TALKS INCLUDE TEDxBRUSSELS, CREATIVE MORNINGS, TEDxBANGALORE, INTERACTION 20, TEDYOUTH, SÓNAR+D, and VARIOUS KEYNOTES, MUSEUM EVENTS AND INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY LECTURES
Carla is available for public speaking engagements on the following subjects:
Making Meaningful Design with the Internet of Things
How Our Robots Will Charm Us (And Why We Want Them To)
Tangible Storytelling Through 3D Printing and Communities
The Rise of the Design Lab: Hacking and Making in a Professional Environment
Past speaking engagements:
INTERACTION ’20 Milan, Italy, February 4, 2020
SEGD Society for Experiential Graphic Design, 2020
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, Duncan Anderson Design Lecture Series
“Designing in the Fourth Dimension”, March 21, 2019
INTERACTION ’19 “You Talkin’ to Me: A Social Approach to Designing Products”, Seattle, WA, February 7, 2019
INTERACTION ’19: EDU SUMMIT “4D Design at Cranbrook: Projections for a New Model of Interaction Design Education”, Seattle, WA, February 4, 2019
COOPER UNION, “Seeing Through the Lens of 4D Design”, New York, NY, October 25, 2018
BEYOND TELLERRAND UX Conference, “Robotics in Our Everyday Lives”
Munich, Germany, January 16, 2018
SÓNAR+D FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE, presentation “How Our Robots Will Charm Us And Why We Want Them To” and workshop, “Building Behavior Through Movement”, Barcelona, Spain, June 14-15, 2016.
BUILDING IoT Conference, Keynote Speaker
Cologne, Germany, May 3, 2017
TEDxBRUSSELS “No Limits: Everyday Robots”
Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2017
STANFORD UNIVERSITY HCI Seminar,
“Robotics in Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective”, December 2, 2016
AAAI Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Fall Symposium, Invited speaker
“Debating AI vs Design” with Dr. Wendy Ju, Arlington, VA, November 17, 2016
TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast
Game Show Contestant, September 22, 2016
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, Duncan Anderson Design Lecture Series
“Robotics in Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective”, May 5, 2016
TEDYOUTH 2015, New York, NY, November 14, 2015
JACOBS DESIGN CONVERSATIONS, Berkeley University, Invited Speaker
“Robotics In Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective”, January 29, 2016
RISD & BROWN HUMAN CENTERED ROBOTICS INITIATIVE, Invited Speaker
“Design Futuring”, March 9, 2016
REASONS TO BE CREATIVE 2015
“Exploring the Near Future Through Hacking and Making”, September 7, 2015
DCONSTRUCT 2015
“Designing the Future Through Tangible Storytelling”, September 11, 2015
CREATIVE MORNINGS NYC
“Embracing a Robotic Future”, May 8, 2015
COOPER HEWITT MUSEUM, “Robot Invasion: Are Smart Products Running Your Life?”
“Robotics in Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective”, February 27, 2015
COOPER HEWITT MUSEUM, Design Kids Workshop Series
Prototyping a Simple Robot: workshop for kids age 5 and up, April 11 & 18, 2015
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, MFA Graphic Design Lecture Series
“Embracing the Future Through Making, Technology and Creativity” , April 8, 2015
TEDxBANGAGLORE, India
“Bringing Meaning to Technology Through Storytelling”, August 3, 2014
CONNECTING: MAKERS ONLINE FILM
Featured commentary
THE VERGE: THE FUTURE IS NOW, ONLINE SERIES
Featured profile
UX LONDON 2014
“Making Meaning in an Internet of Things” talk, May 30, 2014
“E-Sketching for Interaction Prototyping” 3- hour workshop May 30, 2014
O’REILLY WEBCAST
“Behind the Scenes of LEO the Maker Prince: Journeys in 3D Printing”, April 30, 2014
MAKERCON 2014
Panelist, “Robots Among Us” and “Changing Design: The Internet of Things and Product Development”, May 14, 2014
MAKER FAIRE BAY AREA 2014
“Behind the Scenes of LEO the Maker Prince: Journeys in 3D Printing”, May 17, 2014
“Connecting:Makers Maker Faire Premiere”, May 18, 2014
GE DESIGN CONFERENCE 2014
Panelist, “Industrial Internet and the Internet of Things”, May 13, 2014
ROBOTS AND NEW MEDIA, Berkeley University, CA
“Design and Aesthetic In Robotics for Everyday Life”, April 4, 2014
FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY
“How Our Robots Will Charm Us (And Why We Want Them To)”, Celebrity Lecture Series, February 20, 2014
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
“Smart Design: Data-Driven, Good Looking Interior Design and Architecture”, October 18, 2013
WOMEN INNOVATE MOBILE, APPLE STORE SOHO, New York, NY
Presenter and panelist “Meet the Innovators: Digital Life”, October 16, 2013
