Alison Lewis, MFA
Alison Lewis, MFA,
named one of Fast Companies Most Influential Women of 2010, is a author,
techno-stylist, blogger, designer, and sometimes TV host.
Her passion is
to make technology beautiful and accessible to the female audience
through the web and video media channels. Alison specializes in idea
generation, prototyping of smart textiles, online DIYs and tutorials,
intelligent interiors, and public speaking.
Alison is the
author of
Switch Craft, a book with 20 DIY projects that integrate
sewing,
craft,
and electronics. She also produces
iHeartSwitch.com, an online DIY
blog that showcases technology as modern, crafty, fashionable, and fun.
She holds a graduate degree from the Parsons School of Design where she
has
taught fashion technology and fashion communication.
She also graduated from Singularity University.
Alison has been
able to reach a wide population of women through the Martha Stewart
show, NYTimes, the AP, as a speaker on the DIY movement,and on her
blog, iHeartSwitch.com.
On TV, Alison designs and builds
original
interactive interiors as the techno-fashionista guru for the television
show
MyHome2.0 and has been a guest on the Martha
Stewart Show.
Watch
artfuture :: Alison Lewis – Light-Up Purse and
Alison Lewis Video Reel.
Read
Q+A: Alison Lewis On Fashion Hackers, and Gender in
Technology,
Interview with Alison Lewis, and
Home Crafts Get Wired.
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LinkedIn profile.
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Twitter feed.
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Facebook page.