Despina has been working as an interactive designer and inventor with the Studio since its founding in 1995.
A graduate of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and with an M.A in Philosophy, she has lectured on wearable computing and its uses in everyday life, at NYU, Parsons School of Design, Ivrea Design Institute and the Jan van Eyck Academie as well as numerous conferences. Her work has appeared in museums and galleries around the world, and featured in many publications and magazines.
She is also teaching courses she has developed, "Personal Expression and Wearable Technologies" & "The Softness of Things," at NYU's ITP.
Her work for Interval Research Corporation and NCR’s The Knowledge Lab has been awarded a series of patents.
