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Sensescape: Beyond Boundaries 2025 Conference @Microsoft Garage
In May 2025, a group of students from RISD and Brown wanted to do something different in their last semester before the summer. So they launched SenseScape: Beyond Boundaries, a new kind of exhibition and innovation conference hosted at Microsoft Research Lab (The Garage) in SoHo, NYC. Designed to explore the future of design, technology, and sensorial experience, the event brought together creatives, technologists, and researchers in the city to showcase immersive installations, speculative prototypes, and thought-provoking panels.
Centered around three themes (Beyond Products, Beyond Space, and Beyond Senses) SenseScape asked what our world might look, feel, and sound like in 2040. From XR environments to multi-sensory interfaces, the event was a space for experimentation, conversation, and imagining new ways of experiencing the world around us.
Conference Programmming
When we began planning SenseScape: Beyond Boundaries, our goal was not just to host another art exhibition, but to create a platform where disciplines intersect and ideas collide. We envisioned an experience that would allow participants to question assumptions, speculate about the future, and prototype new modes of interaction. A space where the boundaries between art, technology, and human experience could dissolve. The programming grew from a simple question:
“What will design, space, and sensory experience look like in the year 2040?”
From that prompt, we shaped a half-day event that blended exhibitions, talks, workshops, and networking opportunities at Microsoft Garage in the heart of NYC. Each element was designed to spark dialogue and foster collaboration across disciplines. At the heart of the event were three thematic tracks, which became both a curatorial framework and conceptual prompts for participants to submit their works under.
Beyond Products
How can products evolve when physical and digital realities merge? This track examined the redefinition of “product” in a hybrid future, encouraging designers to prototype speculative objects using emerging technologies and digital workflows. It showcased XR-driven product concepts, generative design systems, and future-forward applications of material innovation.
Beyond Spaces
As environments become increasingly hybrid, we asked: What does “space” mean in a post-physical world? Beyond Spaces became an invitation to rethink how we design for presence, connection, and adaptability. Many submissions pushed boundaries by blending immersive environments, responsive systems, and speculative architectural concepts, offering a glimpse into spaces that feel alive.
Beyond Senses
Perhaps the most provocative track, Beyond Senses asked participants to design for perception itself. We saw projects that leveraged haptics, soundscapes, and sensory augmentation to create experiences that were not only interactive but deeply embodied. These explorations reminded us that the future of interaction is not limited to sight and touch—it’s multi-sensory, fluid, and deeply human.
My Role
As part of the founding team of 6 students from Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, I wore multiple hats of being the branding strategist, curator, and event coordinator for this event, ensuring that every detail aligned with our vision.
Branding & Visual Identity
The branding for SenseScape: Beyond Boundaries emerged from a deep exploration of how identity can capture the convergence of physical and digital realities. We began by gathering inspiration from XR environments, speculative design, and contemporary tech branding, focusing on themes of fluidity, adaptability, and sensory immersion. The moodboard served as a collaborative tool to cluster ideas, modular typography studies, experimental gradients, crystalline textures, and motion-driven patterns. Color palettes drew from holographic light and XR spectrum hues, blending deep purples, electric blues, and iridescent tones to signal depth and dimensionality.
The final identity was designed as an "artifact of the future," which is a visual system that feels both grounded in contemporary design and suggestive of what’s next. It brought together clean, minimalist sans-serif typography with bold, stretched display fonts, balancing clarity with an experimental edge. Layered gradients and abstract textures introduced a sense of motion and depth, echoing the fluid, dynamic qualities of XR environments. Every element from the typography to the color palette was chosen to evoke speculation, as if the branding itself were a fragment from a near-future design landscape. This aesthetic carried through event posters, social media campaigns, printed materials, and exhibition signage, creating a cohesive experience that felt immersive and forward-looking.
Conference Brochure
Introductory Social Media Posts
Printed Posters and Open Call Posters
Participants Posts
Event Curation & Logistics
As part of the team that pitched this conference, I participated in defining the event structure and organizing it into three thematic tracks: this framework became the backbone of the event. On the logistical side, I also worked closely on planning how the conference would run and what the overall attendee journey would feel like, sourcing catering, hardware to be exhibition fixtures, headsets, and etc. We collaborated on the event flow, from scheduling sessions to coordinating with speakers and ensuring smooth transitions between keynotes, panels, and demos. Beyond curation and logistics, I also supported marketing efforts to engage the local community to maximize reach around the event.
Curatorial floor plan based on the submissions we received.
