Hello! I’m Nour Malaeb.
I’m a design technologist trying to shape technology to better serve humans.
Previously
August 2021 – August 2022
Freelancing, building my web development knowledge, worrying about the climate.
Superliminal
March 2020 – July 2021
Founded and was Principal Design Technologist at Superliminal, a small research, design, brand, and technology studio. I led the design → build workflow for our client projects.
Redesign Health
March 2019 – March 2020
I was a design director at Redesign Health, a venture studio based in New York. I helped scale companies from idea to launch with product strategy and design, and brand development and execution.
The SVA Years
September 2016 – May 2018
I completed a Masters in Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York. My work there has touched on virtual reality, critical design, and simple interactive objects.
My thesis project was selected as the winner of Fast Company's Innovation by Design award in the Students category.
Projects
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HODLism: Initial Soul Offering, an interactive art installation exploring blockchain as a religious experience
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Relay (MFA Thesis Project), an ongoing exploration of assistive robotic furniture
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AVRA, an installation experimenting with sensory virtual reality
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Intendo, public sentiment captured and visualised through AI, speech recognition, and physical computing
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Hello VR, exploring collaborative virtual reality spaces and the design patterns that support them
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STATE / CHANGE, branding and identity for the SVA MFA IxD 2018 thesis show
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The Combinator, a speculative design fiction exploring a future with engineered babies
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Chime, a simple meditation timer
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Freelancing in Beirut
October 2014 – September 2016
I worked as an independent designer in Beirut, Lebanon for two years. I mostly did branding work for small companies, and some industrial design work for a couple of start-ups.
Design Consulting in Southern California
July 2009 – October 2014
Before Beirut, I worked as a designer and project manager at RKS Design in Thousand Oaks, CA (about 45 minutes outside of Los Angeles). I eventually headed up all interaction design work for the company.
On the side
Always?
When I get the chance, I like to make things for my home, for my friends, or for fun.
About me
I’m a product designer interested in how technology amplifies different aspects of our humanity—both the good ones and the bad—across languages, cultures, and generations.
In 2018, I graduated from the MFA Interaction Design program at SVA in New York, where I was figuring out how to harness technology for the greater good (and for fun).
My thesis work was featured on Fast Company, Treehugger, and Apartment Therapy. The project won Fast Company's Innovation by Design Awards in the Students category for 2018.
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