SYNESTHETIC Research & Design Lab

At the recent Neuroinclusive Design Roundtable, hosted by SOM’s Equity Action Committee (EAC), we presented our research and lessons learned from our work in this emerging field.

SR&DL's Synesthesia Project Featured in Liliana Becerra's New Book Soft Design Aesthetic Experience.

Recursive Worlds: Mapping the  Science-Design Paradigm. Presentation by Loukia Tsafoulia and Severino Alfonso on November 7th, 2025, @ History/Theory Talk Series, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University. HSPres (HalfSecondPresentation).

We are excited to share that the highly anticipated exhibition titled ReSilence has opened at BASE Milan. Our team at SR&DL is proud to present the parallel research projects that underpin our interactive art installation, ECHOES, and the film documentary, VOICES.

Introduction to Echoes On Friday, July 4th and Wednesday, July 9th, 2025, Loukia Tsafoulia and Severino Alfonso presented the immersive installation “Echoes: An Immersive Environment for Awareness of Neurodivergent Spatial Experiences” to invited guests on the Autism Spectrum, their therapists, and family caregivers. The events took place at the municipal gymnasium Neo Ikonio in Perama, Greece. This venue was generously provided by the Perama City Hall for the artists to cons

Embodied Imaginaries of Interior Space / A lecture for dynamic environments. Our daily interactions with our environment are mediated through a vast universe of electronics, sensors, and interconnected systems. The ongoing global pandemic has increased human-machine-environment entanglements at an unseen rate, having a large impact on our daily habits and physical and mental health. These systems are not an isolated form of material media, but they constitute an interdependen