Edwin Schlossberg - Biography

Edwin Arthur Schlossberg (born July 19, 1945), founder and principal of ESI Design, is an American designer, author and artist. Schlossberg specializes in designing interactive, participatory experiences, beginning in 1977 with the first hands-on learning environment in the U.S. for the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Schlossberg continues to work in the field and publishes frequently on the subject. Schlossberg is the author of Interactive Excellence: Defining and Developing New Standards for the Twenty-first Century.

Education

Schlossberg first attended New York's PS 166 school. Schlossberg is a graduate of Birch Wathen Lenox School and Columbia College of Columbia University. Schlossberg received his masters and doctoral degrees from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Career

Schlossberg's multidisciplinary design firm, ESI Design, is based on Sixth Avenue in New York City, New York and has produced award-winning interactive experiences for both institutional and corporate clients. Signature projects include:

• Best Buy - Concept Stores
• Ellis Island - American Family Immigration History Center
• Playa Vista
• Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
• Reuters Spectacular at 3 Times Square
• Sony Plaza and Sony Wonder Technology Lab
• World Financial Center Breezeway Media Walls
• World Trade Center and World Financial Center Informational Kiosks

Personal life

All four of Schlossberg's grandparents were Russian Jews born near Poltava, Russia (now Ukraine), who arrived in the United States at Ellis Island.

He married Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, on July 19, 1986. They have three children:

• Rose Kennedy Schlossberg, born on June 25, 1988, in New York City, New York (named after Caroline's paternal grandmother Rose Kennedy)
• Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, born on May 5, 1990, in New York City, New York (named after Edwin's former colleague, the lithographer Tatiana Grossman, and after Edwin's grandmother)
• John Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg, born on January 19, 1993, in New York City, New York (named after Caroline's maternal grandfather, John Vernou Bouvier III (nickname Jack), and after Caroline's father, John F. Kennedy which also nickname Jack).

He and Caroline Kennedy live on Park Avenue in Upper East Side, Manhattan.

External links

• ESI Design
• New York magazine profile