RESEARCH EXPERIENCE


BOOKS


Regenerative Punk™    in progress
Computational Fashion, Topics in fashion and wearable technology, co-edited with Paul Amitai    2014
Functional Aesthetics, Visions in Fashionable Technology, SpringerWienNewYork    2010
Fashionable Technology, The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology     2008
SpringerWienNewYork


REPORTS


The Superhuman, Fashionable Technology Report     2012
Scientific Fashion, Fashionable Technology Report    2012


BOOK CHAPTERS

(* denotes peer reviewed)
*Fashionable Wearables, Aesthetic Interaction Interfaces. In Fashion in Context, edited by Gerda Buxbaum, SpringerWienNewYork, Austria    2009
Fashionable Wearables: Design & Technology. In Design360Grad, Designforum, Vienna, Austria    2008
*Fashionable Technology – The Next Generation of Wearables (Laura Beloff). In The Art and Science of Interface and Interaction Design, edited by Christa Sommerer, Lakhmi Jain, Springer-Verlag, Germany     2008
*Designing our Extended Body (Mika Satomi). In Interface Cultures – Artistic Aspects on Interaction, edited by Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignonneau, Dorothee Gestric, Transcript, Bielefeld, Germany    2008
*The Garment as Interface. In Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology,
Idea Goup Reference, Canada    2008    
SELECT RESEARCH PAPERS (* denotes peer reviewed)    
*The Body as Biometric Encryption. In Proceedings of ISEA. Montral, Canada (Submitted)    2019
*Amplification of Energy (Lucas Vickers, Behnaz Babadazeh). In Proceedings of Ambience11, Sweden    2011
Fashionable Wearables, Aesthetic Interaction Interfaces. In Fashion in Context, SpringerWienNewYork    2009
Fashionable Wearables: Design & Technology. In Design360Grad, Designforum, Austria    2008
Designing our Extended Body (Mika Satomi). In Interface Cultures – Artistic Aspects on Interaction    2008
*Designing for the extended body – Hearing aids and transitive materials (Mika Satomi).
In Proceedings of Ubicomp 2007, Innsbruck, Austria    2007
*Mobile Communication versus Pervasive Communications: The Role of Handhelds.
In Proceedings of 2004 Mobile HCI 2004: 6th International Symposium, Springer-Verlag, Germany    2004


EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBER


Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, Taylor & Francis    since 2012
International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI), IGI Global    since 2008
Journal of Textile Engineering and Fashion Technology    2016 – 2018


REVIEWER


CHI 2016: Fashion Intelligent Wearables - Apps and Services for Smart Watches    2016
Austrian Science Fund: Creative Memories - Human App    2016


BOOK PEER REVIEWER


Bloomsbury, book on teaching wearables    2014
MIT Press, book on smart textiles and education    2011
Berg Publishing, book on fashion and technology    2011
Laurence King Publishing, book on digital fashion    2010
Berg Publishing, book on fashion and the digital age    2008


SELECT EDITORIAL


Forbes Magazine, Leadership: The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence, invited contributor    2022
positive & mindful leader, Happy Hour for Datavists, invited contributor    2020
Wattson (Portuguese), invited contributor, opinion piece. The original English version is on Medium.     2020
Kleidung mit Köpfchen, Published in Rondo Spezial, Der Standard, (newspaper magazine), Austria    2012
Intelligent Wearables - The future is now? Published in Profile (magazine), Helsinki, Finland, December     2004
Diffus durch die Dunkelheit leuchten. Ein Wearable als Schmuckstück. De:Bug #70 magazine, Berlin, Germany    2003

SPEAKER AND CURATOR

SPEAKING AGENTS & CORPORATE KEYNOTES


Singularity University, Faculty Member    since 2020
Zukunftsinstitut, Professional Speaker, Germany    2019 – 2023
Select clients: Audi, BMW, Disney, e.ON, Autodesk, Bosch, Macy’s, Fujifilm, Lufthansa

