John Sharp

John Sharp is a game designer, graphic designer, art historian and curator. He makes games, teaches game design, and researches and writes about games, play, art and creative process.

He is the Professor of Games and Learning in the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design at The New School. He is co-director of PETLab (Prototyping, Education and Technology Lab), a research group focused on games and game design as a form of social discourse. John is also member of the game design collective Local No. 12, which makes games out of culture, including Dear Reader, The Metagame, and Backchatter.