Aug 23Fraying the matrix: A Cyberlocal Dreams post-mortem (PART III)In August 2020, I moved to Eindhoven, bringing six months of lockdown spent in Delhi to a close. Not sure what to expect coming to the Netherlands (I moved there for personal rather than professional reasons), I dedicated my first year there to meeting and collaborating with new practitioners, voices…Digital Twin12 min readDigital Twin12 min read
Aug 23Fraying the matrix: A Cyberlocal Dreams post-mortem (PART II)In August 2020, I moved to Eindhoven, bringing six months of lockdown spent in Delhi to a close. Not sure what to expect coming to the Netherlands (I moved there for personal rather than professional reasons), I dedicated my first year there to meeting and collaborating with new practitioners, voices…Participatory Design12 min readParticipatory Design12 min read
Aug 23Fraying the matrix: A Cyberlocal Dreams post-mortem (PART I)In August 2020, I moved to Eindhoven, bringing six months of lockdown spent in Delhi to a close. Not sure what to expect coming to the Netherlands (I moved there for personal rather than professional reasons), I dedicated my first year there to meeting and collaborating with new practitioners, voices…Participatory Design13 min readParticipatory Design13 min read
May 12WHAT A MESS, a tale of collaborative photogrammetryThe following text is a compilation of passages found on the archival website whatamess.city and the result of our latest collaboration between Pedro Gil Farias and I. The archive and associated instalation were first developed during the Realities in Transition residency hosted by V2_Lab for Unstable Media. PART I | THE PROJECT 🪨 — full…Urbanism8 min readUrbanism8 min read
Jul 25, 2022The Agora Jam: Co-creating the AgoraverseThe following text was co-authored with Makan Fofana, and is written in the first person, from Makan’s perspective. …Metaverse17 min readMetaverse17 min read
Dec 29, 2020A Journey Through HELThe Haul Earth Ledger | From Consumer Culture to Maker Culture — Co-authored by Pedro Gil Farias | Project page: Haul.earth We want something when we don’t have it; We don’t take care of it when we have it; We only miss it when it’s gone. These three principles explain both our urge for over-consumption, our careless, mostly unilateral, relationship to the…Repair10 min readRepair10 min read
Nov 1, 2020Balancing hype and accountabilityI’ve been trying to write this debrief of my experience at Quicksand Design Studio for a good five or six months. It’s been a grueling process to both reflect and recall while actively seeking new employment and to “reinvent” myself. However it has undeniably helped me gain clarity on my…Metrics34 min readMetrics34 min read
Published inQuicksand DISPATCH·Jul 25, 2019Automation & Design SprintsDesign sprints are a lot like particle accelerators. You get a handful of interesting profiles in a room, throw in some trends or insights from your research, and hope to get your mind blown. Or at least that is the intent. …Design18 min readDesign18 min read
May 2, 2017In DelhiSince last Monday, seven days ago, I’ve been trying to become a functioning Delhi resident. This has made this week an especially eventful one during which everything that I’ve seen, I’ve experienced simultaneously as a tourist and as an aspiring resident. …India15 min readIndia15 min read
Jan 28, 2017Researching ImaginariesThe other day I was invited by a friend and colleague of mine, Fernando Olmedo, to run a design research workshop in his class. …Design9 min readDesign9 min read
