Munus Shih (he/they) is a Taiwanese Minnan-Hakka designer, educator, and researcher based in New York. They are an Assistant Professor in Graduate Communications Design at Pratt Institute, working across critical technology, open-source publishing, design pedagogy, and cooperative practice.
Munus’s work explores how designers and communities can shape the technologies and systems they use. Their projects include BeginContour (2022), p5.genzine (2023), and p5.book (2026), alongside contributions to the p5.js ecosystem. They co-founded CoAssembly, Taiwan’s first design studio organized around cooperative principles, and organize Processing Community Day Taiwan and Other Islands Book Fair.
Munus is a former Processing Foundation Fellow and Designer in Residence, and was a member of NEW INC at the New Museum. They have taught at Parsons, Cooper Union, and the School for Poetic Computation, and presented or exhibited at NYU ITP, Harvard GSD, National Taiwan University, Typographics, and Pioneer Works. Their professional work includes projects with AIGA, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Gallery of Contemporary Art, and The New York Review of Books. Their work has been recognized by Taiwan’s Hakka Affairs Council, the Information Is Beautiful Awards, and Awwwards.