Justyna Zubrycka | Industrial Design/UX/Interaction
Physical and Digital Experiences
Justyna Zubrycka is an industrial designer and an entrepreneur who works on the intersection of digital and physical products. She’s passionate about boundary-pushing ideas and bringing them to the market.
She co-founded Vai Kai, a Berlin-based EdTech startup. As a Chief Product Officer she was responsible for the design & development of the company’s main product–smart, interactive toys that help children develop their cognitive and emotional capacities during early childhood.
vaikai.de
Working within human-centered IoT, she has been featured in The Guardian, WIRED, Elle and more. Justyna also shares her knowledge about the role of imagination and creativity via speaking engagements at conferences like Huawei Eco-Connect Europe, ThingsCon or Tech Open Air.
Speaking engagments, workshops and exhibitions
Ada Lovelace Festival
Value Sensitive Design
Berlin, October 24-25, 2019
DocuFest
Talk: Connected Play
Kosovo, August 2, 2019
Katapult
Panel Discussion & Workshop
Oslo, May 14-16, 2019
Un-Known Summit
Talk: Connected Play
Lisbon, November 9, 2018
House of Beautiful Business
Panel discussion + Workshops: Session on “Play”
Talk: Connected Play
Lisbon, November 6-8, 2018
WearIt Festival
Keynote (slides): Value Sensitive Design for Early Childhood Berlin, June 20, 2018
Huawei Eco-Connect Europe
Keynote (video): Human Touch of Artificial Intelligence Berlin, October 27, 2017
MakEY
Talk (slides): Makerspaces and VR
Aarhus, June 10, 2018
Łódź Design Festival
Exhibition: Must Have Awards
Łódź, March 28, 2018
Product Crunch - Education Edition
Talk (video): Children are born learning geniuses. How to enhance it with technology?
Berlin, February 21, 2018
ThingsCon
Keynote (video): Designing Connected Toys
Amsterdam, December 2, 2016
ThingsCon Salon #5
Talk (slides): Internet of Toys
Amsterdam, October 7, 2016
Digital Literacy and Multimodal Practices of Young Children
Panel discussion on the Internet of Toys
Prague, November 7, 2016
Retune Festival
Talk: Making a toy? Don't forget to play!
Berlin, October 6-8, 2016
Tech Open Air Satelite Events
Playful Hardware Workshop: Toys Alive
Berlin, July 15, 2016
The Childrens Media Conference
Playground Interactive Exibition
Shieffield, July 3-8, 2016
ReDi School of Digital Integration
Talk: One year of creating a toy start-up
Berlin, March 8, 2016
Łódź Design Festival
Exhibition: Consequences
Łódź, October 8-18, 2015
Tech Open Air Conference
Talk: Hardware Pitch
Berlin, July 16, 2015
20th Bienal of Art for Children
Interactive Exhibition: Let’s Play!
Poznań, June 15-21, 2015
IXDS Pre-work Talk
Talk: Vai Kai - Play objects for 21-century kids
Berlin, May 12, 2015
Łódź Design Festival
Exhibition: make me!
Łódź, May 31, 2014
Łódź Design Festival
Exhibition: Deep Need: emphaty and design
Łódź, October 17-27, 2013
Ars Electronica: The Big Picture
Exhibition: Interface Culture Cuisine Linz, August 30 - September 3, 2012
ArtBoom Festival
Urban Narrative Game: Impersonation
Kraków, June 18-25, 2011
Mindware: Technologies of Dialogue
Artist Residency Exhibition
Lublin, October 01- 20, 2011
Culture 2.0: citizen Conference
Polish National Audiovisual Institute
Exhibition: Level 2.0
Warszawa, October 26-27, 2012
Culture 2.0: Aware of Media Conference
Polish National Audiovisual Institute
Exhibition: Level 2.0
Warszawa, October 26-27, 2011