She is a multidisciplinary designer and researcher, working with ever-changing design and participatory methodologies, mainly in the fields of placemaking and ecological design. She graduated from The Glasgow School of Art’s Masters in Environmental Design, where she worked as a lecturer and researcher until 2021. Lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art Innovation School, The Open University and KISD University Cologne. She works as a researcher and lecturer at MOME MAG. Her design and art work, as well as her ongoing PhD research at MOME, explore the relationship between humans and ecology, and propose creative participatory methods to involve not only humans but also other ecosystem participants in the research and design processes. Her current work focuses on sensory mapping of aquatic habitats.
Achievements
Priority projects
MOME MAG, 2022-től – ‘Landscape Futuring’ kutatás‘
Sensing the more-than-human Landscape’ – Rövid kurzus és előadás, KISD Cologne
Publications
Illés, Zsófia Szonja, Sensory Mapping towards More-than-Human Placemaking, In: Sensory Mapping towards More-than-Human Placemaking, 2021
Illés, Zsófia Szonja, ‘Sensing the City’ Walks – Sensory Mapping Vacant and Derelict Land, In: Illés Zsófia Szonja (szerk.), Sensing the City – Mapping Vacant and Derelict Land in Glasgow, 2020
Illés, Zsófia Szonja, Sensory and Blended Engagements and Sensory Mapping, In: Illés, Zsófia Szonja (szerk.), Sensory and Blended Engagements and Sensory Mapping, 2020
Lectures
Artist’s website