Dr. Irmandy Wicaksono is a Researcher at the Responsive Environments Group, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Incoming Assistant Professor (Presidential Young Professorship) at the Division of Industrial Design and College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore.
He weaves electronic devices into soft materials and the fabric of everyday life for various applications ranging from physiological sensing, biomechanics, human-computer interaction, space exploration, architecture, to the interactive arts.
As a designer, creative technologist, and transdisciplinary researcher, he is passionate in exploring the synergy and interplay between art, science, design, and engineering, as well as the intersection between research and manufacturing.