Angella Mackey is a design researcher and educator living in the Netherlands.

Since 2019, she has worked with the Civic Interaction Design research group at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences - currently exploring connections between solar energy and more-than-human design. She also teaches at the Master Digital Design, and holds a doctorate from Eindhoven University of Technology in interactive textiles as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral fellow. Her PhD thesis can be accessed HERE.

PAST WORK: From 2007-2015, Mackey’s design practise investigated wearable technologies in art, research and commercial contexts. She designed hyper-functional garments in a wide range of industries and lectured on the design challenges of integrating electronics into fashion. Notably, she founded Vega Wearable Light, a line of illuminated outerwear for style-conscious cyclists from 2010-2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Read more about her curent research HERE.

See an interview with Mackey HERE

More videos HERE

contact: hello@angella.ca