Moderated by
Serena Cangiano, Head of Digital Fabrication Lab, SUPSI
Simone Muscolino
Director, Art Foundation program
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Qatar
Simone Muscolino is director of the Art Foundation program at VCUarts Qatar. He is a multidisciplinary designer engaged in a research practice concerned with audio-visual culture, and time-based media. Muscolino art-directed the video production of several design and architecture firms and worked for both the movie industry and advertisement agencies. He co-founded and partnered Interaction Design Lab, a Milan based company working in the crossover between technology and design.
Muscolino served as visiting professor and video consultant at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, where he was also one of the project leaders of e1 (Exhibition Unit), a design unit active on various projects for public and private clients. He also taught at Architectural Association London, NABA Milan, Strelka Institute Moscow, IED Rome, Domus Academy Milan, Fachhochschule University of Applied Science Düsseldorf. Muscolino’s work and installations have been exhibited at venues such as the Venice Biennale, Milano Triennale, Victoria & Albert Museum in London, NYC WantedDesign, Providence RISD Museum, Kraftwerk Berlin, Manege Central St.Petersburg, Beijing Biennale of Architecture, Fire Station Gallery and Al-Riwaq Doha Exhibition Space.
Jae Yeop Kim
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Design
Hongik University
Jae Kim is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Design at Hongik University and is interested in the social, cultural, and ethical consequences of emerging technologies. His research focuses on human-centered Interaction and Intelligent (AI) products and services which include voice and natural interface. He led various UX design projects such as Microsoft AI Assistant, AI Speaker, AI-powered IoT devices, and Smart TV at Microsoft Ai, Nokia, and Samsung. He majored in communication design at Parsons School of Design in New York and received a master’s degree in design interactions from the Royal College of Arts in London. He also participated in global exhibitions and conferences including Microsoft Ai & Data science Conference, MoMA, London Design Festival, and Helsinki Design Week.
Anastasia Pistofidou
Anastasia Pistofidou has been in the core team of IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona as a tutor, advanced manufacturing office manager, coordinator and researcher. In 2013, she established Fab Textiles, a research lab that combines digital techniques and crafts orientated towards soft fabrication. With the rise of Textile Labs within the Fab Lab Network, in 2017 she co-founded Fabricademy, Textile and Technology, a distributed education program for open innovation in the textile and clothing sector.
Music: Soundstripe Inc.
Track: Stardust
Artist: Cody Martin
Writer: Cody Kurtz Martin
Publisher: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS
