Co-host of the Design Better Podcast, Liu Lecture Lead
Elijah trained in the Product Design program at Stanford University, where he now teaches as a lecturer. He has a background in photography and filmmaking, as well as product and industrial design. He is the co-host of the Design Better Podcast, explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with inspiring guests across many creative fields. Guests have included David Sedaris (humorist), Ed Catmull (co-founder of Pixar), John Cleese (Monty Python), jazz musician Kamasi Washington, the band OK GO, and many others. After working as a lead design engineer with Light & Motion, a vertically integrated manufacturer of consumer underwater video and photography equipment, he pursued graduate studies in marine biology at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, and co-founded the print magazine Wetpixel Quarterly in 2007. He was a founder in the second class of Innovation Endeavor's Runway Program, a venture-backed startup accelerator backed by Eric Schmidt's fund.He also founded Out of the Deep Blue, a design consultancy, where he worked on web and mobile applications for clients like Genentech and Kaiser Permanente. As a life-long worshiper of the ocean, he loves to surf, dive, and kayak.