Laura Balboa
Binnizá (Zapotec) researcher, radio producer, interaction designer, media artist, and linguist based in Sweden.
As an autonomous researcher, I investigate experimental music and sound from an anti-racist/colonial/capitalist perspective in Mexico and Latin America. I created a platform called Bulla for Radio Nopal Community Radio, made up of internet radio, podcasting, research, and open documentation. Radio Episodes List
I use interaction design to analyze, connect, and improve the space and processes between humans who develop and use electronic technology. I work as a product delivery and project manager (2021-present), facilitating product and service development (in R&D) at Arduino (Qualcomm).
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.
In linguistics, I am interested in cognitive metaphor theory, corpus linguistics, and, lately, native language revitalization due to colonial violence.
I am also an open-source technology advocate.
Design Journey
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 → design management
A summary of my best design experience so far:
As Design Operations Manager in 2019, I helped scale and build the very first global Design Unit at Arduino, an international team made up 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 co-designed 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.
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La tlayuda siempre ayuda.
Naca' binnizá, caziide didxazá.
Twitter/X, Fediverse
Soundcloud, Radio Nopal, Sumersiones Podcast, Discogs, Mixcloud
A new portfolio may come soon. Contact me for requests in the meantime.
Send nanches to:
info[at]laurabalboa[dot]com