INVITED KEYNOTES & PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS


* denotes peer reviewed    
Panel, IEEE Women in Engineering, Toronto, Canada, online     2025
Unlocking the Power of Data: Data, AI and Innovation for Climate and Biodiversity Solutions, Ethical Assembly, Lisbon, Portugal    2024
Panel Innovation, Extreme Hangout, Cascais, Portugal    2024
The Economics Of Data Sovereignty: Democratizing Data, Iot & Data Driven Business Models, Singularity University Executive Academy, San Francisco, USA    2024
Data Design: Environmental data and the body, Edinburgh Futures Institute, Edinburgh, UK    2024
Digital Fairness, Data for Good, Laura Bassi 4.0 Conference, Vienna, Austria    2024
Urban Street Food – literally! with René Zimmermann, Vienna Design Week, Austria    2023
European Leadership Academy, NextGenChangeMakers, Brussels, Belgium    2023
Futur/io Executive Programme for Regenerative Futures, Lisbon, Portugal    2023
Digital Humanism: Data, Inclusion, and Body Sensors, Technical University, Vienna     2021
Data Cooperatives, Coop Summit, online    2021
Data Cooperatives, Digitale Montagsrunde Wien, online    2021
Singularity University Virtual CoVid-19 Summit, online    2020
Architectural Digest Summit on Sustainability, Munich, Germany     2019
Tokenizing the Creator’s Content, Medientage, Munich, Germany    2019
Positive and Mindful Leadership Summit, London, UK    2019
Meet the unexpected Healthcare Disruptors, Cannes Lions, France    2019
Tokenizing the Body, World Web Forum, Blockchain track, Zurich, Switzerland    2019
Tokenizing the Body, Blockchain Party Boat @ Web Summit, Lisboa, Portugal    2018
Tokenizing the Body, Keynote, DMEXCO, Cologne, Germany    2018
Dada Data, Resident, House of Beautiful Business, Lisboa, Portugal    2018
Data & Sports, WT @ ISPO, Munich, Germany    2018
SUPA, Flying Lab Lufthansa, onboard to CES, Las Vegas, USA    2018
Sensor, Japanese Society, New York USA    2018
Artificial Intelligence is the Future of Fashion, SXSW, curated the panel, Austin, USA    2017
Wear, Boston, USA    2016
Creative Tech Week, New York, USA    2016
The Evolution of Smart Textiles, Wearable Technology @ ISPO, Munich, Germany     2016
Keynote at the Opening of Fashion + Technology program, University of Applied Arts, Linz, Austria    2016
Sensors, Computational Fashion Salon, Soho House, curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    2015
Pioneer Mode, New York, USA    2015
Watch This Space: The Future of Wearables, Internet Week, New York, USA    2015
This Year’s Model: Fashion Design, Technology, and Wearables, Bklyn Designs, New York, USA    2015
Craft and 3D Printing, 3D Print Show, moderated the panel, New York, USA    2015
Ubiquitous Computing and Wearable Technology, Lux Research Executive Summit, Boston, USA    2015
What Does An Art and Design Incubator Look Like? SXSW Next Stage, Austin, USA    2015
Finalist, SXSW Accelerator Wearable Technologies, Austin, USA    2015
Computational Fashion Salon: Where Digital Bespoke meets Traditional Craft, Soho House,    2014
curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    
Interconnected, A Global Summit on Wearables & Retail Innovation, organized by Decoded Fashion, New York, USA
Visionary: Inspiration, Incubation & Realization, 16th Annual New York Fashion Conference, organized by Initiatives in Art and Culture, with Sarah Scaturro (The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art), Joris Debo (Materialise), et al., New York, USA    2014
The Beauty of the Augmented Second Skin, TEDx Transmedia, Geneva, Switzerland    2014
Organizer and The Physical Impact of Wearing Technology, Wearing Technology: cultural and psychological impacts of tech on the body, organized by Eyebeam Art + Technology Center & The New School    2014
Computational Fashion: The Next Generation Wearables, by Rising Minds, Soho House, New York, USA     2014
New Paradigms of Interaction for Computational Fashion, d:Tech, Cornell University, New York, USA    2014
Fashion x Technology, organized by Made for Milk Studios, New York, USA    2014
Brandinnovators at Fashion Week, with Meg Burich (Adidas), New York, USA    2014
Computational Fashion, Zero Power Smart Fashion, New York, USA    2014
WEARTECHCON: Art+Design of Wearable Tech Startups - Design of Wearables Series, San Francisco, USA    2014
Keynote, Tech Couture. How Design Tech is Transforming the World of Fashion, Design Night, Autodesk, San Francisco, USA    2014
Keynote, Wearing a Sound Perfume, I am Digital, Wearable Technology Conference, New York, USA    2014
Opening The Skin as Metaphor, Computational Fashion Masterclass, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York, hosted at NYU Poly, USA    2014
Second Skin, Golden Seeds Investor Forum, New York, USA    2014
Second Skin, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Nanoelectronics Devices Laboratory (Nanolab), Lausanne, Switzerland    2014
Wearable Technology, Reimagineering Ideation Summit, Disney, Los Angeles, USA    2014
Computational Fashion, 3D printing for the Body, Internet Week, moderated the panel with Bradley Rothenberg, Duann Scott (Shapeways), Gabi Asfour, Joris Debro (Materialise), New York, USA    2014
The Skin as Metaphor, Leaders in Software and Art, New York, USA    2014
Second Skin, Textile Innovation Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil    2014
Who Designed Marilyn's Dress? Impact, Craft and Future of Film, with Francis Bitoni et al., NYU Steinhardt,
New York, USA    2014
Intellectual Property in Fashiontech, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center / Computational Fashion, curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    2014
