Hello! I’m Antonella Nonnis, but people call me Ant, a User Experience Design Lecturer and PhD supervisor at the Design School at LCC. I hold a PhD in Media and Arts Technology from the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London. I'm fascinated by how we understand the world around us - our perceptions, the ways we communicate (especially through body language and embodied interactions), and the complexity of our emotions, (inter)actions, and cognitive processes.

I have a multidisciplinary background with degrees in Media Arts and Technology, Multimedia Arts, Design for Interactive Media, and Fine Arts. For several years, starting in 2001 ‘til around 2012, I organised events and played as a DJ (using vinyl) across Italy and Europe including France, Czech Republic and the UK, under the pseudonym Flux'n. I was part of the BBD, the Megatron Sound Systems, and the Rexistenz Records (RXSTNZ) crew. I loved playing breakcore, jungle, drum'n bass, breakbeat, some hip hop and anything apocalyptically melodic and broken but not too drilly.

I am passionate about children, ethical and inclusive design, play, neurodiversity, human-human interactions, human-computer interactions, and art and hacktivism. I have been working with disabled and neurodivergent children for many years, both in Italy and the UK.

I love (interactive) art, electronic music, the beach, coffee, making things, sunny days (I’m desperate for those in grey London!), rocking, swinging, chocolate, deep-pressure massage, and the smell of Mediterranean Sea coastal plants, lavender, Play-Doh, watercolours, and newly cut grass - not necessarily in that order.

My favourite art movements are Dada, Fluxus...and Hacktivism. I also like taking pictures, running (mostly jogging 😳), and artistic gymnastics.

I am currently working on updating this portfolio to be WCAG 2.2 compliant to improve accessibility. I'm focusing on navigation, structure, and content (e.g., contrasts (though I really like colours and I’m failing at that), aria labels, headings etc), but there's still work to be done (all of the above + adding alt text to images, for example). I’m not web developer (far from it!) so it might take me some time to succeed in this endeavour. Please bear with me but feel free to drop a line if you spot something that is difficult to navigate or use.

Press:Arduino: A diy pop-up interactive book made with recycled materials.
Weird Planet: Weird Planet - a segment of the show Daily Planet on air on Discovery Channel Canada.
CreativeApplications: Electronic pop up piano.
Atmel: This pop-up electronic DIY book is powered by Arduino.
Hackaday: Popup book includes a playable piano keyboard.