Product development
Leveraging cross-disciplinary experience, I develop products and strategies that adapt in response to use and evolving conditions. My work translates research and stakeholder input into outcomes that perform across diverse scales, contexts, and applications, balancing functional performance while forecasting adaptability over time.
USER RESEARCH AND FABRICATION
I work alongside communities and businesses to create tools that help them shape their own solutions, maintaining participatory dialogue throughout the design process. Drawing on a background in metal and manufacturing, I address production constraints through hands-on material experimentation to develop practical, sustainable strategies.
DESIGN AND MATERIAL Research
I collaborate across disciplines to investigate complex environmental challenges through research, design, and material experimentation. My work examines how built environments and human behaviors shape ecological systems, fostering more symbiotic relationships between natural and constructed environments.
Dani investigates forms, materials, and systems that challenge our conscious awareness and sensemaking to promote greater sensitivity and investigation in more sustainable and flexible futures. Previously, she has worked in additive manufacturing and digital fabrication. She received her Master of Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metal with a minor in Digital Design and Fabrication from the State University of New York at New Paltz.