Heather Martin is a designer whose career has spanned consulting, teaching and research in the field of interaction design. Her focus is on creating new forms of tangible interfaces for products, services and environments. She has an MA in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art in London (1998) and a BA in Industrial Design from the University of Northumbria (1993). Prior to moving to Copenhagen to setup CIID in August 2006 with Simona Maschi, Heather was the Academic Director of the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy (IDII) from 2005-06. Prior to becoming the Academic Director she spent one year as a full-time Associate Professor advising MA students on tangible interfaces for objects and spaces. Simultaneously she worked on creating new interfaces for various clients including Sony (2004) and for the Italian lighting manufacturer Artemide (2005). Before joining IDII she worked at IDEO in London as a senior interaction designer and project manager.