Rachel Abrams is a writer and designer. As Creative Director at
Turnstone Consulting LLC, she designs people-friendly, technology-mediated experiences for commercial spaces and public places. Having worked at Imagination (USA) Inc. on client projects for Samsung, Intel and others, her collaboration with Imagination continues for Taxi 07. Previously, she worked for IBM, defining design/technology standards for ibm.com, and at Nokia, making interface design recommendations for cell-phones.
Originally, current affairs and political research led her to interaction
design. Her concepts for Beacon, an urban
cell-phone service for people with restricted
mobility, and for Hailstone,
a loyalty program for New York cabs, have
met critical acclaim. She writes about the
social implications of design and technology
and has been published in print and online
by The
Economist, Adobe,
BBC, eDesign, Frieze, Graphics
International, and others.
Ms. Abrams graduated in Social and Political Sciences
from Cambridge University and has an MA in
Computer Related Design from the Royal College
of Art, UK. She has lived in New York since
2000. She received a
Design Trust fellowship for
Taxi
07.
