Inna Alesina

With years of design practicing and design teaching experience, Inna Alesina considers herself a maker and a thinker, a learner and a teacher. She thinks systematically as well as considers small details. She believes her role is to engage people and to protect ecology.

Multidisciplinary designer Inna Alesina was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, where she studied industrial design. She continued her studies at Parsons School of Design and later at Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work spans many disciplines and media including object design, performance wear, communication design, ergonomics, and most recently food systems. Inna Alesina is always looking for new areas to apply her design thinking. Her works have won numerous awards and recognition by the press. She also holds dozens of patents for her inventions.

MATERIAL EXPERT

The book she co-authored with Ellen Lupton, Exploring Materials: Creative Designs for Everyday Objects (2010) is available from Princeton Architectural Press. link

INVENTOR

Over the years Inna Alesina helped design and develop products for clients in sportswear, furniture, personal care, and other industries. Check out some of the projects here

AWARDS, PRESS, etc.

Finding Resilience in Place UWC-USA Conference Biomimicry nature workshops, lectures and Ukrainian Breadmaking events at the United World College, Montezuma, NM/ February 2022
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OVERLOOKED Collaborative project and gallery show about biomimicry in reverse. 2018-2019, Stevenson University Gallery. This project also received 2019 Core77 Design Awards, Notable Educational Initiative and as it developes will be presented at the The Participatory Design Conference (PDC) 2020 Situated Action.
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Nature as a Framework for Teaching Design was presented at the DRS-Learn X Design, Metu Ankara, Turkey/ July 2019
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Red Dot Award 2018 / Honorable mention/ Corcl/ 2018
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The Participatory Design Conference (PDC) August 2016, Aarhus, Denmark
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Unmaking Waste Transforming Production and Consumption in Time and Place, May 2015, Adelaide, South Australia
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Design@+Sister Cities Beijing China and Washington DC/ 2014
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2014 Core77 Design Awards, Food Design, Student Notable for Test Kitchen for Change & Bread Zoo
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Solo Show and Public Performances at VisArts, Rockville, MD/ 2014
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GlassLab by Corning Museum of Glass/ 2012
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Ignite Baltimore/ 2012
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MTRL 2020 Cincinnati Ohio/ 2012
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IDA Congress Taipei, Taiwan/ 2011
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Interview on National Public Radio/ 2010
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Baltimore Style Magazine
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum | Videos for Educators
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mart designboom ICFF NYC, May 2005/ 2006 /2007
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Happy Feet, Baltimore Smart CEO/ 2006
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A Girls’ Guide To Gadgets, Smart Woman/ 2006
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Young And Talented, Jewish Times/ 2006
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Built to Last: The Inspired Design by Inna Alesina, The Urbanite Magazine/2005
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Inna Alesina’s Interview on MD Public TV
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Windows on Industrial Design, IDSA/ 2005 National Conference, Organized by Apartment Zero
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“Dish,” International Design for the Home, PAPress, New York/ 2005
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Designboom international design competitions