I am a designer and educator with a critical design process drawn from my training as an architect. I also write, speak, and consult about creativity, teaching, and curriculum. Please click here to get in touch.

Designer

My creative practice focuses on the body through the design and fabrication of sculptural wearables and wearable tech. Drawn from my training as an architect, I view design as a critical practice, using research, interviews, and other tools to question the status quo and see beyond dominant narratives. In my recent work, I am rethinking how clothing and wearables attach to the body. I am currently working with researcher and dancer Ilya Vidrin, and I have an ongoing collaboration with critically acclaimed dancer and choreographer Heidi Latsky. I am highly skilled in digital fabrication and the associated software. See more here…

Educator

I am deeply interested in how best to foster engagement, creativity, and collaboration in open-ended project-based learning. I seek to demystify creativity and design, and create transformative experiences for my students through design studios that bring the outside world into the classroom. I teach a wide range of disciplines—from apps to robots—but my speciality is in design for the body through assistive devices for disability, architectural wearables (fashion), and speculative prosthetics. I am currently teaching in the industrial design departments at RISD and Keene State College. For the past six years, I was a Senior Coach and the Director of Studio Development at NuVu Studio, a full-time innovation school for middle and high school students.

Writing, Speaking, and Consulting

Through the many studios I have taught (almost 60), I began to unpack the architectural design process which is often presented as murky. I am currently writing an article about the idea of “concept” which brings rigor, depth, and a critical practice to a student’s design process and recently co-wrote an article for the Media Lab blog on two successful examples of transitioning project-based learning to virtual teaching due to COVID-19. See more here…