Cody Thurston, a member of the 3D design team at DECKERS BRANDS and a 3D visualizer, will be tutoring computational design tools and how to use them in product design in a 90-minute tutorial at the upcoming Computational Design: NEXT 11 conference. Cody works in a team that aids all internal brands in deckers with modeling, rendering, and manufacturing footwear. Cody specializes in advanced concepts, tooling modeling, parametric design, and photorealistic renderings. Outside of footwear. Cody aims to connect the outdoors and emerging tech. In his work, he is currently exploring 3D scanning for conservation, parametric fishing lures, and NFT evolutionary plant growth.