ARTBASE REDESIGN DOCUMENTATION

by Lozana Rossenova

ABOUT THE RESEARCHER

Lozana Rossenova is a digital designer and researcher, based in London and Berlin. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Study of the Networked Image at London South Bank University in collaboration with Rhizome.

Lozana holds a BA (Hons) in Studio Art with concentrations in Graphic Design and Art History from Adelphi University, New York (US), and an MA (Dist) from the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading (UK). She gained extensive industry experience, both in London and New York design agencies, before beginning her doctoral studies. In her current research and design practice, Lozana is particularly interested in working with open source and community-driven approaches to digital infrastructures, which organize, store and make knowledge, and different ways of knowing, accessible. She has been a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Reading since 2016, lecturing on digital design and publishing platforms, and has delivered numerous workshops and visiting talks at universities in the UK, Germany, and Denmark.

Lozana is also a member of the Steering Committee of the OpenRefine project, and the Assistant Linked Data Research Director for The Joan Jonas Knowledge Base.