about

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
Photo credit: Adam Leach

I’m Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, a design leader, author, consultant and event organiser. I have been working at the intersection of design, the internet of things, tech ethics and climate change since 2007.

I curate and organise the London internet of Things Meetup , the second largest meetup in the world dedicated to the topic.

I am the founder of the Low Carbon Design Institute where I explore the intersection of climate change and creativity through occasional events, workshops or residencies.

In 2024, I revived Papercamp, an event exploring the world of paper. Check out Papercamp 3 and 4. Papercamp 5 will be happening on September 19th 2026.

Career highlights:

  • Introduced Peers4Planet to Design Council and The Restart Project which led to the first Parliamentary repair cafĂ© in 2024
  • Humanvalues.io a questionnaire for ethical decision making in digital design I helped develop with BBC R&D North Lab was shortlisted for the 2023 IBC Social Impact Award
  • The Good Night Lamp is in the permanent collection of the London Design Museum
  • Homesense and Big Red Button are in the permanent collection of NYC Museum of Modern Art (MoMa)
  • I was the first UK distributor of the Arduino, an open source electronics education platform
Good Night Lamp (2005-2017)

Past Clients and employers:

American Express, Arup, Arkh, BBC Research & Development North Lab, Bosch Software Innovations, Braun, British Film Institute, British Gas, British Telecom, Bulb Energy, Chimni, Dare Digital, Device Pilot, Digital Catapult, Danish Ministry of Urban & Rural Affairs, EDF R&D (France), EDF Energy UK, EIT Digital, Innovate UK, Energy Systems Catapult, ING Labs, Library of Things, Mozilla Foundation, Nokia, National Geographic, Proctor & Gamble, StartupbootcampIoT, Superflux, The Design Council, The European Commission, The Evening Standard, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The Tony Blair Institute, The Wellcome Trust, TPXimpact, UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Queen Mary University of London, University of Oxford Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security, ustwo, Wired US, W+K, Y&R.

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