Salief Lewis

Salief Lewis

Software designer in New York, he/him

Projects

2024

Set information free.

2023

Create your own DAO interface. A forkable one-click deploy template for Nounish DAOs. Comes complete with auction and proposal capabilities, in addition to onchain theming.

2023

A protocol designed to leverage common token standards as onchain databases for any application.

2023

React componentry and hooks to interact with the smart contracts that power nouns builder. This library provides dynamic data fetching and transaction scaffolding for the Flexible template.

2022

Combining the concepts of the microplatform, community-driven curation, and extensive process documentation, this project is a direct synthesis of Unun, Present Material, & Door. It is a template to help others create what’s missing.

2022

View and mint the most recent NFT editions from Zora. Accompanying Twitter bot.

2020

The Win/Lose team led the design and prospective development of a dilapidated townhouse in the heart of the Hudson Valley. This process involved the organization of a team of writers, designers, and architects who collectively produced a comprehensive building proposal for review by New York state’s inaugural land bank.

Side Projects

2023

Exploring onchain theming with registry contracts and ipfs.

2022

An accidental double exposure led to the juxtaposition of a decrepit brownstone and a bloom of magenta hydrangeas.

Exhibitions

2021

Showcasing a tryptic and photo essay as part of a city wide exhibition for independent artists.

Writing

2022

Talking about ZORA tools and design processes.

Awards

2023

Guaranteed income for artists.

Work Experience

2022 — Now

In contrast to the physical world, only one degree of separation lies between everyone on the internet. This heightened connectivity allows for new models of coordination + creation that are native to the digital realm. Public Assembly will test the best practices for leveraging the unique physics of the internet to create what’s missing as fast as possible.

2019 — 2022
Freelance Product Engineer & Designer at Varsity

Clients: Zora, Fission, GoodRun, Smirk

Volunteering

2019 — 2019
Belize

Programming camera traps and deploying them in jungles within Belize’s largest conservation areas. Editing photographic and video data for implementation towards habitat studies. Aggregating complex data sets for predictive modeling.

Education

2015 — 2019
Bachelor of Science at Cornell University.

Information Science