Intuitive wayfinding beyond vision

About our speakers

Sophie Horrocks is co-founder of Sigmamu Studio which she set up with co-founder Math Whittacker, after finishing her MA/MSc in Global Innovation Design at Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. Sophie has lived and worked across Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Manchester, and London, bringing a global perspective to design challenges. Her work has gained recognition across academic and commercial platforms, including research articles published in The Journal of Experimental Psychology, exhibiting her work at international design festivals including Dutch Design Week, as well as gaining industry acclaim from design leaders such as Sir Jony Ive KBE and Professor Gerry McGovern OBE. Sophie’s work strives to use people-centred design to human improve quality of life. She believes that to achieve this though, we must recognise the value of empathy-driven design, not just evidence-based design. Her work applies this principle to the design of research, interfaces, and environments, promoting inclusion and accessibility to make a better tomorrow.

Dr Meredith Wilkinson is currently a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at De Montfort University. Her current research focus is on the relationship between self-esteem and counterfactual thinking, as well as potential barriers that individuals with auditory and/or vision impairments may experience when accessing mental health services. She has recently published an article for The Conversation on the impact of COVID-19 on vision impaired individuals.

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