People won’t always tell you what they want

But their bodies can

Emilie Baltz’s work starts from a simple premise: that the body knows before the brain does, and that the most powerful experiences are designed for all the senses, not just the eyes.

In this era of rapid technological change, she works with institutions, brands and purpose-driven leaders to explore what it means to be human: creating work that celebrates, reconnects and reimagines the experience of the body as an interface for design.

Over 20 years she has pioneered the field of multisensory experience design in America, building a practice that spans creative direction, experience strategy, exhibitions, and research. Her work has been shown at the Museum of the Future in Dubai, the New Museum, Sundance New Frontiers, IDFA DocLab, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Liberty Science Center, and developed in partnership with brands including Deloitte, LVMH, Microsoft, Lexus, Chobani, and Panasonic.

Her institutional and corporate leadership includes serving as Global Creative Director of Experience and Digital at Gensler, Senior Creative Director of Experience at Chobani, and Creative Director at the Museum of Sex in New York.

Her methodology — an associative approach to sensory research that surfaces what people feel but rarely say — has been taught at the School of Visual Arts for over a decade, where she is a founding faculty member of the Products of Design MFA program. She also founded the first Food Design Studio at Pratt Institute, and is a founding member of NEW INC, the first museum-led incubator at the New Museum.

She is the author of two books, including the award-winning L.O.V.E FOODBOOK, recipient of Best First Cookbook in the World at the Prix Gourmand in Paris. She is a Sundance Story Lab New Frontiers Fellow and co-recipient of the 2018 IDFA DocLab Best Immersive Non-Fiction Award for EAT TECH KITCHEN.

Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, TODAY Show, and NBC, and she has spoken at TEDx, DLD, PSFK, and Creative Mornings, among others.

Emilie holds a BA in Film Studies from Vassar College and an MFA in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute. From 1994 to 2000 she trained in contemporary dance and classical voice — a foundation that still informs how she thinks about presence, perception, and connection.

Emilie is based in New York City.

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Contact

emilie@emiliebaltz.com

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Full CV on LinkedIn

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