Who we are

Current project and independent study researchers, and MDes thesis advisees

Devika Singh Devika Singh
Electric Acoustic,
New Metaphors,
New Ways To Live: Future Pittsburgh
Gray Crawford Gray Crawford
Electric Acoustic,
MDes thesis: Assimilating Hyperphysical Affordances
Aadya Krishnaprasad Aadya Krishnaprasad
Ecologies of Sleep, Wellbeing and Mental Health
Rachel Gray Alexander Rachel Gray Alexander
New Ways To Live: Future Pittsburgh
Saloni Sabnis Saloni Sabnis
New Metaphors,
New Ways To Live: Future Pittsburgh
Michelle Chou Michelle Chou
New Metaphors,
Ecologies of Sleep, Wellbeing and Mental Health
Jay Huh Jay Huh
Katie Herzog Katie Herzog
New Ways To Think: Materializing Mental Health,
MDes thesis, Independent study: Data Physicalization
Zach Bachiri Zach Bachiri
Independent study: Data Physicalization
Lucas Ochoa Lucas Ochoa
Independent study: Open source emotive AI assistant platform

Faculty

Dan Lockton Dr Dan Lockton
Assistant Professor and Chair of Design Studies, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University
Faculty Affiliate, Carnegie Mellon Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University
Visiting Tutor, Innovation Design Engineering, Royal College of Art

Dan Lockton’s current PhD advisees

Silvia Mata-Marin Silvia Mata-Marin
More Than Walls: Everyday Bordering.
Carnegie Mellon University.
Committee: Dan Lockton, Molly Wright Steenson, TBA.
Francis Carter Francis Carter
Affording Agency: Constructive Contradictions for Being-in-the-World.
Carnegie Mellon University.
Committee: Dan Lockton, Jonathan Chapman, TBA.
Kakee Scott Kakee Scott
Co-Creating Alternative Economic Practices.
Carnegie Mellon University.
Committee: Dan Lockton, Ramia Mazé, Cameron Tonkinwise.
Stephen Neely Stephen Neely
Soma Literacy and Corporeal Design.
Carnegie Mellon University.
Committee: Jonathan Chapman, Dan Lockton, Cameron Tonkinwise.
Dave Pao Dave Pao
Electronic Medical Records for the Information Age.
Royal College of Art.
Supervisors: John Stevens, Dan Lockton.

New Ways To Think and New Ways To Live project teams

New Ways To Think: Materializing Mental Health Michal Luria, Jen Brown, Katie Herzog, Laura Rodriguez, Supawat Vitoorakaporn, Josh LeFevre, Ulu Mills,, Carlie Guilfoile, Nowell Kahle, Kailin Dong, Jessica Nip, Aisha Dev, Katie Glass, Zhiye Jin, Soonho Kwon, Arden Wolf, Dan Lockton
New Ways To Live: Future Pittsburgh Saloni Sabnis, Rachel Gray Alexander, Devika Singh, John Zoppina, Aisha Dev, Kailin Dong, Monica Huang, Soonho Kwon, Jessica Nip, Nicole Pinto, Jen Brown, Jeffrey Chou, Katie Herzog, Laura Kelly, Michal Luria, Ulu Mills, Laura Rodriguez, Dan Lockton

Environments Studio IV project teams

2019: Qualities Jackie Chou, Erin Ryan, CJ Walsh, Tammar Zea-Wolfson, Antonio Song. Teaching assistant: Joe Hines. Instructor: Dan Lockton
2018: Intelligence(s) in Environments Maayan Albert, Gautam Bose, Emma Brennan, Cameron Burgess, Aisha Dev, Anna Gusman, Monica Huang, Soonho Kwon, Marisa Lu, Jessica Nip, Lucas Ochoa, Helen Wu. Instructor: Dan Lockton
2017: The Invisible Jasper Tom, Gilly Johnson, Chris Perry, Ji Tae Kim, Ty Van de Zande. Teaching assistant: Nehal Vora. Instructor: Dan Lockton

Imaginaries Lab Alumni

Project researchers Ashlesha Dhotey, Theora Kvitka, Matt Prindible, Delanie Ricketts, Shengzhi Wu, Katie Herzog, Sarah Foley, Nehal Vora, Silvia Mata-Marin
MDes thesis advisees Mackenzie Cherban, 2018
Ubiquitous Inclusion
Advisor: Dan Lockton
  Meriç Dağlı, 2018
Designing for Trust: Exploring Trust and Collaboration in Conversational Agents for E-commerce
Advisors: Dan Lockton, Daragh Byrne
  Dixon Lo, 2017
Experiential Augmentation: Representing Invisible Digital Processes with Intuitive Physical Properties
Advisors: Stacie Rohrbach, Dan Lockton
  Sarah Foley, 2017
Service Fictions as a Method in Problem-Finding Research in the Field of Sleep
Advisors: Dan Lockton, Cameron Tonkinwise
  Shruti Aditya Chowdhury, 2017
Designing Fitness: Probes for Motivation
Advisors: Dan Lockton, Molly Wright Steenson
Independent study researchers and undergraduate research fellows Ty Van de Zande (SURF), Cameron Burgess & Conner Harden (SURG), Gray Crawford, Sarah Foley, Hannah Rosenfeld, Leah Jiang, Monique Smith, Meriç Dağlı, Hajira Qazi, Rachel Chang, Courtney Pozzi, Helen Wu, Julia Wong, Rae Headrick

Completed PhDs advised by Dan Lockton

Dr Chang Hee Lee
Innovation Design Engineering
Royal College of Art, 2018
Synaesthesia Materialisation: Approaches to Applying Synaesthesia as a Provocation for Generating Creative Ideas within the Context of Design.
Supervisors: John Stevens, Dan Lockton
Dr Michael Arnold Mages
Design
Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
Designing Civic Conversations: Things and Facilitation in High-Stakes and Difficult Conversations.
Committee: Jonathan Chapman, Dan Lockton, Cameron Tonkinwise
Dr Deepa Butoliya
Design
Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
Critical Jugaad: A post normal design framework for designerly marginal practices.
Committee: Molly Wright Steenson, Katherine Moline, Stuart Candy, Dan Lockton
Dr Nazlı Terzioğlu Özkan
Innovation Design Engineering
Royal College of Art, 2017
Do-Fix: Creating Deeper Relationships Between Users and Products Through Visible Repair.
Supervisors: Dan Lockton, Clare Brass
Dr Delfina Fantini van Ditmar
Innovation Design Engineering
Royal College of Art, 2016
IdIoT: Second-order cybernetics in the ‘smart’ home.
Supervisors: Ranulph Glanville, Ashley Hall, Dan Lockton, Paul Pangaro

Friends of the lab

Bella Bella
Model for New Metaphors cards, and professor of barkhitecture.