Maria Goncharova
Bio
Maria Goncharova was born in the USSR (for real) and raised in Türkiye. She loves the sun and sea, but not celery. She designs systems, experiences and resources to improve lives. She is Director of Strategy + Creative at Canvas Method and the OG Academy and senior associate of Design Thinking + Research at Bethink Solutions. She sometimes makes it to her studio to build colourful sculptural beings. She is perpetually hoping to spend half the year on a beach.
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Research Interests
Maria is a multidisciplinary designer, creative writer, researcher, educator and workshop facilitator. She is always working on untangling complexity and synthesizing chaos into order. She is great at building resilient frameworks and experiences that are user-friendly, socially impactful and a joy to live with. Maria is passionate about exploring the power of design activism and design dissent, especially within the fields of research-driven, educational and nonprofit sectors. Her formal preferences are deeply rooted in playful and participatory design; her professional expertise is built on visual storytelling, collaborative systems of exchange across disciplines, and the enhancement of human experiences through inquiry-based approaches.
