Elise Co
Elise Co is co-founder of Aeolab, a design and technology studio in Los Angeles building dynamic interfaces, generative behaviors and advanced, high-fidelity functional prototypes of alternate/future devices and systems. Elise has helped design and implement data visualizations, hand-powered electronic prototypes, robotic appliances, and multi-screen kinetic installations for clients such as Honda, BMW, Sony, Samsung, and Disney.
She is a Professor in Interaction Design and Graduate Media Design Practices at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, where her teaching is frequently around emerging technologies and strategic prototyping. She has also taught at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel, Switzerland; the University of Minnesota; SCI-Arc; and USC. Her work has been shown internationally, including at the Milan Triennale, Istanbul Design Biennial, NEMO Amsterdam, MOMA, SIGGRAPH, and IMRF Tokyo. Elise holds a Master of Science degree in Media Arts and Sciences and a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from MIT.
Her creative practice involves making-based research into materiality, embodied knowledge, and consciousness, at the intersection of textiles and computation.