Public Speaking and Jurying

Designing with all 5 senses 

A Sensory Experience Workshop For the Fashion Industry 

Can  we try to imagine how activating OUR senses with the use of new technology can inspire a new breed of fashion for everyone?

When we talk about diversity and inclusivity although using plus sized models and ensuring that sizing and proper fit for people of all shapes and sizes is imperative, and this is currently going a tremendous transformation, I want to focus our discussion today about how using your 5 senses as a guide together with technology you can create new garments, accessories and collections that are for everyone. We can create inspiration for  new products, services and experiences with all five senses of touch, taste, smell, sound and sight. 

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A Sense of OUTDOORS

The sense of the OUTDOORS is an hands on multi sensorial workshop that aims to crowd-source input and encourage a multi-sensorial interaction with our environment

Join Stephan Clambaneva, Design Innovation Director, for a workshop that aims to understand and explore how outdoor lovers like us experience nature, what makes these experiences unique and how we can use these to create new sensory interactions with our environment. We will explore how we can create richer interactions consciously utilizing our five human senses of touch, taste, smell, sound and sight. Using our five senses and the great outdoors as the backdrop, we will be creating a collective representation of how we sense multi-sensorially. This workshop is, above all, a sensory exploration through collective and associative storytelling. Ask yourself: How do our senses create associations, memories and stories about your favorite spot, and why are they each so unique to you? By sharing personal sensory experiences of your own—that recently inspired you or represents a memorable time for you—you will collectively create, emphasize and translate this personal experience into a new multi-sensorial opportunity for others to enjoy.

Future of Mobility for New York City

S(h)ifting through the Hype

We are gathering in Times Square, the urban epicenter of the capital of the world, to challenge your view of the future of mobility. This diverse panel of mobility experts coming from design, local government, manufacturing and mobility startups, will discuss the competing business models for urban mobility and the holistic sustainable systems-approach needed here in NYC.

 We will define mobility on many levels and address the need for new disruptive modes of mobility and how to obtain them.

If Only da Vinci had an Augmented Reality Headset

Design and Management in the Age of Transformation - explore how design is humanizing future technologies, integrate innovation, simplify complexity, and deliver results 

Is there a way to develop an experience in real time? Designers are poised to enter a new realm where augmented reality (AR) can totally redefine the design process. Are you ready?

Stephan Clambaneva, IDSA, director/design business consultant at Dessault Systèmes, will bring you up-to-speed on the latest AR/VR technologies and help you prepare to become an “augmented designer.”

Juror for Mobility Hackathon during Design in the Age of Experience

Juror for North East District Student Merit Awards on and off for the last 10 years.

Docent for Auto Design Awards Annual Eye on Design Competition

Juror for New York Cut & Paste Design Competition