Decoded Fashion Meetup, Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA    2014
Fashion & Technology, Wearable Demo Day, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center / Computational Fashion, curated and moderated the panel, New York, USA    2014
Fashionable Technology, School of Arts, Design, and Architecture, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland    2013
The Skin as Metaphor, Fiber Science & Apparel Design, College of Human Ecology, Cornell, Ithaca, USA    2013
The Skin as Metaphor, Fashion Innovations, Arnhem Fashion Biennial, The Netherlands    2013
The Body as Metaphor, Smart Fabrics, San Francisco, CA, USA    2013
Solo The Skin as Metaphor, SXSW, Austin, TX, USA    2013
The Skin As Metaphor Computational Textile Interfaces, Material Innovation, Bregenz, Austria    2012
Special Guest at Opening, Technosensual – the Future of Fashion, Vienna, Austria    2012
Functional Aesthetics: Commercial Fashion with Technology, Texworld USA, New York, USA    2012
* Amplification of Energy, Ambience11, Boras, Sweden    2011
Networked Fashion, European Cultural Capital, Tallinn, Estonia    2011
Functional Aesthetics, Future Textiles, Herring, Denmark    2011
Functional Aesthetics, Smart Fabrics, London, UK    2011
Functional Aesthetics, TEDxVienna, Vienna, Austria    2010
Functional Aesthetics, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria    2010
Functional Aesthetics, V2 Expert Meeting, Rotterdam, The Netherlands    2010
Fashionable Technology, Kepler Salon, Linz, Austria    2009
Fashionable Technology, BIG Design Conference, Ljubjana, Slovenia    2009
Fashionable Technology, Coded Cultures, Yokohama, Japan    2009
The Future of Fashion Retail, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria    2009
Fashionable Technology, Wearable Technology – Powered Art and Fashion Design, 5 days-off Festival, Netherland New Media Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands    2009
Functional Aesthetics: Fashionable Wearables as Aesthetic Interaction Interfaces, Coded Cultures, Vienna, Austria    2009
Fashionable Technology, V2, Test_lab: Fashionable Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands    2009
Fashionable Technology: Aktuelle Beispiele Medialer Interfaces in der Mode, Fashion in Context, Vienna, Austria    2009
Fujifilm ZSpotNow: Fashion & Technology, New York, USA    2008
Fashionable Technology, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria    2008
Fashionable Technology oder Ein Chip zum Anziehen, designforum Vorarlberg, Bregenz, Austria    2008
Fashionable Technology, R/GA, New York, USA    2008
Fashionable Technology, New York University, Skirball New Media Center, New York, USA    2008
The Garment as Interface, Macy’s, New York, USA    2008
Function and Aesthetics in Fashionable Wearables, 6. Deutscher Designtag, Berlin, Germany     2007
*Designing for the extended body – Hearing aids and transitive materials, Ubicomp 2007, Innsbruck, Austria    2007
Fashionable Technology - The Impact of Design on Innovations, Smart Textiles, Washington, DC, USA    2007
The Epidermis as Interface – Dynamic Textile Surfaces, Interface and Society, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway    2006
Collaborations and Innovations in Fashionable Technology, Fleshing Out, V2 & Virtuell Platform, Amsterdam, Netherlands    2006
Lecture: Emotionelle Kleidung – aus der Wunderkiste, Design-Tagung, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria    2006
Digitale Technologien und Handwerk , Mittwochsvision, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria    2006
The Epidermis as Metaphor, The Essential Balance of Function and Aesthetic Appeal, FO.AM Softwear, Brussels, Belgium    2005
How to Design Intelligent Clothing for Winter Sports, World Winter Forum, Vienna, Austria    2005
Interface Cultures, Mensch und Computer 2005 - Kunst und Wissenschaft - Grenzüberschreitung der Interaktiven Art, Linz, Austria    2005
The Epidermis as Metaphor: The Art of Creating Intelligent Clothing, 3rd International Avantex-Symposium, Frankfurt, Germany    2005
Mobile Communication vs Pervasive Computing: The Role of Handhelds, Mobile HCI 2004, Glasgow, UK    2004
Fashionable Technology, Banff New Media Institute, Outside/Inside: Boundary Crossings A Wearable Design Workshop, Inside/Outside: Responsive Environments and Ubiquitous Presence, Banff, Canada    2004
Fashionable Technology, Netzwerkstoffe, Luzern, Switzerland    2004
Wearable Experience, ISEA 2004, Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland    2004
SlopeStyle, Viper, Basel, Switzerland    2003
ACAR/2 - An Academy for Interactive Crafts, Basel, Switzerland    2003
New Media Education, Questions of Future, RAM3 - Reclaiming Cultural Territory in New Media, Tallinn, Estonia    2003
Poster, SlopeStyle, ISWC2003, White Plains, USA    2003
The Epidermic Interface: New Directions in Wearable Technology and Fashion, Numer02, Paris, France     2002
Fashionable Technology, Interstanding4: end repeat, Tallinn, Estonia    2001
Multi-Channel Project Management, WPM, New York, USA    2001
Pervasive Computing, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, USA    2001
E-Fashion, E-Fashion Symposia, Parsons School for Design, New York, USA    2001
Designing the Mobile Experience, Internet World, New York, USA    2000
Face Settings: Face2Face: Körper, Identität und Gemeinschaft um Cyberspace, Graz, Austria    1998
Neue Medien – neue Möglichkeiten, Zwischen Kritik und Kommerz, medianexus.net, Vienna, Austria    1998

