Anuradha Reddy
(dr. - she/her)

๎Ž๏ธŽ Curriculum Vitae
๎Ž๏ธŽ Publications
๎Ž๏ธŽ Medium
๎Ž๏ธŽ Fediverse
๎Ž๏ธŽ Github


Hello! Iโ€™m an independent design researcher with a critical making practice via craftivisms, hardware hacks, and re-appropriation of data technologies.


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I am an independent design researcher with a critical making practice via craftivisms, hardware hacks and re-appropriations of data-driven technologies. 





Open Hardware Project: Moon-phases + Period tracking Calendar



Research Article: Artificial Everyday Creativity




Open Hardware Talk: Knotty Hardware


Research Workshop: Venetian Drawing Conversations

Research Pictorial: Drawing Conversations Mediated by AI



Research Pictorial: Exploring Kolam As An Ecofeminist Computational Art Practice



Open Hardware Project: BOOB-Factor Authentication in Banjara Embroidery



Open Hardware Project: Internet of Towels - Knotty Articulations




Open Hardware Project: Secure Your Home IoT with the CryptoCrochet-Key


Open Hardware Project: Make Your Own Resistor Cushion



Research Article: Making Everyday Things Talk


Research Workshop: More-Than-Human Design & AI


PhD Dissertation: Researching IoT Through Design

Research Workshop: Encountering Ethics In Data-Enabled IoT


Research Article: The Role of Participation in Designing For IoT


Book chapter: Feeling At Home with the Internet of Things


Research Article: Platform Ethics in Technology


Research Article: Where is the Interface?


Research Project: Thing (Data) Perspectives


Research Project: Ethnography of Open Street Mapping


Research Project: Living with a Smart Plug


Research Workshop: Subverting IoT Futures

Knotty Hardware - Open Hardware Summit 2022 ๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿค–๏ธ


I gave a talk at the Open Hardware Summit (OSH) 2022. In the talk, I introduce three OSH-certified projects of mine and how they relate to each other โ€“ combining crochet (yarn) and open hardware/software. I talk about crochet and how yarn is hardware, and why it is my creative medium of choice for making things. My projects are knotty but are also 'naughty' because they appear harmless and cute like plush toys (or fabrics) and yet, they are doing quite complicated and purposeful things. What the video to know what they are :)