Nikki (Niktari) Makagiansar is a designer, coder, and educator based in New York City who enjoys creating type-driven identity systems and websites.
Previously, she was a designer at Pentagram, where she helped develop data-driven and algorithmic identities.
Nikki teaches coding and interaction design classes at Parsons School of Design and The Cooper Union. She’s also a member of The New Museum’s NEW INC, where she’s exploring the possibilities between design, code, and solidarity economies.
Projects
I Voted
Data Viz
Code
A data-focused redesign of the “I Voted” sticker for Fast Company’s campaign.
Digital Architecture Lab
Identity
Motion
A community-driven, generative brand identity for a technology-focused innovation lab.
Wyth
Identity
Motion
A data-driven approach to a brand identity for a cloud-based experience platform.
Techniculture
Design
Code
Artwork for a workshop series hosted by Type Electives that covers type design, generative design, and risograph printing.
Websites I’ve Made for Classes I’ve Taught
Design
Code
Class websites that serve as central hubs for courses I’ve taught.
Sandbox
Inspired by Karel Martens
Code
p5.js
Moiré
Code
paper.js
Godard
Code
p5.js
Typographic Knitting
Knit
Glitched Knitting Swatch
Code
p5.js
Knit
Glitched Knitting Chart
Code
p5.js
Tegamitype's 4-Year Anniversary
Code
p5.js
Terrain
Code
p5.js
Wheat Studies
Code
p5.js
Speaking
Critical Computation
for Parsons School of Design
2023
Processing Community Catalog Launch
for Processing Foundation
2023
Generative Pathways: A Zine-Making Workshop
with SPICY and Secret Riso Club for The Brooklyn Art Book Fair
2022
Community Building and Resilience
for BeginCountour and The Processing Foundation
2022
Let’s Make a Zine
with SPICY and Secret Riso Club for Nowadays
2022
Theorizing Activism
for Barnard College
2019
Decolonizing the Media through Art, Activism, and Publishing
with SPICY for The New Museum Youth Summit
2019
Teaching
Techniculture: A Critical Lens on Modular Type & Generative Design
