Design Research and Strategy

Hi, I'm Elena. As a Transdisciplinary designer, I bring a systemic lens to later zoom in on a design opportunity. I collaborate strategically within multidisciplinary teams and develop methods that can maximize a design process. I use design as a tool to bridge the gap between social injustices, create new kinds of behaviors, new forms of communities, and meet challenges in diverse contexts that traditional disciplinary approaches have failed to address. My method usually involves a critical reframing of the issue at stake, systems diagramming, scalar thinking and experimental prototyping.