Designing at the intersection of Physical Craft, Emerging Technology, and the Human Experience.
Tomas Garcia is a Design Engineer based in Los Angeles and Berkeley, California with 10+ years of design and leadership experience working with world-renowned companies and institutions.
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A DIY-kit designed for primary school students that assembles into a messenger that uses long-range, low-power mesh networks to enable communication between parent and child in the aftermath of high-magnitude earthquakes.
ROLE: CREATOR + DESIGNER
DURATION: 4 MONTHS
TIME: FALL 2023
A smart home control that seeks to simplify interactions with complex system of digital components through basic form, natural materials, and tactile interactions.
ROLE: DESIGNER
DURATION: 4 WEEKS
TIME: SPRING 2023
Reimagining the role of a museum for the digital age. A cross-platform institutional digital identity centered on accessibility, negative space, and elevation of art.
ROLE : DESIGN LEAD
DURATION: 18 MONTHS
TIME: 2019Digital Design ●Using Augmented Reality to reconsider monuments in the digital age.
A collaboration between the Los Angeles County Museum and Snap exploring how augmented reality can be applied to visualize public dialogues around accessibility and inclusion.
ROLE: TECHNICAL LEAD (LACMA)
DURATION: 3 MONTHS
TIME: SUMMER 2020
A speculative narrative, interface, and software demo that considers a digital economy that incorporates consent, accountability, and privacy through the lens of Mixed Reality wearable technology.
ROLE : DESIGNER
DURATION: 6 WEEKS
TIME: SPRING 2023Digital Design ●A mobile app for iOS and Android platforms that changes how you experience the museum.
Offering location-specific content as you move through the museum, narrative audio tours, and access to the museum’s collection of over 120,000 objects in the palm of your hand.
ROLE : UX, UI
DURATION: 12 MONTHS
TIME: 2016