AR+ELIERS is my design innovation studio specializing in concept, product, and experience design and research utilizing emerging technologies. Collaborating with premier global enterprises and institutions across a wide spectrum of industries, I help transform ideas into deployable innovations.
Services
AI Workshops
With exclusive research and case studies tailored to your industry or sector, I share insights and we co-explore the future of AI.
Product Creation
Transform your ideas into tangible products with my decade of expertise in product creation, particularly with novel technologies.
AI Zoo
AI Assistant for Blind: ARx.AI
ARx AI is a cutting-edge Auditory Augmented Reality (AAR) headset offering seamless compatibility across devices and platforms. With our powerful SDK, developers can build innovative apps or integrate existing services. As Chief AI Officer, my contribution centers around creating a personalized AAR operating system, driving the development of a multi-modal inference engine that learns and adapts to real-time user needs, ensuring a context-specific, accessible experience for blind users through AI-driven interface and adaptive assistance.
AI Assistant for Childbirth: AskBria
Bria was developed to serve expectant mothers anytime they have questions about fertility, pregnancy or parenting. Every step of this life-changing journey can bring ups, downs and unknowns. My hope in creating Bria was to give women a caring, knowledgeable and judgement-free companion to provide comfort, wisdom and community.
AI Companion for Children: Remii
As a creative technologist, I developed the hardware and firmware for Remii, a voice-enabled, screen-free platform that brings children's imagination to life. In collaboration with Martina Garbolino, who crafted the UI/UX and conversation design, we set out to create a fully offline chatbot experience that lets kids engage with storytelling in a new, immersive way. Remii, an Impossible Labs project in partnership with the Institute of Imagination, encourages children to explore, learn, and discover through soundscapes and hands-on activities, transporting them to worlds of endless possibilities—all without a screen.
AI Companion for Hikikomori: ALYC
As a creative technologist, I worked on ALYC, a groundbreaking holographic AI. ALYC is designed to mimic human interactions with an uncanny level of empathy, creating fluid, natural conversations without awkward pauses. Its advanced programming enables it to learn from you, recognize emotional cues like tone of voice and facial expressions, and respond in a deeply intuitive way. With a global team of engineers and scientists, we built ALYC to redefine how people engage with AI, offering a glimpse into a future of intelligent, empathetic holographic companions.
AI Docent for Cultural Heritage: CuratorBot
I'm collaborating with the KB Royal Library and Delft University of Technology on the CuratorBot, an AI chatbot designed to offer detailed insights into the 16th-century Visboeck manuscript by Adriaen Coenen. This manuscript, popular among visitors, features illustrations of fish and sea monsters but can be difficult to interpret for modern readers. The CuratorBot, trained on various sources, helps answer questions about the text, such as why unicorns and tree geese appear. We tested it until June 2023, gaining valuable insights into how cultural institutions can leverage AI chatbots to enhance visitor engagement with heritage content.