I’m Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, a consultant, community organiser and author with a background in industrial and interaction design based in South London.
I was the first UK distributor of the Arduino, I organise the London internet of Things Meetup and am the founder of the Low Carbon Design Institute.
I am the Chair of the board of trustees at Mediale, a digital arts organisation based in North Yorkshire and am on the board of the Restart Project and Working Class Creatives.
My work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and the London Design Museum.
I am also the author of Smarter Homes (2018), Creating a Culture of Innovation (2020) and The Little Book of Public Space and the Internet of Things (2021).
Past Clients:
American Express, Arup, BBC Research & Development, Bosch Software Innovations, Braun, British Film Institute, British Gas, British Telecom, Dare Digital, Device Pilot, Digital Catapult, Danish Ministry of Urban & Rural Affairs EDF R&D (France), EDF Energy, EIT Digital Innovate UK, Mozilla Foundation, Nokia, National Geographic, Proctor & Gamble, StartupbootcampIoT, The European Commission, The Evening Standard, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The Tony Blair Institute, The Wellcome Trust, UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University of Queen Mary, University of Oxford Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security, ustwo, Wired US, W+K, Y&R.
Career highlights:
– 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)
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