Born in 1945 in York, Edwin Schlossberg studied at Columbia University and Harvard, exploring cybernetics and design as early as circa 1968. By 1977 he founded ESI Design, pioneering interactive museum environments at Ellis Island, States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Reagan Library. Colleagues recall prototype kiosks tested in a SoHo loft, cables snaking across floors while curators debated memory, narrative, and technology into nights. Marrying Caroline Kennedy in 1986, he shaped cultural dip

Meet Edwin Schlossberg, the renowned American designer, artist, and author born on July 19, 1945, who revolutionized how we experience museums and public spaces. At 80 years old as of 2026, he remains a trailblazing figure known as the "Grandmaster of Interactivity" — founder of ESI Design, where he's created groundbreaking interactive exhibits since 1977, starting with the world's first hands-on children's museum in Brooklyn. Schlossberg, who earned a unique Ph.D. in Science and Literature from