Laura Balboa
Autonomous researcher, interaction designer, radio producer, media artist, and linguist.
I use interaction design to analyze, connect, and improve the space and processes between humans developing and using technology.
Based in Sweden, I work as a product delivery manager (2021-present) facilitating product and service development (R&D) at Arduino.
As an independent researcher, I investigate experimental music and sound from a gender perspective in Mexico and Latin America. I produce and host a radio show for community radio on Radio Nopal called Bulla. Episode database
As a media artist, I have produced mixed media, net and code poetry, Internet geopolitics: infographics and interactive installations, sound art, and art teaching in prison facilities.
Journey And Experience
For more than two decades as a designer, I have worked with:
2000-2012: visual communication → branding → art direction → editorial design → project coordination → digital and web design → interaction design
2013-2021 (Arduino AB, Arduino SRL Global): communication design → user experience → design operations → interaction design → customer centricity → management
A summary of my best design experience so far:
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As Design Operations Manager in 2019, I helped scale and build the very first global Design Unit at Arduino, an international team made of ≥15 designers with diverse competencies and seniority levels during the acceleration phase of the company.
In 2021 and after some time as the Manager of the Design Team, I codesigned my new role with the top tier of the organisation to include IxD as a strategy to improve key areas of Arduino’s R&D.
I am also an open-source technology advocate.
La tlayuda siempre ayuda.
Naca' binnizá, caziide didxazá.
Soundcloud, Radio Nopal, Podcast, Discogs, Mixcloud
A new portfolio may come soon. Contact me for requests in the meantime.
Send tlayudas to:
info[at]laurabalboa[dot]com