Taylor Tabb
Creative technologist, researcher, and studio leader working across human-computer interaction, materials, hardware, and public-facing experiments.
Experience
Managing DirectorSPAK! Studio
Directs multidisciplinary teams creating first-of-their-kind products, experiments, and experiences for technology and consumer brands.
Adjunct ProfessorStanford d.school
Co-created Wild Ways of Making, giving students a hands-on framework for experimental materials, fabrication, and unconventional processes.
Board MemberTIAT (The Intersection of Art and Technology)
Helps grow TIAT from a recurring salon into a nonprofit gallery and platform for artists and creative technologists.
Associate Principal ResearcherFuture Technologies Group, Accenture Labs
Led multidisciplinary HCI research that produced five peer-reviewed papers, two patents, and a CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention.
Cast MemberBaking Impossible, Netflix
Built edible robots, garments, vehicles, and structures across an eight-episode Netflix Top 10 series named one of TIME's five best new shows of October 2021.
Creative TechnologistDeeplocal
Delivered one-of-a-kind hardware-software experiences for Google, Nike, Tile, and others at CES, the Super Bowl, and public events worldwide.
ResearcherSchool of Computer Science
At the Morphing Matter Lab, co-developed ModiFiber as an undergraduate; the work was published by the Association for Computing Machinery at CHI 2019.
Toy EngineerMattel
Managed design changes, playtesting, and global manufacturing for a collector line of die-cast toys.
Education
M.S. Mechanical EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University
Focus: Human-Computer Interaction.