{"id":2295,"date":"2026-06-18T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/?page_id=2295"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:25:57","slug":"gigi-polo-niberca-lluberes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/gigi-polo-niberca-lluberes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigi Polo (Niberca Lluberes)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GigiPolo_2025-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2291 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GigiPolo_2025-copy.jpg 981w, https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GigiPolo_2025-copy-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.delconference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GigiPolo_2025-copy-768x602.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gigi&nbsp;Polo&nbsp;(Niberca Lluberes)&nbsp;is a designer, educator, filmmaker, and practice-based PhD candidate at&nbsp;RMIT University. She is a Part-Time Associate Teaching Professor at&nbsp;Parsons School of Design, where she has taught since 2006, and also teaches at&nbsp;Chav\u00f3n School of Design. Her research,&nbsp;<em>Osmotic Sensoria<\/em>, explores how multisensory environments, embodied cognition, and emerging technologies can foster more&nbsp;neuroinclusive&nbsp;and equitable learning experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gigi&nbsp;is the founder of&nbsp;Gigi&nbsp;Polo&nbsp;Lab, a design futures and research practice that collaborates with organizations on sustainability, wellbeing, and innovation. Previously, she served as Design Director at&nbsp;Dauphin Americas, leading initiatives in sustainability, workplace wellbeing, and experiential design. She is the author of&nbsp;<em>Second Language Through Design[ing]<\/em>&nbsp;and creator of the Sprint-to-Pacing pedagogical model for intensive learning, and the producer of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/url41.mailanyone.net\/scanner?m=1wZBVV-0000000089B-3Xe3&amp;d=4%7Cmail%2F90%2F1781545800%2F1wZBVV-0000000089B-3Xe3%7Cin41w%7C57e1b682%7C10917358%7C13772167%7C6A303C35F5BCE82747359DB7D53B8472&amp;o=%2Fphti%3A%2Fvts%2F.me6om7oc120136&amp;s=gigdCQx_mhA75-LHV4HyizouKbo\">Madly Gifted<\/a>, a documentary about Bipolar Disorder and the creative temperament, which has been widely screened and later integrated into the UTMB Psychiatry Clerkship Curriculum as an educational resource<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her work has been presented internationally through CGScholar, FATE, ICDPCA, MozFest, and the Design Principles and Practices Research Network. She currently serves on the&nbsp;CGScholar Editorial Board&nbsp;and serves as Vice President of Communications and Branding for&nbsp;Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE). As a filmmaker, she directed&nbsp;<em>Madly Gifted<\/em>, a documentary on bipolar disorder and the artistic temperament that has been integrated into medical education at the&nbsp;University of Texas Medical Branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gigi&nbsp;Polo&nbsp;(Niberca Lluberes)&nbsp;is a designer, educator, filmmaker, and practice-based PhD candidate at&nbsp;RMIT University. 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