HELLO
EXPERIENCE
My name is Marina Ierides, aka. lamarina
I am a designer specialising in interactive design for installations and performances with a passion for design for social impact.
Creative Director
Avocadots Digital Studio
2020
Head of Design at avocadots digital studio, creating digital identity for companies and individuals through websites and e-commerce sites. Avocadots are a fresh young and innovative digital studio delivering unique results.
Experiential Designer
ABR Studio
2020
At ABR, we are a small team of creatives working on various projects around the experiential design realm.
Interactive installations, architecture, large cultural events, and festival design and organization.
Past Project Positions: VR social event platform Project Leader and Head Designer., Lead designer in interior architecture project
Current Position: Lead Performance Designer for a festival stage and experiential designer for one of the festival's locations.
EDUCATION
A 15th-month course that allowed me to explore the capabilities of various technologies to design experiences, spaces and products. Through this masters, I was able to learn a new skillset and I have gained huge exposure to new and emerging technologies.
Projects included:
lamda.cubed.: an interactive object that visualises sound
we.ar___.: a series of interactive projects aiming to bring exposure on the issue of the pollution caused by fast fashion.
Throughout the time of the master’s I had the opportunity to exhibit and present my work to a wide audience.
A well-rounded course that has helped me develop my design thinking as well as my problem-solving skills. Training to become a Designer with a good practice and understanding in engineering. The program is taught in such a way, to allow students to experience group work and individual projects in a way that reflects the industrial reality. Throughout these 3 years we have done several projects and collaborations with some major companies like Johnson & Johnson, Ford and many more.
MArch, Design for Performance and Interaction
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
BEng, Design, Innovation and Creative Engineering
Queen Mary University of London
2015-
2018
2018-
2019
Creative Design Intern
Creative lead on a project with an aim to create a VR experience in collaboration with a fashion designer.
DBLG Studio
2020
Visiting Design Tutor
Offering individual and group tutorials to all undergraduate students taking the Design Module. Discussing their design work and how they should proceed.
Queen Mary University
2020
Content and Projection Specialist
A project done in collaboration with students from the National Film and Television School to produce an advertisement film for the ODEON iSense Cinemas
Freelance
2019
Content Designer and Creator
A project done for the Bartlett School of Architecture for the visuals displayed for the Summer Show event. The visuals included branding of the event and abstract visuals to accompany the music of the event
Freelance
2019
Research & Development Intern
DePuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson
2018
My responsibilities included, working on improving the product I created for the company, taking part in new projects and brainstorming meetings to come up with innovative solutions.
EXHIBITIONS
Graphic & Branding Design Fellow
Ample Maps App
Working as part of a small team aiming to create a start-up application, has allowed me to work in-depth on the designs and play a vital role in the decision-making process of all design-related issues.
Creative Director
TEDxQMUL
As the Creative Director of TEDxQMUL, I was in charge of all creative and visual content as well as the management of all the related tasks.
SKILLS
Software
Programming
TouchDesigner,
Blender
Cinema 4D,
Unity: VR/Vuforia/VFX/3D
PureData,
MaxMSP,
Autodesk Fusion 360, Adobe Creative Cloud,
Resolume,
Microsoft Office
iWork
Unity Scripting
Python Scripting
Processing
Basic HTML,CSS, JS
Arduino
Current Positions
CONTACT
2018
2015
Fountain of Hygiene
The Design Museum, London, UK
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Fountain of Hygiene
Bompas & Parr Online Exhibition, Worldwide
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Solo Exhibition
ArtFix Gallery, London, UK
EXIT exhibition
Ugly Duck Gallery, London, UK (postponed)​
Fifteen Exhibition
The Bartlett School of Architecture, London, UK
Future of Retail
Samsung Experience Store, London, UK
PRESS
Parathyro Politis.com
Introduction to Cypriot Creatives
DesignMuseum.org
InteractiveArchitectureLab.org
Exhibition, Fountain of Hygiene
Research Article
Dezeen.com
InteractiveArchitectureLab.org
Fountain of Hygiene
We.ar___.
UCL.ac.uk
AxisMag.jp
Enclothed Cymatics
Design Review
TED.com
Amplifier.org
TEDxQMUL Team introduction
Posters addressing Covid-19