Nicolas Nova
Lecturer
EPFL CDH CDH-SHS SHS-ENS
Mission
Biography
Nicolas Nova is an ethnographer and design researcher, working both as Associate Professor at the Geneva School of Arts and Design (HEAD – Genève) and as co-founder of The Near Future Laboratory, a research organization based in Europe and California. His work focuses on observing and documenting digital and new media practices, as well as creating design fictions, i.e. speculative designed objects exploring the experiences of near future. He holds a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from the Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL, Switzerland), as well as another PhD in Social Sciences from University of Geneva and was previously a visiting scholar at Art Center College of Design (Pasadena), ENSCI-Les Ateliers (Paris) and Politecnico di Milano (Italy).
He writes a newsletter about digital cultures, emerging technologies usage and foresight.
Fields of expertise
sociology
anthropology
design ethnography
design fiction
design thinking
human-computer interaction
user experience
interaction design
Teaching & PhD
Courses
Artistic practices I
This course offers 2 options: 'innovate' highlights the diversity of practices in the field of design through a project oriented towards speculating on recent technologies; 'filming' studies the question of cinematographic techniques and the making of a s... 
Artistic practices II
This course offers 2 options: 'innovate' highlights the diversity of practices in the field of design through a project oriented towards speculating on recent technologies; 'filming' studies the question of cinematographic techniques and the making of a s...