Gray Crawford

designer * engineer * researcher * artist

2026

Design + eng · Luma AI

Luma AgentsMar

Core design and engineering for agentic canvas.

Latent BlendMar

Directed research + training of custom in-house model for image embedding interpolation.

Ray3.2 ModifyJun

Core design and engineering of production-class multi-keyframe video-to-video feature.

TimelineJun

Luma ScenesAug

Core design and engineering of autoregressive multi-keyframe storyboarding feature.

Projects

NeophonJan

Custom instrument for expressive generative music performance using Lyria Realtime, focused on responsive high-dimensional interpolation.

Live

Optia · CirrusJan

TIAT, SF

Neophon · Code with ClaudeMay

Anthropic developer conference Two 3hr improvised performances of realtime audio generation instrument.

ArcaMay

C2C Festival, NY Realtime improvised streamDiffusion visuals.

Moritz von Oswald & Azu TiwalineMay

Parameter, Gray Area, SF Realtime improvised streamDiffusion visuals alongside Subset.

Talks

NeophonFeb

South Park Commons Demo Night, SF

Generating New Sounds with NeophonJan

Demos & Chill, SF

2025

Product design · Luma AI

Ray2Jan

Model eval + finetuning data.

Modify VideoJun

Core design of video-to-video feature.

Ray3Sep

Live

ArcaSep

Palomosa Festival, Montréal

ArcaSep

Portola Festival, SF

ArcaOct

Heineken No LineUp Festival, São Paulo

HesaitixDec

Recombinant Festival, Gray Area, SFRealtime improvised streamDiffusion visuals alongside Subset.

Talks

Latent Space Image VariationFeb

TIAT #10, Internet Archive, SF

2024

Product design · Luma AI

Dream MachineNov

Live

Optia · Hexcode Halloween AlgoraveOct

Gray Area, SF

Optia · HydeFM × The LabNov

The Lab, SFWith Croatian Amor and ZZ/Elias.

ArcaDec

CAP UCLA / REDCAT Live Night, LARealtime improvised streamDiffusion visuals alongside Carlos Sáez.

Talks

Envisioning Generative OSsFeb

Demos & Chill, SF

New BehaviorsOct

South Park Commons Demo Night, SF

2023

Talks

Superwide InterfacesFeb

Demos & Chill, SF

Growing Branches through Latent SpaceMar

Show & Tell: AI & Design, SF

Superwide Interfaces 2Oct

Demos & Chill, SF

Wide ViewsTIAT #2

Projects

Waft LocomotionApr

UltraleapVelocity-based hand locomotion for spatial computing.

Experience

Interaction Design Engineer2019–23

UltraleapSpatial interaction prototyping in Tracking and Interaction R&D.

2022

Live

Optia · Hexcode Halloween AlgoraveOct

Gray Area, SF

Throw Your Phone into a Lake 2 · New NostalgiaNov

Four One Nine, SF

2021

2019

Exhibitions

XoromancyFeb

With Nama Tiwari, FRAME Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University

Xoromancy · Live IdeasMay

New York Live Arts

Xoromancy: Image Creation via Gestural Control of High-Dimensional SpacesJun

IEEE Games, Entertainment & Media, Yale University

FilamentSep

Oculus Connect 6, San Jose

Education

MDes in Design for Interactions2017–19

Carnegie Mellon UniversityMasters thesis · Developing Embodied Familiarity with Hyperphysical Phenomena

2018

Projects

PROP → Mach 1Dec

SubSurface, Brady’s Bend limestone mine, PennsylvaniaSound propagation synchronized with a tunnel-length chain of lights.

STRATAMar

VR cloth physics instrument

Work

AR Design Prototyping InternSummer

NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryBimanual hand-anchored interfaces for ProtoSpace; Leap Motion tracking for HoloLens.

Earlier

Education

MA in Design for Interactions2016–17

Carnegie Mellon University

BA in Liberal Arts2011–15

St. John’s College, Santa Fe