CHAIR / ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER / JURY


Jury Member, BestOFF, Exhibition, Linz, Austria     2019
Chair, Computational Fashion, Eyebeam Art+Technology Center, New York    2012 - 2016
Advisory Board, SXSW 2015 Accelerator, Austin, USA     2014-2015
Mentor, Interconnected, Global Summit, Wearables & Retail Innovation, Decoded Fashion, New York, USA     2014
Steering Committee, ZeroPower Smart Fashion, Event and Exhibition September 2014, New York, USA     2013-2014
Mentor, SXSW Decoded Fashion, Austin, USA    2014
Judge, Stichfest, UPenn, Philadelphia, USA    2014
Design Exhibition Juror, ISWC2012, International Symposium of Wearable Computing, Newcastle, UK    2012
Chair of Smart Textiles Committee, Ambience’11, Boras, Sweden    2010-11
Design Co-Chair, ISWC2009, Linz, Austria    2009
Jury Member, Prix Ars Electronica 2009, Linz, Austria    2009
Committee Member, Workshop on Pervasive Visual, Auditory and Alternative Modality Information Display at Pervasive2008 conference, Sydney, Australia     2008
Mentor for Multimedia, Departure, Expertenpool, Vienna, Austria     2007 - 2010
Jury member, YDMI Award, German Design Conference, Berlin, Germany     2007
Jugend Innovativ, Jury member for Design, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Vienna, Austria     2007
International Programming Committee Member, ISEA, Helsinki, Finland & Tallinn, Estonia     2004
Steering Committee, Wearable Technology, NYNMA (New York New Media Association), New York     2002 – 2003


