The challenge for designers is to make technology relevant to people. Today we are facing new questions: Should we implement technology at all? And how do we do it?

As an interaction designer I am interested in exploring new roles, contexts and approaches to the social, cultural and ethical impact of emerging technologies. I look at ways of making existing and emerging technologies more meaningful and relevant to our lives both today and in the future, by not only exploring new applications but also the possible implications they may have on individuals and society. I look at design as a component in human interaction, not only designing new devices but also exploring alternative experiences existing devices can create. I use a variety of media including prototypes, animation, video and photography to express the results of my research and demonstrate my ideas.

Having worked both as an interactive designer and web designer for 5 years before undertaking my masters in Design Interactions at the RCA I am well aware that people are often characterized as users and consumers when using technology, my time at the RCA developed my thinking that this perhaps is an over simplification. Within each of my projects I work closely with people to identify hidden or neglected desires and needs that can then be reflected in design proposals for new products and services. My work expresses the complexity and uniqueness of individuals and highlights that our thoughts are contradictory, fragile and imperfect.

Projects I have undertaken have often been speculative and critical, I aim to inspire and engage in a debate about the consequences of different technological advances, the positives and negatives. This can been seen in my project "Presence - Postural Enhancers". The project includes three postural aids and a video of the “posture service”. Each of the aids has been designed in response to my research into the concerns society has with bodily perfection, ideals of beauty and health enhanced through posture. The aids not only act as a placebo device, to re-align the bad posture of the wearers and to change the way they hold themselves, but also change the way they feel about themselves.

Having left the RCA in June 2006 I am keen to take my experience into the field of new materials and the form and function of wearable technologies. As technology increasingly enters our personal sphere, wearable technology is a way of making use of technology in an attractive and innovative way. I believe wearable technologies have inherent properties that make them an ideal tool for the exploration of social communication between individuals including non-verbal communication that reflects human behaviors. I am exploring ways in which technology can be invisibly integrated in clothing and accessories, using sophisticated textile construction with soft circuitry  materials.