Shared Action
Explored the notion of shared action for boosting feelings of empathy and connectedness intergenerationally.
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Mochizuki
Chronicle of a personal trip to Mochizuki, Nagano during the fire festival in 2018.
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Otake Lab
Website for Otake Lab, a research team dedicated to tackling preventative dementia.
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Pinsight
Website and research on Pinsight, a series of tangible location pins for sharing regional content.
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Symmetry
Mixed reality cooperative games with electric wheelchairs for older adults' psychosocial well-being.
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H2i
Website for an hub enabling pioneering students to realize health innovations.
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Powered to Play
A GPS-powered capture-the-flag game app for powered chair users.
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Mobility Games
A website for a large research project on entertainment for powered chair users.
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Zotpress
A scholarly blogging plugin that integrates Zotero with WordPress.
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Big Ideas in Education
A pedagogical WordPress-powered website integrated with social media.
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Embodied Gaming
A website for a graduate-level class at the University of Toronto.
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iSpace
Branding and website for a human-computer interaction group.
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Uptempo Consulting
Branding for a consulting company.
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Steve DiPaola
Website and branding for the personal website of a storied media researcher.
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I’m Katie, an interaction designer, user experience developer, and human factors researcher from Canada who’s now based in Tokyo.
I’m currently head of the Aspirational Computing Lab at Tokyo Tech (2020-).
Industry Skills
- Full Stack Development
- User Interface Design
- Information Architecture
- Usability & User Experience
Research Interests
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Psychological Well-being
- Behaviour and Attitude Change
- Critical Topics in Computing
- Inclusive Design & Older Adults
My portrait was a collaboration between me, Steve DiPaola, and a creative AI (2021).