CURATORIAL WORK


Sense Color, PONY EARTH Regenerative Lifestyle Salon Series with MyCoocoon, Portugal     2024
The Taste of Biodiversity, PONY EARTH Regenerative Lifestyle Salon Series with Soho House, Portugal    2023
Co-Curator, Moderator, Initiator, Computational Fashion Salon: Where Digital Bespoke meets Traditional Craft, Presenters: Meredith Finkelstein Chang (PAOM), Jamal Motlagh (Acustom Apparel), Lauren Slowik (Shapeways), Soho House New York, USA    2014
Curator, Alex Murray-Leslie, Chicks on Speed, presentation at NewInc, New York, USA    2014
Guest Curator as Exemplary honored for life’s work, Fashion & Technology, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria    June 2014 – October 2014
Guest Curator, MAK Fashion Lab #02, Scientific Skin feat. Bare Conductive in collaboration with Fabio Antinori + Alicja Pytlewska (Textile as Skin), Curation of Video Collages: Artistic Explorations and Scientific Concepts, Curation of Skin as Textiles feat. Carol Christian Poell, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria,     October 2013 – February 2014
Curator, Fashion + Technology at NY Fashion Week Opening Ceremony BTW, commissioned by Cool Hunting, sponsored by Motorola/Google, New York, USA    September 2013
Guest Curator, MAK Fashion Lab #01, Sonic Fabric feat. BLESS N°45 Soundperfume engineered by Popkalab, Curation of Video Collages: Sonic Textiles, Sonic Body, Sonic Interaction, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria June 2013 – October 2013
Co-Curator (with Gabi Asfour) and Organizer, The Future of Orchestral Garments, Parsons The New School for Design + Mannes College The New School for Music, (in collaboration with The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra), New York, USA    May 2013
Curator, Networked Lives, corporate exhibition, VF Corporation, commissioned pieces by YESYESNO, Popkalab, Patricia Adler, etc. USA    2012
Guest Curator, Networked Fashion, European Cultural Capital, invited Daan Rosegarde, Trikotron, Tallinn, Estonia    2011
Curator, Organizer, Moderator, Fashionable Technology Event Series #02: Materials Explorations, symposium hosted at Parsons The New School for Design, School of Fashion, Intelligent Materials Workshops by Elisabeth Senneville hosted at School of Art, Media, Technology, Speakers: Matt Johnson, Bare Conductive, London, Elisabeth de Seineville, fashion designer & professor at ENSAD, Gayil Nalls, artist & researcher, olfactory, Alice Min Soo Chun, Parsons the New School, School of Constructed Environments, Assistant Professor, Design+Material Culture, New York    2011
Curator, Organizer, Moderator, Fashionable Technology Event Series #01: Functional Aesthetics, symposium, workshop, and book launch hosted at Parsons The New School for Design, School of Art, Media, Technology, symposium lectures by Stacey Burr (Adidas), Joe Savreeda, etc., exhibition and reception hosted at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York     2010
Curatorial Advisor, Human Nature, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria     2009
Curatorial Advisor, Ying Gao - Five Ways to Tell a Story about Fashion, Plug.in, Basel, Switzerland     2009
Curator and Concept, Fashionable Technology, Exhibition and Book Launch, curated exhibitors included: Kate Hartman, Mahir Yavuz + Ebru Kurback, etc. Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York     2008
Co-Curator (with Andrew Chetty), My Cyborg Future, Discovery Museum and Dott07, Newcastle, UK     2007
International Programming Committee Member, Wearable Section, ISEA, Helsinki, Finland & Tallinn, Estonia    2004
Faculty Curator, Wear Me, Video Collaboration Studio: Fashionable Technology, Rotherham, England, UK     2003
Curator, E-Fashion, Symposia on Fashion and Technology, Parsons School for Design, New York, USA     2001


SELECT EXHIBITIONS


As an artist, researcher, and professor led class projects
BMW Guggenheim Love Night New York (developed as Fashionable Technology class project at Parsons)    2012
Ambience’11 at Swedish School of Textiles, research project at Parsons: Amplification of Energy    2011
MIT Media Lab, research project at Parsons: Amplification of Energy, sponsored by VFC    2011
VFC corporate exhibition, SlopeStyle 2.0    2011
Firehouse 13: Fabric Futures, SUN No1, Providence, USA    2010
Eyebeam Art + Technology Center: Functional Aesthetics, SUN No1, New York    2010
Ars Electronica Festival, SUN No1, Linz, Austria    2009
E-Culturefair, SlopeStyle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands    2003
Ars Electronica Festival, NOISIA | VISION with Tom Blue, Linz, Austria    1999
European Media Arts Festival, Grrrl Power Possie, part of the artist collective Faces, Osnabrück, Germany    1998
Ars Electronica Festival, Faces, part of the artist collective Faces, Linz, Austria    1998

