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  • Philippa Mothersill

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    mothersp@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Philippa Mothersill

    Profile

    Pip Mothersill is a human-centered product designer, philosophically-minded technology researcher and unconventional computational toolmaker. Bridging design theory, cognitive psychology and computer science, I develop digital tools and augmented environments for creative thinking that embrace purposeful ambiguity and intentional serendipity to provoke perspective-changing ideas.

    Pip has presented her work at CHI, TEI, Design Research Society, European Academy of Design, Design Museum Boston, SXSW, Northeastern University and the Royal College of Art. As well as her academic experience, Pip has several years experience in industry (P&G/Gillette) developing new technologies and upstream product design strategy.

    Degrees Held

    - PhD and M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab

    - MA/MSc in Industrial Design Engineering, Royal College of Art/Imperial College, London

    - MEng in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Bristol.

    Recent Publications

    Design Daydreams: Juxtaposing Digital and Physical Inspiration | 2019
    Philippa Mothersill and V. Michael Bove. In Companion Publication of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2019 Companion (DIS '19 Companion). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 265-269.

    Beyond Average Tools: On the use of ‘dumb’ computation and purposeful ambiguity to enhance the creative process | 2019
    Philippa Mothersill & V. Michael Bove Jr. The Design Journal 20:sup1, P1147-1161

    An Ontology of Computational Tools for Design Activities | 2018
    Philippa Mothersill & V. Michael Bove Jr. Proceedings of DRS2018 International Conference, 25–28 June 2018, Limerick, Ireland, p1261-1277

    Editorial: Tools of Design | 2018
    Philippa Mothersill. Proceedings of DRS2018 International Conference, 25–28 June 2018, Limerick, Ireland, p1053-1056

    Humans, Machines and the Design Process: Exploring the Role of Computation in the Early Phases of Creation | 2017
    Philippa Mothersill & V. Michael Bove Jr. The Design Journal, 20:sup1, S3899-S3913

    The EmotiveModeler: An Emotive Form Design CAD Tool | 2015
    Philippa Mothersill & V. Michael Bove Jr. CHI Extended Abstracts (pp. 339-342)

    Performances and Appearances

    Breaking the Code: Algorithms that Work for All | 2019
    Stylus Decoded Future Summit, NYC (USA)

    Looking for Humanity in AI | 2019
    Techonomy, NYC (USA)

    Digital tools to explore Beyond Average ideas | 2019
    Royal Society of the Arts, London (UK)

    Designing the Future Designer’s Toolbox | 2018
    Reaktor Breakpoint conference, Helsinki (Finland)

    Digitally Enabled Creativity | 2017
    Design Museum at HUBweek Festival, Boston (USA)

    Humans, Machines & the Future of Industrial Design with Jason Robinson (IDEO) | 2017
    SXSW Interactive conference, Austin (USA)

    Research Interests

    Computational creativity, digital serendipity, organisational creativity

    Portfolio

    Personal Site

    Past Courses

    Design Research 2: Integration
    PSDS 3100, Fall 2023

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