Interactive Architect & Educator
Originally from the suburbs of New York, Alex Yagilowich is an interior designer and educator turned interactive architect and maker. Her designs center on bringing novel interactive spaces to broader audiences by providing tangible and recognizable concepts that can be easily understood or learnt.
Her current practice focuses on multimodal human-computer interaction (HCI), whereby she combine skills in computer science, behavioral sciences, spatial design and media studies to create interactive installations that combine learning and fun.
As a Pervasive Media Studio resident and Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC) associate-member, Alex is currently investigating Neurodiverse multi-modal HCI through practice-based research. Her interactive installation, Not Just an Excuse combines learning and fun to explore the inner workings of the ADHD brain, as told by fellow ADHDer's.
Some of her recent works have been exhibited at Loco Klub (UK), Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (UK; online and in-person), Ugly Duck (UK), the Samsung Experience Store at King’s Cross (UK), Stars & Gripes (UK; online and in-person), and the Alternative Gallery (US).
The Pervasive Media Studio is a creative technologies collaboration with Watershed, University of the West of England and University of Bristol.
The Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC) is an interdisciplinary research centre at the University of the West of England, working across culture, technology and society.