal Culture of Making. My submission won 1st place. Watch the video here.
AngelHack 2015 Hackathon Best Game App – My team and I won the Big Fish Games Challenge: Create a real time multiplayer game that has a client and server component. MYNZ was a first-of-its-kind apple watch game. Prize: $1000 cash prize. Angelhack.com
AngelHack 2015 Hackathon Best Mulesoft App – My team and I won the Mulesoft Challenge: Best integration using Anypoint Studio/ Mule ESB. MYNZ was a first-of-its-kind apple watch game. Prize: Pass to MuleSoft Connect in SF, 10,000 points & Hackathon Winner Badge in Champions Program, social promotion. Angelhack.com
Samsung Outstanding Inventor – I was awarded the Outstanding Inventor Award in 2012 for a patent that received an A1 grade—the highest internal grade. Only 5 out of 100 patents received this grading, and I was the lead inventor. View it here.
T-Mobile Inaugural 1st Passion Project Award – My proposal was awarded as the 1st-ever internally-funded passion project at T-Mobile company wide. "Rock The Lock" explored new directions for lock screens in 2008. Here’s one of several patents that came out of this project.
Best Performance Product of the Year – SEMA 2007
9 SEMA International Awards – Spek Gauges won 9 SEMA International Product Awards in 2006 & 2007.
NASCAR Acceptance – NASCAR approves use of Spek gauges for drivers in 2008. Over 50% of drivers adopted them.
MDP Scholarships – Throughout my time in the graduate Media Design Program at Art Center, I was awarded several scholarships.
PATENTS
Click here to view my list of over 20+ patents.
I'm listed as lead inventor on several patents and have much experience working with internal and external legal counsel, as well as the USPTO process.
I’ve also served as an IP coach and counsel liaison for design orgs at every company I’ve been a part of. Most recently Oracle asked that I represent all of design for their corporate IP review committee.
Expense report submission interface
US 11605137 – Oracle (Utility Patent)
Network computer system to position service providers using provisioning level determinations
US 20180330621A1 – Uber (Utility Patent)
Content delivery system with augmented reality mechanism and method of operation thereof
US 20140240352 – Samsung (Utility Patent)
Display system with media processing mechanism and method of operation thereof
US 20140270700 – Samsung (Utility Patent)
Display system with extended display mechanism and method of operation thereof
US 20140267434 – Samsung (Utility Patent)
Computing system with content-based alert mechanism and method of operation thereof
US 20140282721 – Samsung (Utility Patent)
One Line In-Context User Interface
US 20180053183A1 – Paypal (Utility Patent)
Smart connection manager
US 8514717 – T-Mobile (Utility Patent)
Device-adjacent ambiently-displayed image
US 8449118 – T-Mobile (Utility Patent)
Utilization of interactive device-adjacent ambiently-displayed images
US 8451192 – T-Mobile (Utility Patent)
Misplaced device recovery
US 8477028 – T-Mobile (Utility Patent)
Telecommunication Device
US D634725 – T-Mobile (Design Patent)
User interface with z-axis interaction
US 8860672 – T-Mobile (Utility Patent)
SPEAKING & PUBLICATIONS
Article, ArtCenter Alumni Storyboard 2021 – Storyboard: Parker Kuncl—The value of play. Read about it here.
Inaugural Speaker, Innovation Center’s Designer Speaker Series 2021 – Masterclass on Wizard-of-Oz rapid prototyping and selling design. Read about it here.
Workshop Presenter, Oracle Design Week 2020 – Masterclass and workshop on Wizard-of-Oz rapid prototyping and holistic product design. Read about it here.
Speaker, ArtCenter’s Entrepreneurs 2020 – Masterclass and workshop on Wizard-of-Oz rapid prototyping and holistic product design. Read about it here.
Speaker, ArtCenter College of Design 2019 – Masterclass and workshop on Wizard-of-Oz rapid prototyping and holistic product design. Read about it here.
Speaker, Factory Berlin 2019 – Masterclass and workshop on Wizard-of-Oz rapid prototyping and holistic product design. Read about it here.
Article, Ventures Magazine Summer 2019 – “A Designing Mind.” Read it here.
Article, Medium 2018 – “Large companies suck at innovation, but they don’t have to.” Two Silicon Valley tech and design veterans on big ideas and innovation at scale. Read it here.
Article, Medium 2017 – “Design the next billion-dollar idea in 10 minutes, for $10.” Building a making culture across any org, from a startup of 5 to a global fortune 500 company of 18,000+. Read it here.
Speaker, ThinAir 2017 – Building a Culture of Makers: Speaking about building a making culture across any org size at Thin Air 2017 in Park City, Utah. Watch the recording here.
Speaker, ThinAir 2017 – Innovation Down Here: Speaking with Darwin Lui about big ideas and innovation at scale at Thin Air 2017 in Park City, Utah. Watch the recording here.
Interview, Cool Science Radio 2017 – Interviewed about Design Thinking on a Park City radio show ahead of the ThinAir conference. Click here to listen.
SIGCHI TVX 2015 Submission – MetaGlow: Television Bezel Illumination Based on TV Content Meta-Data.
Article, Ventures Magazine Fall 2012 – “From Sea to See.” Read it here.
Archives 2008 (NAA Annual Meeting) – Archives Don’t Last, Unless They Are Made Out of Twinkies: Introducing the Concept of Play to the Practice of Archiving. Click here to view it on page 21.