Alexis Hope
Chief Product Officer @ Focused Space 𓅰 𓅬 𓅭 𓅮 𓅯
- Role
- Designer & Researcher at Mit Media Lab
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Alexis Hope
Dr. Alexis Hope loves to design experiences that help people find joy, creativity, and self-compassion. She is a 2023 United States Artists Fellow for the category of Architecture & Design, a National Science Foundation Research Fellow, and a LEGO Creative Learning Fellow. Along with Nodira Khoussainova and Justin Trobec, she co-founded Focused Space: a social platform that helps people reach their personal, professional, and creative goals through the magic of “body doubling.”Previously, Alexis spent a decade at MIT, where she received her PhD at the MIT Media Lab in 2021. While there, she worked across a variety of domains — ranging from cameras for deep-sea exploration, creative learning software for children, art-making tools for astronauts,\"hackathons\" to improve breast pumps, low-cost ultrasound machines for providing prenatal care in areas with limited resources, and more. Alexis also runs a project called “Trash Club,” a community event that invites people to prototype playful objects using recycled materials. This builds on her work as the co-founder and Design Director for the “Make the Breast Pump Not Suck\" Hackathon, which brought together hundreds of parents, caregivers, and their children to re-design technologies for breastfeeding and postpartum health.When not doing the above, she sings and writes songs for the bands Calico Beach Party + Double Bitch.
Experience
Designer & Researcher
Sep 2013 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US
Designing various technologies, experiences, events, and artworks. You can see some of my work at
Education
University of Washington
Bachelor of Science (BS) & Master of Science (MS), Human-Centered Design & Engineering; Human-Computer Interaction
2005 — 2012
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Industrial & Furniture Design Certificate
2016 — 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, MIT Media Lab
2013 — 2021
Skills
- Qualitative Research
- Digital Fabrication
- Usability Testing
- Css
- Research Design
- User Interface Design
- Graphic Design
- Prototyping
- Interaction Design
- User Experience Design
- Observational Studies
- Rapid Prototyping
- Industrial Design
- Interviewing
- User Experience
- Coldfusion
- Contextual Inquiry
- Technical Writing
- Human-Centered Design
- User Research
- Human Computer Interaction
- Web Design & Development
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