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BIO

I am a resigner, researcher and lecturer. I am the recipient of a Wellcome EC Research Award grant, leading research project Maternal Machines: Design Speculations about Fantasies of Care. My research will use speculative design approaches to interrogate, imagine, identify and visualise design scenarios and opportunities with AI and emergent technologies in experiences related to maternal and infant care. Utilising the design practices of drawing, multidisciplinary collaboration, speculative design ideation and affected users’ participation, this research will explore ideated situations and design opportunities around emergent technologies to support wellbeing in maternal and infant care.

I am interested in our ambivalent and complex relationship with technology in daily life. My PhD explored the role of smartphones for mothers and young children, where I designed a series of experimental, semi-functional artefacts that I used to investigate experiences using the smartphone during the childrearing task, and more generally, ambivalent attitudes towards technology in family life.

I was research associate in the EPSRC funded project Family Rituals 2.0 project, a multidisciplinary collaboration between the Royal College of Art’s Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and Newcastle University. The project investigated the role of rituals in families that experience regular separation due to work travel, and the possibilities for digital technologies to interpret them.

My experience ranges from toy and interactive design to products and furniture. I have a keen interest in innovation and creativity in everyday life behaviour.

I worked as a Designer for Sekisui Design Centre in Japan and as a Senior Designer for LEGO in Denmark. In London I worked with Conran & Partners, Brand Environment and SPD. I have designed a range of product concepts for Mothercare and a series of rugs for the Danish firm Linie Design.

I lecture in industrial design at University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins.

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Fellow
    University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, PCID, London, United Kingdom1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2028

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Wellcome Research Fellow
    Wellcome Trust, London, United Kingdom1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2028

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Goldsmiths University of London, London, United KingdomOct 2011 - Jul 2019
  • MA RCA
    Royal College of Art, London, United KingdomSep 1994 - Jul 1996
  • DIC
    Imperial College London, London, United KingdomSep 1994 - Jul 1996

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write and speak

STAFF/STUDENT

  • Staff