Eddie Joe Antonio

Analyst

Eddie Joe Antonio provides research, analysis, and strategy to projects related to economic development and public policy with an eye towards creative solutions.

Eddie Joe brings a background in design, computation, and visual communication to projects of diverse scales. His analysis has guided narratives on economic impact and supported strategies for public policy initiatives. For public clients ranging from large states to small cities, Eddie Joe has built public-facing dashboards and other digital tools that use strong visuals and interactivity to explain complicated civic issues. A native New Yorker, Eddie Joe has advised clients in his hometown on neighborhood-level development strategies, as well as in other large cities across the country on retail tenanting initiatives.

Before joining HR&A, Eddie Joe worked as a landscape and urban designer for Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, where he helped conduct outreach, execute design drawings, and enrich streetscapes and green spaces in projects across New York City. He also apprenticed as a furniture designer in Mexico City, where he split time between a design studio and production environment.

Eddie Joe received a Masters of Science in Computational Design Practices from Columbia University and a Bachelors of Arts in Architecture from Yale University. His graduate thesis explored opportunities to enhance streetside usage of the LinkNYC system and prototyped an immersive, 3D-web storytelling format.