Interactive Telecommunications
Courses
The Softness of Things: Technology in Space and Form
Personal Expression and Wearable Technologies
Wearables Studio (w/Zach Eveland)
Thesis
Education
MA, University of Leuven, Belgium (Philosophy)
MPS, New York University (ITP)
Biography
Despina (Director, 5050ltd,
http://www.5050ltd.com) is an interaction designer and consultant specializing in developing concepts and inventing applications for wearable computing. Her approach is interdisciplinary, resulting in collaborations with large corporations, fashion designers, R&D labs and museums. Despina has experience both in prototyping wearable interface devices and in large scale production development. Her wearable device, Moi, is available in fashion and museum stores internationally. Her work has been shown at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, NEMO: Amsterdam's Science Museum, Postmasters Gallery, NY, Limn Gallery, SF Museum of Modern Art, The American Museum of Natural History and Liberty Science Center in NJ. She has lectured internationally including Jan Van Eyck Academie, The Netherlands, Parsons School of Design, New School University, and the International Symposium on Wearable Computing.
