Marta Ilacqua (b. 2000, Italy) is an interaction designer whose practice explores the intersections of environmental anthropology and design. Her work remoulds cultural notions through storytelling and experimental technology, aiming to present alternative realities that strive away from the anthropocentric narrative.


Marta is the ‘Interactive Media and Experience Design’ specialist technician with the Creative Technology Lab at the London College of Communication, UAL. In 2022, she graduated from BA Interaction Design Arts at the Univerisity of the Arts London with first-class honours.

Education
2019-2022 BA Interaction Design Arts (Hons), UAL, London, UK


Exhibitions 
2024 Peckham Digital, The Hub UAL, UK
2024 Ethereal Maison, Pushkin House, UK
2024 Softer Digital Futures, Softer London, UK

2023 Fake Lates, Science Museum, London, UK
2022 Blooming Festival,Pergola,  IT

2022 Naturally Not Binary, IMT Gallery, London, UK  

2022 Don’t Touch, London College of Communication, London, UK
2022 Ancient Greek Lates, Science Museum, London, UK
2020 Hacking Greta, Shared Campus, online
2019 Being Calypso | Being Ulysses, Junior College - University of Malta,  Msida, MLA


Talks
2022 ‘ About Plants’ Sensing Capabilities ’  for Naturally Not Binary; An exhibition about Queer Ecology at the IMT Gallery, London
2022 ‘ The Unexplored Power of Plants ’  for the dissertations symposium; University of the Arts London, London 


Seminars
2022 Experiments in Waste Hack/Lab, Good for Nothing, London, UK
2021 Ideas for Humanity: A Cookbook for Planetary Health, Common Design Studio, online
2020 Hacking Global Pop Icons 2020, Shared Campus, online


Bibliography
“Student Voices: Marta Ilacqua | BA (Hons) Interaction Design Arts”, London College of Communication, November 7, 2022
Calleja Lara, “Enhancing The Digital Footprint As A Crucial Step To Support The Arts”, Gadgets Malta, July 31, 2021