The ADHD Experience
Alex Yagilowich
Monday 1st June 2026. 13:00-14:00 GMT. Buncar.
In this talk, Alex shares how her experience of ADHD has shaped a practice focused on playful learning, representation, while also creating a space for the exploration of self.
Her designs center on bringing novel interactive spaces to broader audiences by providing tangible and recognizable concepts that can be easily understood or learnt. Her current practice focuses on multimodal human-computer interaction (HCI), whereby she combines skills in computer science, behavioral sciences, spatial design and media studies to create interactive installations that combine learning and fun.
As a Pervasive Media Studio resident and Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC) associated artist at UWE, Alex is currently investigating Neurodiverse multi-modal HCI through practice-based research. Her interactive installation, Not Just an Excuse combines learning and fun to explore the inner workings of the ADHD brain, as told by fellow ADHDer's.
Speaker Bio
Originally from the suburbs of New York, Alex Yagilowich is an interior designer and educator turned interactive architect and maker. Her designs center on bringing novel interactive spaces to broader audiences by providing tangible and recognizable concepts that can be easily understood or learnt. Her current practice focuses on multimodal human-computer interaction (HCI), whereby she combine skills in computer science, behavioral sciences, spatial design and media studies to create interactive installations that combine learning and fun.
As a resident at the Pervasive Media Studio, The Studio in Bath and as an associate member of the Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC), Alex is currently investigating Neurodiverse multi-modal HCI through practice-based research. Her interactive installation, Not Just an Excuse combines learning and fun to explore the inner workings of the ADHD brain, as told by fellow ADHDer's.
Some of her recent works have been exhibited at Sparks Bristol (UK), Loco Klub (UK), Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Ugly Duck (UK), the Samsung Experience Store at King’s Cross (UK), Stars & Gripes (UK) , and the Alternative Gallery (US).
Learn more about Alex at her website https://ayagilowich.com.