Tom Bieling -- design researcher and visiting professor in Applied Sciences and Art at the German University of Cairo. The founder of the Institute for Applied Fantasies, Tom investigates the interaction of objects with our bodies in relation to design. His major project focuses on the application of design in the service of deaf and blind people.

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