Molly Wright Steenson
About: Molly Wright Steenson is a design researcher and architectural historian who studies interactivity and responsiveness in architecture. She cut her teeth on the web in 1994 and continues to conduct research and develop design strategy for mobile, web and urban projects.
Molly is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in architecture at Princeton University. Previously, she was Associate Professor of Connected Communities at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy. Online, she's at girlwonder.com and activesocialplastic.com.
Title
Design strategist and architectural historian
Organization
Princeton University School of Architecture
What type of IxD do primarily you do? (Web, desktop, mobile web, mobile app, devices/hardware, services, etc.)
Design research, service design and none of the above.
Who is your favorite author or speaker about IxD?
Cedric Price. The Matts: Jones, Webb, Ward, Biddulph
What do you hope to gain most by attending Interaction08?
Meeting people, hearing a different point of view
What topics are you most interested in?
Architecture (not the information kind), urbanism,
media theory, public sphere theory
