Ricardo O’Nascimento
Ricardo O’Nascimento is a fusionist designer, writer and lecturer working at the intersection of art, design, science and technology. He investigates body-environment relations focused on interface development for wearable devices, interactive installations and soft systems. He is interested in a multidisciplinary approach to create experiences that challenge and enhance human perception. He is the founder of POPKALAB, an experimental fashion-tech research studio specializing in prototype development. Currently he is a PhD candidate at Loughborough University (UK). He is investigating how we make sense of bodily sensations evoked by wearable haptic artefacts from a postphenomenological point of view.
