I have a background in art, graphic and interaction design. I developed my craft-based practice at the London College of Communication before graduating from the Royal College of Art where I became interested in inclusive and participatory design. Since then, I have conducted participatory research with diverse groups where I used my expertise to design tools for co-creation.
I completed my PhD at Sheffield Hallam University in 2018, where I explored the potential of craft and interactive technology for museums. My design-led research focused on engaging the local community in the process of co-creating multisensory and digitally-augmented experiences of heritage. Alongside my research, I have been teaching workshops and design-led courses at the RCA, LCC and Sheffield Hallam University.
I have also been developing exhibition and interactive design for cultural institutions such as the National Trust, English Heritage, Historic Royal Palaces. In 2015, I was awarded with “Ones to Watch, Rethinking Reality” by the Design Council and has also received funding such as grants from the Arts Council England to support my public engagement and exhibition work.
I have joined the INTUIT project in 2018 as a Research Associate to work with Prof. Abi Durrant and to explore participatory and experience-centred design work for trusted sharing of personal data when living with long-term conditions like HIV.
2019
Bridging cultural heritage and communities through digital technologies: Understanding perspectives and challenges
2019 – C&T '19: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Communities & Technologies - Transforming Communities
Open https://doi.org/10.1145/3328320.3328386
Re-Interpreting Historic Interiors to Bring the House to Life.
2019 – Interior Futures
Design synthesis: an act of Research through Design
2019 – Proceedings of the 2019 Research Through Design Conference.
Open https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7855826.v2
2018
Multisensory interactive storytelling to augment the visit of a historical house museum.
2018 – 2018 3rd Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHERITAGE) held jointly with 2018 24th International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM 2018)
Open 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8810099
2017
Containers of Stories: using co-design and digital augmentation to empower the museum community and create novel experiences of heritage at a house museum.
2017 – Design for Next: Proceedings of the 12th European Academy of Design Conference
Open 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352801