Margot is an interaction design researcher exploring the playful, emotional and appropriate incorporation of technology in everyday life, developing innovative design methods and experimental prototypes for social interventions in public space.
Currently Margot is a researcher and artist at the PLAY studio [Interactive Institute, Sweden]. Her work is within the "Public Play Spaces" research platform with projects focusing on wearables and textiles, public technology systems, and community expression, in particular: TEJP {a system for public communications and audio graffiti} and Underdogs & Superheroes {design methods for social interventions in urban space}. Outreach activities include organizing "Outside In" {a symposium surrounding emerging expressions, interventions, & participation in public space}, founding the local creative collective [fringe], tutoring postgraduate Interaction Design students at the IT University Göteborg, and lecturing.