Design always begins with a narrative ~
~ and gets concrete through interactions, artefacts, environments,
infrastructures, experiences and stories.
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Alok Nandi is a regular speaker at international conferences and events (incl. PechaKucha Tokyo, TEDx Flanders). In parallel, he is a lecturer and invited professor, launched PechaKucha Brussels and initiated the Belgian presence of Interaction Design Association, IxDA. In 2014, Alok Nandi chaired Interaction14 by IxDA in Amsterdam [ @ interaction14.ixda.org ] and served on the IxDA Board of Directors (2015-2020) and was IxDA's global president for 2018-2020.
Regular speaker in international conferences incl. Interactive Frictions in Los Angeles, DAC in Georgia Tech and in Bergen Norway, CODE 2001 in Cambridge UK, ArtSci 2002 in New York, ARCO03 in Madrid, transmediale06 in Berlin, Media in Transition at MIT Cambridge USA, Doors of Perception 2005 (Infra) and 2007 (Juice) in New Delhi, ISEA 2008 in Singapore, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Reims School of Art & Design (design culinaire), coCreationcamp.
Born in Congo. Raised in Zaïre. Based in Brussels.
Background combines engineering, management and film studies.
Alok Nandi generally travels from Brussels, Europe, and can be booked for conferences, corporate events, executive workshops as well as keynote speeches.
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Public speaking sessions include:
_ 2020/21 went into virtual speaking and keynote at a distance mode - more on nandi.mobi
_ Lyon - June 2021 - BlendWebMix
_ Milano - Feb. 2020 - PRE workshop IxDA + Cumulus Association
_ Ahmedabad - Jan. 2020 - Ahmedabad Design Week - masterclass / PRE workshop IxDA + Cumulus Association
_ Pune - Jan. 2020 - Interaction Design Pune (remote live)
_ Kochi - Dec. 2019 - Kochi Design Week / DesignOpen
_ Kochi - Dec. 2019 - Kochi Design Week / keynote and workshop
_ Shunde - Dec. 2019 - Shunde Creative Design Week - 10th year IDSS
_ Dubai - Nov. 2019 - IxDA Dubai meetup
_ Lyon - Nov. 2019 - Service Design + IxDA / Off de Blend Web Mix
_ Bogota - Nov. 2019 - Cumulus Conference - PRE workshop
_ Hyderabad - Oct. 2019 - Hyderabad Design Week / DesignOpen
_ Hyderabad - Oct. 2019 - Hyderabad Design Week / WDO GA - Education Summit
_ Mumbai / Hyderabad - Sept. 2019 - World Interaction Design Day (remote live)
_ Brussels - Sept. 2019 - World Interaction Design Day
_ Hangzhou - Sept. 2019 - China DIA Jury intervention
_ Rovaniemi Lapland - May 2019 - Cumulus-IxDA design education sessions
_ Kyoto - April 2019 - design talk with SDN Japan, Service Design Network
_ Tokyo - April 2019 - design talk with IxDA Tokyo at Yahoo Japan
_ St-Etienne - April 2019 - Design Declaration Pre-Summit at St-Etienne Design Biennale 2019
_ Lugano - March 2019 - Open Lecture at SUPSI, Master of Interaction Design
_ Ahmedabad - Feb. 2019 - Launching IxDA Ahmedabad
_ Bengaluru - Feb. 2019 - Lollypop.design and IxDA Bengaluru
_ Bengaluru - Feb. 2019 - The Design Barn / IxDA
_ Kolkata - Feb. 2019 - TiE Kolkata - The Indus Entrepreneurship
_ Mumbai - Feb. 2019 - NLTF Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum
_ Seattle - Feb. 2019 - Interaction19 - Diversity: De-ambulation, monocultures and pluriverse
_ Kolkata - Dec. 2018 - Thinking Design @ICBI - International Chamber of Business & Industry
_ Kochi - Dec. 2018 - Kochi Design Week / #Design Kerala Summit / keynote
_ Kolkata - Dec. 2018 - IxDA Kolkata pre-launch - Olive Studio
_ Rio de Janeiro - Nov. 2018 - ILA18 Interaction Latin America / keynote
_ Dublin - Oct. 2018 - SDGC Service Design Global Conference / keynote members day
_ Bengaluru - Sept. 2018 - NASSCOM Design4India / keynote
_ Bengaluru - Sept. 2018 - IxDD - World Interaction Design Day with IxDA Bengaluru
_ Bengaluru - Sept. 2018 - IxDD - World Interaction Design Day with DesignUp
_ Madrid - June 2018 - Experience Fighters
_ Paris - April 2018 - Cumulus Association & IxDA Edu - Design Education
_ Copenhagen - Feb. 2018 - Freshconference
_ Brussels - Feb. 2018 - In conversation w/ Peter Ghyczy, ADAM Brussels Design Museum
_ Lyon - Feb. 2018 - IxDA Edu & Cumulus Association - Design Education
_ Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai - Dec. 2017 - QGLUE sessions
_ New Delhi - Dec. 2017 - TIECON Delhi - Design-led Entrepreneurship
_ Brussels - Nov. 2017 - European Brain Council / Moving from UX to PX
_ Montreal - Oct. 2017 - World Design Summit / Montreal Design Declaration
_ Brussels - Sept. 2017 - EU Design Days
_ Helsinki - Sept. 2017 - Design Diplomacy / Helsinki Design Week
_ Rabat, Morocco - June 2017 - Africa Design Days
_ Split, Croatia - June 2017 - HIDesign Europe, Hotel Interior Design / keynote "The Power of Narrative"
_ Montreal - May 2017 - UITP Summit / Union Internationale des Transports Publics
_ Tokyo - March 2017 - PechaKucha Pow Wow
_ Tokyo - March 2017 - IxDA meet-up w/ @ Reaktor
_ Marrakech - Feb. 2017 - Ecole d'Architecture ENA Marrakech / keynote "Narrative Design"
_ Brussels - Dec. 2016 - Innovation/Design - GE Garages
_ Marrakech - Nov. 2016 - COP22 / Climate Conference
_ Aix-en-Provence - Oct. 2016 - Fête du Livre / Introducing the film "Charulata" by Satyajit Ray
_ Paris - Mars 2016 - Design Thinking et objets connectés, Lieu du Design
_ Brussels - October 2015 - In conversation w/ Artavazd Pelechian, BOZAR
_ Lille - Sept. 2015 - Club des entreprises Lille Design
_ Brussels - July 2015 - In conversation w/ Peter Greenaway, BOZAR
_ Tokyo - March 2015 - PechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol. 123
_ Amsterdam - Feb. 2014 - Interaction14 - In conversation w/ Scott McCloud
_ Amsterdam - Feb. 2014 - IxDA's Interaction14 Conference Chair
// in parallel to in-organisations keynotes, in-house seminars/workshops and hosting/MCing PechaKucha Night Brussels.
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_ in French - www.aloknandi.net
_ speaker - www.nandi.pro
_ innovation - www.architempo.com
_ design - www.spread.design
_ storytelling - www.narrative.in
_ PechaKucha Brussels - pechakucha.architempo.net
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Alok Nandi's activities are on @ nandi.mobi
As a designer, author and creative entrepreneur, Alok Nandi works on hybrid systems. Building on experiences as creative director and design strategist, @ nandi.mobi looks at narrative and design, in their multiple dimensions and manifestations: interaction design, film, media, digital art, exhibition design, radio, publishing, graphic novels on web, festivals, PechaKucha live storytelling .
