Elise Co
760 N. Hoover St. #305
Los Angeles, CA 90029
310.221.1932

http://www.aeolab.com
http://www.mintymonkey.com
elise at aeolab . com


Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences, June 2000
Thesis: Computation and Technology as Expressive Elements of Fashion

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Bachelor of Science in Art and Design, June 1998


Employment / Experience

Founding Partner, Aeolab LLC
6/2006 – present
Founding partner of technology design firm, specializing in custom hardware/firmware prototypes and installations, reactive lighting design, and mobile concept design and implementation. Clients include Sony and frog design.

Freelance Designer/Programmer/Consultant
9/2003 – 6/2006
Visual and conceptual design, custom hardware, and coding. Projects include technology consulting (clients include Hyperwerk Basel and Maedastudio), interactive installation and website work for Samsung, and commissioned fashion+technology prototypes.

Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (University of Art and Design), Basel, SwitzerlandAssistant Professor of New Media, 2/2002 – 7/2003
Developed and taught core curriculum for university-level New Media students. Courses included introductory and continuing interaction design, both screen-based (Flash/Actionscript) and spatial, including basic electronics and microcontroller programming for buiding custom devices and reactive spaces. Designed hands-on curriculum, lectured, led workshops, provided critique in a studio-based class environment, and guided the conceptualization and development of individual projects.

Small Design Firm, Cambridge, MA
Designer/Programmer, 8/2001 – 2/2002
Part of a firm founded by David Small, designing interactive media and installations, including custom input devices and visualization software. Clients included the Asia Society (New York) and the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant, 8/1998 – 7/2001
Member of the Aesthetics and Computation Group. Contributed to academic missions of the group through personal research and design, collaboration in group projects, and education. Research encompassed information visualization, interaction design, conceptualization, design and prototyping of reactive spaces and devices. Research work done using C/C++, Java, OpenGL, and hardware design.

Fabrica, Treviso, Italy
Visiting Fellow, 6/2000 - 7/2000
Part of a multidisciplinary design studio; worked on short video pieces and poster design.

Shiseido Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Design Consultant, 7/1998 - 8/1998
Designed and created web-based “cyberpostcard,” a java program allowing users to design and customize a postcard, add text and drawings, and send to another person. Programmed in java.

MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 11/1996 - 5/1998
Designed and created an automatic 3D timeline generator, exploring ideas of temporal malleability, memory, and sequential vs. global navigation. Programmed in C++ using Inventor.


Exhibitions / Presentations

ReSkin. Canberra, Australia. 1/2007. co-facilitator of international workshop; WearNow Symposium presenter and panel speaker.

Futurotextiles. Lille, France. 10/2006-1/2007. Puddlejumper II (Raincape)

Museumnacht. NEMO, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 10/2004. Lumiloop, Puddlejumper

Samsung Experience. Samsung Time Warner Center, New York, NY. 9/2004-present.
Cyberconduit installation and Cyber Brand Showcase showroom website

Outside/Inside. Banff New Media Institute, Banff, Canada. 8/2004. Puddlejumper

FEED. Birmingham, UK. 4/2004. Puddlejumper, Lumiloop

Beyond the Screen. Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel, Switzerland. 1/2004.
exhibition of final projects and student work from Beyond the Screen workshop

Mode. E-Culture Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 10/2003. Puddlejumper

Elise Co at Plug-In. Plug-In, Basel, Switzerland. 6/2003. presentation of personal work, Puddlejumper

Beyond the Screen. Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel, Switzerland. 6/2002.
exhibition of final projects and student work from Beyond the Screen course

Asia Society Interactive Lobby. Asia Society, NY. 11/2001-present.
interactive timeline and information game tables

Workspheres. Museum of Modern Art, NY. 2-4/2001. Atmosphere

New York Digital Salon. School of Visual Arts, NY. 11-12/2000. Halo

Aesthetics + Computation Group. Cooper Union, NY. 9-10/2000. Halo

Edgewise00 “three4all.” Edgewise 2000, NY. 10/2000. Lint

Siggraph 2000 Art Gallery. New Orleans, LA. 7/2000. Introspection Machine

Computational Fashion. International Media Research Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.3/23/2000
Halo, Garment Chimerical, Perforation

Organic Information. Art Director’s Club, New York, NY. 5/1999. Garment Chimerical


Skills

Code
C/C++, Java (including JDBC, XML and network programming), SQL, OpenGL, Flash/Actionscript, HTML, Processing

Software
Protel, Solidworks, assorted standard design software

Hardware
PCB layout, board design, microcontroller programming (PIC, Rabbit, BX24, ARM)