Chris Beck designs, draws, paints, and writes in Brooklyn, and is a Registered Architect in the state of New York. His research examines the creative process in art and design fields, focusing on the effects of digital technology on methods of making, and systems of capital in labor and production. He also teaches and studies at The New School, and works as a Project Architect, serving as a member of both the organizing and bargaining committees in the first private-sector architecture union.