Simone C Niquille
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Interdisciplinary, hybrid, complex
Simone C Niquille (b. 1987 in Zug, lives and works in Amsterdam) is active at the intersection of design, research and teaching, and is one of a generation of designers who not only make use of digital technologies but also critically interrogate them. Her interdisciplinary practice combines design with architecture, media research, philosophy and anthropology.
Trained in graphic design in the US and at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam, Niquille soon developed an interest in questions of identity construction, surveillance and standardisation. In films, installations and research projects, she investigates how digital systems capture bodies, spaces and reality, while at the same time reproducing existing power and knowledge structures. In addition to her own design practice, Niquille is closely involved in knowledge transmission.
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The Federal Design Commission highlights that, as the first female winner in the Media & Interaction Design category, Niquille represents a hybrid, interdisciplinary practice that tackles the social consequences of digital standardisation, prejudices in technologies, and the limits of machine vision. In so doing, she is making a vital contribution to a conception of design that views technology not as neutral but as culturally and politically impactful, and has a lasting influence on our view of the digital world.