Claudia Núñez-Pacheco

Watch the talk here EKA’s Sensorial Design Research group organised a design research event at the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) aiming to bring knowledge of international researchers to students, researchers, and educators of EKA on the 21st of February, 2023. During this event, I participated as an invited speaker, panellist and peer reviewer for…

I was invited as a speaker at the conference Interactive Digital Art and Societal Health, which took place in Berlin between the 2nd and 3rd of December, 2022. The series of talks and demos gathered at this event focused on discussing what roles interactive digital art could play in societal health, including the needs of…

8th October 2022 9.00-17.00Website: https://sites.google.com/view/bodily-experience/home About the Workshop In public spaces, such as urban areas and public transportation, people may experience feelings of insecurity, for example, regarding lack of security and fear of possible criminal intentions from others, which can lead to physical discomfort and (feelings of) unease. In this one-day workshop at the NordiCHI…

Guest edited by Claudia Núñez-Pacheco, Marianela Ciolfi Felice, and Vasiliki Tsaknaki, this issue explores the sensory and material experiences of designers, who work with design methods that foreground somatic modes of inquiry and show how these changes could open a door for new opportunities to emphasize the importance of embodied and somatic practices in design…

About this event This Moment is intended as a creative instance for designers to reflect on what it means to be a foreigner in a globalised world and how creative lessons of foreignness could potentially shape us as designers. The Moment has been structured as follows: 1. Introduction to the Moment 2. Participants’ brief introductions:…

I am happy to announce that I have been invited to be part of the editorial team of the Journal Diseña. This journal specialises in design studies from a highly transdisciplinary perspective, offering articles that follow a rigorous selection process and beautiful printed editions that make justice to its designerly spirit. Read the previous editions…

Tangible Body Maps of Felt Sensing Experience14th and 19th February Location: Zoom [TBC]Registration: https://tei.acm.org/2021/ Introduction This studio offers an exploration of a series of research methods grounded in first-person and second-person perspectives, including an open-ended use of readily available materials. Tangible Body Maps -this is, the combination of body maps, tangible materiality and methods – will be…

In this talk where I had the pleasure to return to the Design Lab at USYD, I discussed some of the challenges of introducing somatic education and interaction design research and practice into traditional design pedagogy. It also presents some preliminary observations on my research study involving the new media piece Pulsante and its process of user…