VISIBLE FUTURES LAB AT SVA, New York, NY
Artist talk and joint residency kickoff, with Emilie Baltz, October 4, 2013
WEBVISIONS CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Keynote, “Making Meaningful Design with the Internet of Things”, September 28, 2013
MAKER FAIRE NYC 2013, Queens, NY
Panel organizer and speaker, Live Stage, “3D Printing and the Future of Design Education” , September 22, 2013
MAKER FAIRE NYC 2013, Queens, NY
Speaker, Live Stage, “Designing Friendly Robots: Looks Do Matter!”, September 21, 2013
Speaker, Innovation Stage, “The Rise of the Design Lab, Hacking and Making in a Professional Environment”, September 22, 2013
MAKE HARDWARE INNOVATION WORKSHOP, Queens, NY
Session speaker, “Design and the Internet of Things”, September 18, 2013
SKETCHING IN HARDWARE 2013, Xerox PARC, CA
Speaker, “Building an Interaction Lab”, July 19, 2013
GIGAOM INTERNET OF THINGS PODCAST
Interview, “How to design a connected device that isn’t a jerk, plus IoT’s recipe for success”, May 23, 2013
WEBVISIONS PDX, Portland, Oregon
Keynote, “Making Meaningful Design with the Internet of Things”, May 24, 2013
SXSW INTERACTIVE, Austin, Texas
Participant, video-recorded roundtable at G.E.’s “Brilliant Brunch”, March 2013
NYC MEDIA LAB, FUTURE INTERFACES SERIES, New York, NY
Panelist, Future Interfaces Event held at Razorfish NYC, February 23, 2013
IXDA13 INTERACTION DESIGN ASSOCIATION, Toronto, Canada
“Making Meaning in an Internet of Things”, January 30, 2013
AIGA/NY@PARSONS, New York, NY
Panelist, “The New Future of Design”, December 12, 2012
MAKER FAIRE NYC 2012, New York, NY
Panelist, “Design and DIY: How Makers are Influencing Product Design”, September 29, 2012
UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, Barcelona, Spain
“Bringing Objects to Life with Form, Code and Electronics”, September 26, 2012
FABRICA RESEARCH CENTER, Treviso, Italy
“Bringing Objects to Life Through Form, Code and Electronics”, September 24, 2012
REASONS TO BE CREATIVE, New York, NY
“Bringing Objects to Life at the Intersection of the Physical and the Digital”, June 2012
TEDxDrexel, Philadelphia, PA
“Bringing Objects to Life Through Form, Code and Electronics”, May 15, 2012
TEDxEMORY, Atlanta, GA
“Expressive Devices and the Internet of Things”, April 21, 2012
MARYMOUNT SCHOOL OF NY, Middle School, New York, NY
“One Career, Many Disciplines: Bringing Creativity and Technology Together”, October 29, 2011
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Interior Architecture Program, New York, NY
“Design, Technology and Sustainability: New Tools and Fresh Approaches”, July 6, 2011
IIT INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, Invite Speaker Series,Chicago, IL
“Interaction Design at the Intersection of Objects, Information and Spaces”, September 16, 2011
2010 SKETCHING IN HARDWARE CONFERENCE, Philadelphia, PA
“Making Objects Expressive with Dynamic Behaviors”, July 29, 2011
CHI2011 CONFERENCE, Vancouver, Canada
“The Shape of Simon: The Creative Design of a Humanoid Robot Shell”, May 7-12, 2011
“Art and Interaction”, Panelist
Design Community Co-Chair
2010 DESIGN AND EMOTION CONFERENCE, Chicago, IL
“Finding Love in Everyday Objects”, Presentation and Workshop, October 4, 2010
2010 SKETCHING IN HARDWARE CONFERENCE, Los Angeles, California
“The Challenges of Design for NUI”, July 24, 2010
CHI2010 CONFERENCE, Atlanta, GA
Lecture and panel discussion, “Design at CHI: Information in the Palms of Our Hands”, April 14, 2010
HORITZO TV, Barcelona, Spain
“Carpeta Compartida”, guest featured on Artist Showcase pilot show, November 14, 2009
NIU GALLERY, Barcelona, Spain
“De la realitat a la virtualitat i viceversa”, September 10, 2009
SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSTIY, COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Southampton, U.K.
“Robots!” Lecture, September 30, 2008
FLASH ON THE BEACH, Brighton, U.K.
“Robots! The Interface Designer’s Holy Grail” Featured speaker, October 2, 2008
DORA MAAR HOUSE, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON, Ménerbes, France
Artist talk, August 29, 2008
AWARE HOME, GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Guest speaker, “From Virtual to Real and Back”, April 18, 2008
CHI2008 CONFERENCE, Alt Chi Program, Florence, Italy
“Fragile: A Case Study for Evoking Specific Emotional Responses”, April 5-10, 2008
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Crossing Boundaries in Design Lecture ID Series, Atlanta, GA
“From Real to Virtual and Back”, Guest speaker, January 30, 2008
FLASH ON THE BEACH, Brighton, U.K.
