Work

Work, 2013 to present.

The studio's project list with collaborators, awards, and publications named where applicable. Older institutional work was credited under the founder's prior name, Romie Littrell.

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  2024 Health-experience design

  HEAL Institute

  Resident pavilion at Dubai's Museum of the Future on near-future preventive medicine, longevity, and personalized care. Part of an Atelier Brückner-led complex that won a Blooloop Innovation Award in 2024.

  Science Advisor
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  2013–2016 Health-experience design

  Body Metrics

  A permanent exhibition on wearable biometrics, biofeedback, and mindfulness at The Tech Interactive, San Jose. Visitors used real-time physiologic data to explore attention, stress, and emotional state. AAM Gold MUSE Award (2016).

  Concept, Development Lead, Evaluation
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  2013–2017 Biodesign and synthetic biology

  BioDesign Studio

  A permanent exhibition on synthetic biology at The Tech Interactive. A working biological design lab on the museum floor, with tangible-tabletop microbe simulators, live cell-culture stations, and visitor-runnable design tools.

  Project Director, Concept, Development Lead, Evaluation
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  2017–2019 Biodesign and synthetic biology

  BioTinkering Lab

  An on-floor biology lab at The Tech Interactive that earned the 2019 ASTC Leading Edge Award for Visitor Experience for the institution. Romie Kind served as Project Director on the Tech's Health and Biotech exhibitions team.

  Project Director (Health & Biotech Exhibitions)
• 2023 Research and program design

  Immersion to Action

  Cross-disciplinary research program studying how immersive science programming changes audience behavior after they leave the room. $220K Gebert Rüf Scientainment Grant.

  Program Manager / Lead
• 2017–2018 Research and program design

  Artist-Scientist Festival Residency

  NSF-funded residency program pairing artists with scientists to produce festival-scale public-engagement work. Co-Director with Guerilla Science / Pratt Institute.

  Co-Director (Residency); Visiting Assistant Professor (Pratt Math & Science)
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  2017 Art-science

  BioForge

  A working biological design lab built for visiting artists, commissioned by the MICROWAVE International New Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong.

  Lead Artist
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  c. 2014 Art-science

  Blue Morph

  Technical and Interaction Design role on the Blue Morph installation, built around the structural-color nanostructure of Morpho butterfly wing scales.

  Technical and Interaction Design
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  2019–2020 Art-science

  RegisTree

  Lead Artist role on RegisTree, presented as part of the End of You series at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco.

  Lead Artist (End of You at Gray Area)