Dan Vlahos is a Boston-based alterplinary researcher and educator. Vlahos is currently a Senior Lecturer at Bentley University where he serves as Director of the Film and Media Studies (FaMS) Lab. Vlahos currently sits on the Board of the AIGA Boston Chapter and is also a member of the Boston Society of Printers and the Design Management Institute. Vlahos was also a founding member of Design Museum Boston (now CoDesign Collaborative). His interdisciplinary design work has been recognized by the AIGA, the One Club, Print, How, and the Interactive Media Council. Vlahos began his career in Arnold Worldwide’s Volkswagen Design Group and later served as Creative Director for Shepley Bulfinch architects. His past clients include Harvard University, Duke University, Educators for Social Responsibility, and the Industrial History Center. Vlahos received a BFA and MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Vlahos’ research explores empowerment, complexity, dynamic media, sustainability, and creative learning. In 2020, Merrimack College’s Interdisciplinary Institute named Vlahos a Presidential Fellow, and in 2021, Vlahos entered into the Design Incubation program as a Writing Fellow. In 2023, he became a USGBC LEED Green Associate and an AIGA Design Leader (DL). In 2024, Vlahos was named an AACSRE Emerging Fellow, and in June 2025, his short motion-graphics-based film Towards a Dynamic Discipline of Design premiered at the MODE Summit in Prague. In 2026 Vlahos presented his Curious Compendium of Incomplete Lists for Productive Practice at the AIGA DEC Conference in Ohio.

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