“From Real to Virtual and Back”, Featured speaker, November 5, 2007
CONNECTING ’07, ICSID/IDSA International Congress, San Francisco, CA,
“E-Sketching”, Workshop and Presentation, October 2007
DORKBOT ATLANTA, Atlanta, GA
“Crafting Control: The Joy of Interacting in Real Time”, Featured speaker, October 2007
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Mechanical Engineering 2110 seminar, Atlanta, GA
“Brainstorming Techniques”, “Scenarios as a Design Tool”, Guest speaker, October 2007
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, New Media Day, Savannah, GA
“The Hybrid Designer”, Featured speaker, April 2007
FROG DESIGN, Webcam presentation to the San Francisco Digital Media Design Team
“Interface and Object Design”, March 2007
SUNY, Oswego, NY, At the Intersection Conference
“Art, Work, Interaction”, Plenary speaker, March 2007
KICKER CORPORATION, Offsite Meeting, Lacoste, France, Corporate Research Trip for Student Project Work
“Visualizing Sound”, Lecture, February 2007
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Lacoste, France
“Fragile: Handle With Care, an Interactive Installation”, Artist talk, February 2007
THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY, Ealing and Reading, UK
“Art, Work, Interaction”, March 2006
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Visiting Artist Series, Lacoste, France
Artist talk, March 2006
FLASH IN THE CAN 2005 CONFERENCE, Toronto, Canada
“Sculpting with Sound”, Lecture and workshop, April 2005
FLASHFORWARD 2005 CONFERENCE, New York, NY
“Ask the Experts” Session, July 2005
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Guest Lecture Series, Syracuse, NY
Artist talk and technology lecture, Syracuse, NY March 2005
FLASHBELT 2005 CONFERENCE, Minneapolis, MN
“Sculpting With Sound” workshop and “Sound Design” artist talk, June 2005
FLASHFORWARD 2003 CONFERENCE, New York, NY
“Ask the Experts” session, July 2003
NUOVE MODALITA ESPRESSIVE NELL’ERA DEL DIGITALE, Palermo, Italy
Featured speaker and artist, July 2004
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Savannah, GA
“Art First” Faculty lecture series, artist talk, February 2004
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
During my time as Director of the Engineering Lab at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute, I appeared on several television news and lifestyle programs to showcase the findings of my product review work. Check out a sample of these here and here.
LIFETIME/Cable, “Our Home”, September 9, 1994
Segments on energy saving batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs with Marc SummersCBS/Network, “CBS This Morning”, December 16, 1994
Segment on single use cameras, with commentator Heidi KaufmanNBC/WBAL, Pittsburgh, local news, January 1995
A guided tour of the work taking place at the Good Housekeeping Research InstituteCBS/WCBS/New York, “News at Noon”, July 18, 1995
Segment on cordless telephones, with commentator Roseanne CollettiFOX/WNYW/New York, “News at Ten”, August 1995
“FOX Business Report” segment on cordless telephones, with commentator John RolandLIFETIME/Cable, “Our Home”, February, 1996
Segment on bathroom scales with Ernie AnastosAMERICA’S TALKING/Cable, “Wake Up America!”, February 6, 1996
Live segments on automotive theft prevention devices: the Club and its competitorsCNN/Cable, “Your Money”, February 1996
Segments on steering wheel locksFOX/WNYW/New York, “Fox Business News”, March 6, 1996
Segment on smoke detectors, with commentator John RolandCNBC/Cable, “Steals and Deals”, March 12, 1996
Segments on smoke detectors with commentator Jim DonovanCBS/WCBS/New York, “News at Five”, March 13, 1996
“Troubleshooter” segment on smoke detectors, with commentator Roseanne CollettiFOX/WNYW/New York, “Fox Business News”, March 26, 1996
Segment on the Good Housekeeping Research Institute and the Good Housekeeping Seal, with commentator John RolandWNBC/NBC/New York, “Today in New York”, April 1996
Live panel discussion on smoke detectorsAMERICA’S TALKING/Cable, “Wake Up America!”, May 7, 1996
Live segments on smoke detector comparisonsCNBC/Cable, “Steals and Deals”, May 14, 1996
Segment on 35mm point and shoot cameras with commentator Jim DonovanCNBC/Cable, “Steals and Deals”, June 11, 1996
Segments on steering wheel locks and digital satellite dishes with commentator Jim DonovanFOX/WNYW/New York, “News at Ten”, June 1996
“FOX Business Report” segment on 35mm point and shoot cameras, with commentator John RolandCBS/WCBS/New York, “News at Five”, July 1996
“Troubleshooter” segment on answering machines, with commentator Roseanne CollettiFOX/WNYW/New York, “News at Ten”, July 1996
“FOX Business Report” segment on answering machines, with commentator John RolandCBS/Network, “CBS News”, July 22, 1996
A guided tour of the work taking place at the Good Housekeeping Research InstituteCBS/WCBS/New York, “News at Noon”, August, 1996
“Troubleshooter” segment on satellite dishes for digital TV, with commentator Roseanne CollettiFOX/WNYW/New York, “News at Ten”, August 1996
“FOX Business Report” segment on mini satellite dishes for digital TV, with commentator John RolandCBS/WCBS/New York, “News at Noon”, September, 1996
“Troubleshooter” segment on home humidifiers, with commentator Roseanne CollettiCBS/WCBS/New York, “News at Five”, December 1996
“Troubleshooter” segment on winter coat technology, with commentator Roseanne Colletti