Lauren Bedal
Interaction Designer, Choreographer, Media Artist
lbedal2@gmail.com
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Lauren Bedal is a designer and thought leader in Human-Computer Interaction. Her expertise centers on embodied inputs—proximity, gestures, body language, and biometrics powered by machine learning & AI. Over the course of her career, Lauren has helped launch multiple products, secured patents, authored academic papers, and presented her work at leading institutions. She currently leads design and product efforts at Archetype AI.  

Bedal’s choreography & media art practice bridges decades of dance training with over a decade of industry experience in physical computing systems. She uses computer vision, motion capture, and generative systems to explore how machines perceive and produce movement. She is currently developing AI tools for choreographers as part of a 2024 Knight Foundation New Work award and is a resident artist at Angel’s Gate Art Center.




Curriculum Vitae


Media Art & Choreography 

Knight New Work Grant
Choreography and AI Showcase
Spring 2026

Dancing the Algorithm
Jacob’s Pillow, MA
Summer 2025

Su Voz Music Video
Tristian De Liege
Summer 2025

Cloud 3601
AGCC, San Pedro, CA
2025

Method
AGCC, San Pedro, CA
2024

International Conference of Movement and Computing MOCO, Phoenix, Arizona
2019

International Conference of Movement and Computing MOCO - Genova, Italy
2018

Midway Gallery, Illum Festival
2018

CODAME Festival
2018



Employment

Archetype AI
Design & Product Lead
2023 - Present

Google ATAP
Design Manager
2018-2023

Fjord / Accenture Interactive
Senior Interaction Designer
2017-2018

Matter Design Studio
Senior Interaction Designer
2017-2018

Convo
Interaction Designer
2015-2017



Skills

Interaction Design 
User Interface Design
Design Strategy
Design Leadership
Project Management
Sprint Planning / Agile Dev
Design Prototyping
User Research
Prompt Engineering
Video Editing
Talks

California College of the Arts
Physical AI
2025

Domus Academy
Physical AI
2025

California College of the Arts
(Panel) AI as Design Material
2025

CalArts
Moving with Machines
2025

Columbia University
Natural User Interfaces
2024

Columbia University
Physical AI
2023

CTA Fall Forum
Gesture Interaction
2022

Harvard University, WeCode
Embodied Interaction
2022

Northeastern University
Embodied Interaction
2022

Augmented World Expo
Nonverbal Interactions with Soli 
2022

UX University (Google)
Embodied Interaction
2020

CRCI, Brown University
Embodied Interaction
2020

MIT
Embodied Interaction
2018

AWE, Munich, 
Embodied Interaction Design
2017

Publications & Articles 

Hands, Technology and the Human Spirit | Hurry Up We’re Dreaming
2025

Socially Intelligent Spatial Computing
Arxiv
2023

Nonverbal Interactions with Soli
Google Keyword Blog
2022

Motion and Gesture Sensing with Radar
ArtechHouse
2022

RadarNet: Efficient Gesture Recognition Technique Utilizing a Miniature Radar Sensor | CHI Best Paper Award
2021
 
Gesture Interaction
Google Design
2020
 
Designing for the Human Body in XR
Virtual Reality Pop, Medium
2018  

Embodied interaction
Medium
2017  


Awards
Popular Science 100 Best Inventions
Project Soli
2019

Best of Google Design
Project Soli  
2019


Press

Case Study: Physical AI for Construction
Archetype AI
2025

Chat GPT for the Physical World
Fast Company
2025

The tech behind Motion Sense
The Verge
2021

Interview on Choreographic Interfaces
Dance Magazine
2020

Gesture Controls for Google
Wired
2019






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