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Ilona Gaynor is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial Design Faculty at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her work bridges experimental design, art, and writing, focusing on power dynamics across material forms and institutional frameworks. She holds an MA in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art (2011), awarded the Sir Ridley Scott Prize for Experimental Narrative Practice.
Gaynor’s research interrogates systems of power through critical design practices, material explorations, and narrative subversion. Her works are featured in major institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum and Palais de Tokyo. She writes for Disegno Design Journal and Perspecta, exploring interdisciplinary methodologies and speculative futures.
Active in curatorial and entrepreneurial spaces, she serves on the board of New Museum’s New INC lab and co-curated the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne. Her consulting spans tech giants like Google and IDEO to cultural entities like Comme Des Garçons and director Ridley Scott’s film projects.
Her pedagogical footprint includes teaching at the Architectural Association, Bartlett School of Architecture, and Royal College of Art, emphasizing critical design pedagogy and transdisciplinary collaboration.
