While his artwork raises questions about our relationship with modernity and technology, Raphael Arar’s design work revolves around answering those questions in human-centered ways.

Currently a designer and researcher at IBM Research, Arar has been exploring ways to translate aspects of emotional intelligence into machine-readable format. Through this, he is passionately tackling ethical platforms of artificial intelligence. Inc. Magazine says he "epitomizes the style and multi-disciplinary skill set of the modern designer," and in 2017, he was listed as one of Forbes's "30 under 30 in Enterprise Technology."