Biography
I was born in Madagascar and grew up in Paris before moving to London in 2008. I have a mixed background in art and design; I hold a Bts in industrial design, a MA in graphic design & multimedia and graduated in 2010 from the Royal College of Art in Design Interactions. I started freelancing in 2006 as a graphic and web designer then interaction designer before moving towards a speculative design approach. I lived half a year in China in 2007, and worked as an Art Director for the StudioZero in Shanghai. I also worked for Wieden and Kennedy as a researcher and creative technologist in their R & D Platform. Most of my work was dedicated to the exploration of new areas where the company resources and expertise could be used. As well as looking at ways of using technology and emerging technologies to create new experiences. I've also co-founded a 'speculative design' collective with friends coming from computer science and architecture backgrounds: Good One.- My main practice is speculative design. I have specialised in designing objects, artefacts and devices as a form of storytelling to question and excite. I usually use science as an excuse to imagine new relationships between people and technology, whether it allows us to achieve something fantastic or perceive reality through a different prism.
Education
MA(RCA)Design Interactions
Royal College of Art
London, UK MA
Graphic Design Multimedia
ENSAD
Paris, France BTS
Industrial Design
ENSAAMA Olivier-de-Serres
Paris, France
Exhibitions/Talks
Dream TeamSt Etienne, France - 2013 Les Cascades de l'Infrareel
Paris, France - 2012 Ampera Technology week at KXFS
London, UK - 2012 Art Relay
London, UK - 2012 Surface Design Show
London, UK - 2012 Design Faction
Lodz, Poland - 2011 Glitch Fiction
Paris, France - 2011 See yourself Sensing
London, UK - 2011
La Biennale di Venezia
Venice, Italy - 2010 Design Event
Newcastle, UK - 2010 Impact!
Cheltenham, UK - 2010 Impact!
London, UK - 2010 Code_source
Chaumont, France - 2009
Experience
presentDesigner / Researcher
GOOD ONE
London, UK A speculative design collective, focused on designing experiences between people, technologies and their surroundings.
_ 2012
Freelance Interaction Designer
Oasis Stores
London, UK Conception and development of a 'sign in' app for iPad and generative graphics, for their press day
_ 2012
Freelance Interaction Designer
The Poundshop
London, UK Conception and fabrication of a window installation at Wieden + Kennedy London office
_ 2012
Head Interaction Designer
Harrimansteel
London, UK Design and fabrication of four machines for DMAX italia idents
_ 2012
Freelance Interaction Designer
Greenman Festival / RCUK
London, UK Conception and fabrication of the 'Energy Factory' installations aiming at engaging the public at the festival around science and sustainable energies
_ 2012
Freelance Designer
The Poundshop
London, UK Conception and fabrication of a mobile stall
_ 2011
Freelance Designer
Troika
London, UK Fabrication of the kinetic sculptures, Thixotropes
_ 2011
Freelance Interaction Designer
Partizan
London, UK Design and Fabrication of Wallpaper+Rebook installation. Project directed by Alex Griffin and Richard Pearce
_ 2011
Freelance Designer
Studio XO
London, UK Fabrication of LED costumes for the Black Eyed Peas
_ 2010-11
Researcher / Creative Technologist
Wieden + Kennedy London
London, UK Platform, R & D department
_ 2009
Freelance Interaction Designer
Philips Design
Eindhoven, Netherlands Scenarist and Animation Developer for ICSID World Design Congress - healthcare 2050.
_ 2008
Freelance Web Designer
Zabriskie Prod
Paris, France
_ 2006
Freelance Web Designer
La Cinematheque Francaise
Paris, France Designed an interface that puts the current exhibitions in relation to the peculiar architecture of the cinematheque francaise.
_ 2007
Art Director
Studiozero
Shanghai, China Art installations, artist performer, filmaking
_ 2004
Exhibition Design Intern
l'Autobus Imperial Signage system for Quai Branly Museum and The Eiffel Tower
Paris, France
Press/Publications
Impactor, Death Defying Stuntfastcodesign.com Mr. Miyagi Meets the Matrix
fastcodesign.com Twisting Reality
psfk.com Getting shot in the Neck
gizmodo.com See Yourself Sensing
we-make-money-not-art.com See Yourself Sensing Exhibition
nano.org.uk Stop Making Sense
designweek.co.uk Makes You See Sense about Feelings
newscientist.com Hyper-Normality
we-make-money-not-art EPSRC IMPACT!
Axis Magazine, Kyoko Kakajima,
May/June 2010
_ See Yourself Sensing:
Redefining Human Perception
Madeline Schwartzman
Blackdog Publishing
2011 Organs and Becoming
RCA dissertation
2010 Les Nouvelles Regles du Jeu
ENSAD dissertation
2007