Sophie is a designer and entrepreneur, focusing on developing programmable material technologies for applications in the healthcare and fashion industry. She founded her London based start-up AIKNIT, which fuses digital material practices, cutting edge technology, and a deep empathy for the human body, to create a paradigm shifting experience in the approach to healing musculoskeletal disorders. Sophie graduated with a Masters in Healthcare & Design from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London and holds a Diploma in Textile Design from University of Art and Design, Germany.
Sophie previously worked as an Experience Technologist at BMW Group where she developed innovate material concepts for bespoke and future cars for more than 11 years. She has held various research positions at Imperial College and MIT, where she developed ‘Active Textile Tailoring’, garments that better conform to our bodies and ‘Active BioWear’, wearables that reveal information about ourselves, interfacing with the compartments in our body.
Sophie’s work has been exhibited at venues like the Science Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, London and Ars Electronica, Linz and has been featured in many international magazines.
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