SELECT RESEARCH GRANTS, CORPORATE COMMISSIONS & FELLOWSHIPS

Awarded to initiatives I instigated or organizations I lead
Austrian Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture, Book: Regenerative Punk, Austria    2024
Vienna Business Agency, Creative_pioneer, PONY EARTH, Vienna, Austria    2022
EUIPO SME Fund, PONY EARTH, Brussels, Belgium    2022
Austrian Research Agency, PONY EARTH, Projekt Start, Austria    2022
AWS discover.IP, PONY EARTH, Austria    2022
Vienna Business Agency, Creatives for Vienna Award, PONY NFT, Austria    2021
Austrian Research Agency, Ecology Grant for Social Impact Investing, Austria    2021
AWS Creative Impact Award for MOONDIAL as partner of EOOS Next for Nuria App for Toilet Lab, Austria    2020
Vienna Business Agency, Creatives for Vienna Award, SUPA Immune, Austria    2020
Austrian Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture, Austria    2014 – 2015
New School University, Research Assistant Fund Award, USA    2014 – 2015
New School University, Research Cluster Fund (The Body as Metaphor) with Prof. Miriam Steele, USA    2013 – 2014
Rockefeller Foundation Grant, awarded to Eyebeam for Computational Fashion, USA    2012 – 2014
Aalto University, awarded for Computational Cellulose (visiting researcher), Finland    2013 – 2015
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, gifted to Sabine Seymour at Parsons School of Design, USA    2012
VF Corporation, Urban Fashion, gifted to Sabine Seymour at Parsons School of Design, USA    2011 – 2012
BMW Guggenheim Lab, Painted Love, gifted to Sabine Seymour, USA    2011
New School University, Research Assistant Fund Award, USA    2012 – 2013
Parsons School for Design, Fashionable Technology Event, USA    2010 – 2011
Parsons School for Design, Sourcemap/MIT collaboration, USA    2010 – 2011
VF Corporation, Amplification of Energy, gifted to Sabine Seymour at Parsons School for Design, USA    2011
New School University, Research Assistant Fund Award, USA    2011
Parsons School for Design, Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design Fellowship, USA    2010
Cultural Council, City of Vienna, Book: Functional Aesthetics, Austria    2009
Kunstuniversität Linz, Book: Functional Aesthetics, Austria    2009
BMUKK, Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture, Book: Functional Aesthetics, Austria    2009
Kunstuniversität Linz, Book: Fashionable Technology, Austria    2008
BMUKK, Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture, Book: Fashionable Technology, Austria    2007
AWS, Impulsprogramm, Book: Fashionable Technology, Austria    2007
Parsons Design Lab, Design Fellow, USA     2001 – 2003
DuPont & Palm Computing sponsorship for SlopeStyle R&D project and exhibition, USA    2003
BMUKK, Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture, Study: Fashion Design, Austria    2000
Joint-Study Scholarship, to attend Columbia University, Austria    1994


WORKSHOPS


Workshop Presenter and Concept, Computational Fashion Master Class, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, hosted by NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering (MAGNET), New York, New York    2014
Workshop Leader and Concept, Fashion Lab #02 Workshop: Actuating The Body, with Bare Conductive, Museums of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria    2013
Workshop Leader and Concept, Fashion Lab #01 Workshop: Wearing a Sound Perfume, with Bless and Popkalab, Museums of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria    2013
Workshop Participant and Concept, Sonic Fabric, with Chicks on Speed, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain    2012
Workshop Leader and Concept, Computational Second Skin, with Research Assistant Scott Peterman from MFA Design + Technology, Aalto University, Helsinki    2012
Workshop Leader and Co-Concept, Intelligent Materials, with Elisabeth de Senneville, hosted for students from Parsons who participated in the excursion and student from EnSAD, EnSAD, Paris    2012
Workshop Leader and Co-Concept, Smart Textiles, with Swedish School of Textiles, hosted for students from Parsons who participated in the excursion, Boras    2012
Workshop Leader and Concept, Fashionable Technology: Bare Conductive, hosted for students from Parsons and students and faculty from ArtEZ Fashion Master, Arnhem School of Fashion, Parsons, New York    2012
Workshop Leader and Co-Concept, Intelligent Materials, with Elisabeth de Senneville, hosted for students at Parsons, Parsons, New York    2012
Expert Workshop Participant, Future Textiles, Herring, Denmark    2011
Workshop Leader and Co-Concept, Intelligent Materials, with Elisabeth de Senneville, hosted for students from Parsons who participated in the excursion and student from EnSAD, EnSAD, Paris     2011
Workshop Leader and Co-Concept, Intelligent Materials, with Elisabeth de Senneville, hosted for students at Parsons, Parsons, New York    2011
Expert Workshop Participant, V2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands     2009
Workshop Leader and Concept, Creating Experiential Designs with Fashionable Wearables, Master of Arts, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, November 2008
Workshop Leader and Concept, Fashionable Technology, Swedish School of Textiles, Boras, Sweden    2008
*Workshop Participant, Ubicomp2007, Innsbruck, Austria    2007
Workshop Leader and Concept, The empire’s new clothes, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway    2006
Workshop Participant, Acar2, Craft, Design, and Media Technology, Senones, France    2006
Workshop Participant, Electronic Etheralism, New York, USA    2006
Workshop Leader and Concept, Fashionable Technology - The Epidermis as Metaphor, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Summer Design Institute, New York, USA    2003
Workshop Participant, ACAR/2 - An Academy for Interactive Crafts, Basel, Switzerland    2003
Workshop Leader and Concept, Fashionable Technology, RAM3 - Reclaiming Cultural Territory in New Media, Tallinn, Estonia    2003


