Angelika Seeschaaf-Veres

Angelika is an educator, researcher, critical-speculative designer and Associate Professor in Industrial Design and Graduate Studies at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada.

She holds over 15 years of professional experience in the design & production of furniture, products, retail spaces, art installations & large-scale sculptures for international museums & public spaces.

As a co-founding partner of Toronto-based design consultancy ‘Radical Norms’, she applies research, foresight & innovation in speculative design to shape far-out future experiences, products and business strategies of international hospitality, healthcare and financial institutions. Her designs create accessible, immersive experiences that surface blind spots and inform innovation and strategic decisions in post-normal times for the public and organizations.
Clients include Herman Miller, Nike, Damian Hirst, David Bachelor, Jaime Hayon Studio, RBC, Four Seasons, Colgate etc.

As principal investigator & researcher of Canadian Humanity and Science grants, she merges design for diversity and inclusion with speculative design to envision and create future-facing products, services & systems. Together with Jutta Treviranus, she co-leads a national research hub on the Future of Work and disruptive technologies for people with disabilities. She contributes to Canada's equitable and inclusive AI policy, merging speculative and inclusive design. She is part of the international and multidisciplinary Baby Bliss Bot Project that co-develops AI-augmented, personalized communication systems for marginalized AAC users, exploring how emerging technologies can be co-designed to balance the risks and innovative opportunities of AI to serve individuals and groups who are outliers and marginalized groups.