Hello, I'm a creative technologist specializing in sustainable 𖦹 and user-centered ✿ design

My journey spans climate-resilient design, architecture, AI art, and strategic design consultancy for cleantech.

• Makio Studio
• Seaweed Index
• WAIA+ Community
• Loominora AI Art
• Travel Photography
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• Bio

I’m a designer and strategist based in San Francisco, creating user-centered UX, branding, and storytelling for climate-tech, health, and sustainability teams. Through my studio, I help mission-driven startups and organizations communicate clearly and grow with intention.Before launching Makio Studio, I spent a decade working on urban and coastal resilience projects across Boston, Miami Beach, and San Francisco—grounded in systems thinking shaped at Harvard Graduate School of Design.I also founded Women+ AI Artists (WAIA), a global community celebrating women & LGBTQ+ creatives in AI art, with features in publications and exhibitions under my artist name Loominora.Lately, I’ve been exploring ocean-positive materials, especially seaweed, as part of a growing interest in regenerative design. I’m drawn to work that helps heal both people and planet.

• Highlights

PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA FEATURESTELESCOPE Magazine: "Balancing Act: Architecture, Anthropocene and AI" interview (2024)Prompt Magazine Book #4: Interview on WAIA community; Artist feature: Loominora (Dec 2023)Prompt Magazine Book #2: Artist feature: Loominora - "Natural in the artificial" (Oct 2023)Cambridge Urban Forest Master Plan: Technical and Summary Report contributions (2020)Co-authored e-book chapter in "İklim Değişikliği ve Kentler": "The Role of Visual Representation in Global Climate Change and Landscape Relationship" (2019)Miami Herald feature: "Harvard says this is how Miami Beach avoids a 'dystopian' future of sea level rise" (2018)XXI Magazine article: "Havalimanindan Sonra" (2018)Harvard GSD Research Report: 'South Florida and Sea Level: The Case of Miami Beach' (2017)Featured in GSD Platform 9: Still Life by Actar Publishers (2016)

CONFERENCES & TALKSITU Thursday Seminars: "Climate Change and Urban Forest" talk (2021)ITU Online ArchCAREER'20 Summit: "Landscape Architecture and Climate Resiliency" talk (2020)Cut/Fill Landscape Architecture Conference: Session Convener on climate action and environmental justice (2020)Presentations at ECLAS Conference Porto (2014) and EFLA Regional Congress St Petersburg (2012)Guest Critic, Boston Architectural College: Advanced Digital Visualization courses (2018-2019)

EXHIBITIONS"Meat Utopia – A Solar Punk Exhibition" @P61 Gallery, Berlin: AI art as Loominora (2023)"Phantom Coast" waterfront exhibition, San Francisco Pier 1 (2018)"Un-scene: Skies of the Anthropocene" paintings, Harvard GSD, Gund Hall (2017)

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