SELECT APPEARANCES IN BOOKS AND ART CATALOGS


Rebecca Pailes-Friedman, Smart Textiles for Designers: Inventing the Future of Fabrics    2016
Shane Richmond, Computerised You, How wearable technology will turn us into computers    2013
Bradley Quinn, Textile Visionaires, Innovation and Sustainability in Textiles Design    2012
Bradley Quinn, Textiles Futures    2010
Avantex, Frankfurt, Germany (DVD)    2005
E-CultureFair, Amsterdam, Netherlands (DVD)    2003
RAM3, Tallinn, Estonia    2003
Ars Electronica, Infowar, Linz, Austria     1998
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany 1998

PRESS


DerStandard, Ziel ist die Demokratisierung der Gesundheit by Wojciech Czaja    2019
Forbes, Are you smarter than my clothing?, by Debrah Weinswig (online)    2016
San Francisco Chronicle, Wearable tech’s future looks bright by Carolyne Zinko (online)    2014
Interviewed for EE Times, Wearables Sing in Smart Clothes by Jessica Lipsky (online)    2014
Wired, June 27, A Novel Tech Incubator That Silicon Valley Wouldn’t Understand by Liz Stinson    2014
L’Officiel Suisse/Schweiz, Future Fashion by Katharina Sand (print)    2014
USA Today, Fossil and Google collab is first of many for wearables by Brandon Carte (print)    2014

Additionally featured in: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, TechTimes, Cool Hunting, San Francisco Chronicle, Wired, L’Officiel, Vogue, Disegno, PBS, NBC, BBC, Financial Times, Horizont Magazin, Springerin, Diivan, De:Bug, FSB Technology, MSN, Der Standard, Wienerin, Page, Hi!Tech by Siemens, WSGN, Wirtschaftsblatt, Businessoffashion.com, BBC, Die Presse, Trend


TELEVISION, RADIO & ONLINE VIDEO


ORF, Guten Morgen Österreich, television morning show    2023
Ö1, An der Schnittstelle zwischen Körper und Technik, Austria    2020
World Web Forum, Sabine Seymour Interview, Switzerland (online)    2019
Moneytoday.ch, Interview Blockchain, Switzerland (online)    2019
DMEXCO, Interview, Cologne, September     2018
Forbes, Apparel as data platform, USA (online)    2017
She’s Mercedes, Alter Ego, Mercedes Original Movie, USA (online)    2016
New York Times Video documentary (focused on MOONDIAL), USA    2015
TheVerge, “The future is now”, full video feature sponsored by Intel, USA (online)    2014
Vice / Creators Project, “#3 Human Experiences, Making it Wearable”, USA (online)    2014
Sparkfun.com, “Enginursday: To be a fly on the wall”, documentary of Zoomorphic, USA (online)    2014
PBS, The Future of Wearables, USA (online)    2013
NBC, Today Show, USA (TV)    2013
PBS Nova, The Secret Life of Scientist, USA (online)    2013
ORF (Austrian National Broadcasting), Newton, television documentary, Austria (TV)    2009