Female Biophilia as Inclusive Innovation
Female Biophilia wants to explore how the intersection of science and technology is uniquely situated to address womxn’s intimate care and contributes to revolutionize practices within bodies. An opportunity to question how we are changing the way we interpret and question the world, biologically and socially. It poses the urgent question of whether it is time to choose how we want technology to enter all aspects of our lives. If not now, when.
Biography
Giulia Tomasello is an interaction designer committed to female intimate care and its innovation. Co-Founder at ALMA [al-ma.org] where design, science and anthropology are combined to co-create tools for a radical cultural change in women*’s bodies.
In 2018 Giulia wins the STARTS Prize, assigned to projects representing “innovative alliances between technology and artistic practices”. Her multidisciplinary work has also received other awards at european and international level such as the World Omosiroi Japanese Award in 2020. Giulia offers new deeper knowledge of female’s wellbeing, developing innovative tools in the intersection between medical and social sciences.
Coded Biophilia [codedbodies.com] is her teaching platform designed to learn the basics of soft wearables and the exploration of biological textiles. Tomasello is currently a Visiting Lecturer at various Italian and european universities as Politecnico in Milano, Royal College of Arts in London and Kunstuniversität in Linz.
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