An Evening with Nelly: The Willy Wonka of Science and Design

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Join us in this fantastic lecture by award-winning French Designer Nelly Ben Haroun, who is coming to us all the way from the UK.

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Gather around the campfire and hear stories from Nelly Ben Hayoun, the "Willy Wonka" of science and design.

Her work for organizations such as NASA and the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) on projects like the International Space Orchestra and the Disaster Playground documentary are just a small part of the insane array of exciting and audacious activities on her CV.

Nelly's many accolades include:

• Head of Experiences at WeTransfer, a file sharing service with 18 million active users

• Icon Magazine nominated her as one of the 50 international designers “shaping the future”

• Wired Magazine awarded her with an Innovation Fellowship award

• Collaborated with Beck and Damon Albarn in a musical collaboration that took music into space

• Clients and collaborators include XL Recordings, Google, Mattel, The American Institute of Graphic Arts, Mailchimp, The Guardian, BBC, Red Bull, Apple and Autodesk among others

• Assembled the International Space Orchestra (ISO) - the world's first orchestra of space scientists from NASA, SETI and Singularity University

• Member of the Space Outreach and Education committee at the International Astronautical Federation

• Postgraduate fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

• Nominated for a Women of the Year Achievement Award in 2015

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Nelly believes innovation comes from “multidisciplinary conflicts,” and will touch on the challenges she faces defying and designing in the gravity of the hyperreal, a world where fiction is as truthful as reality.

She will also discuss the complexity of two recent large-scale projects, The International Space Orchestra and Disaster Playground. Space is limited.

Light appetizers and wine will be served.

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