My background
Designer, Emiliana Design Studio, Barcelona, Spain (2001-2004)
Designer, Fabrica, Catena di Villorba, Italy (2000-2001)
BA: Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of Design, USA (1999)

My expertise
Event, object and exhibition design
Concept development
Production

My focus
Storytelling through spatial experiences
Participatory engagement
Celebration

Mentor: Frith Kerr (Kerr + Noble)
Placement: Ralph Appelbaum Associates, New York

Major Project
Exchange Pieces
Contextual Tools for Enganging Participation
Interactive Environments, Design and Production

Our work examines the role of participation in interactive environments, settings that employ multiple elements as active members of an engagement – audience, makers, client, designers, media and the physical space itself. If these 'players' provide the 'input', then interaction gives feedback, making relationships reciprocal. While interviewing designers, curators, clients and audience members from London, we conducted a series of experiments exploring how to initiate and sustain interaction based on the model of good conversation. Through this, we have developed an approach that extracts narratives from context, creating successful exchange pieces that provide the right tools for a productive conversation.






Contact
kelsey@milkandtales.com
www.milkandtales.com

Collaborators
Melissa Mongiat
Interviewees: Peter Higgins (Land Design Studio), Frith Noble (KerrNoble), Claire Cumbeerlidge (General Public Agency), Shan Maclennan, Neil Quinton, Cindy Sullivan (Education Department, Royal Festival Hall), Hannah Redler & Katrina Nilsson (Dana Centre)
Client: RED Team, Design Council
Editor: Sophie Smith
Concept and Development Consultants: Arlete Castelo, Jonas Friden, Joan Piehl & Sophie Smith
Exhibit and Construction Consultant: Stefanos Nasopoulos