Dan Vlahos is a Boston-based design leader, educator, and researcher. He is
currently a Senior Lecturer at Bentley University and sits on the Board of the
AIGA Boston Chapter. Vlahos is also a member of the Boston Society of Printers,
the Design Management Institute, and he was 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
in Graphic Design from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and returned to
MassArt’s Dynamic Media Institute to complete his MFA in Design in 2017. 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.

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