Ruth Tupe has spent over a year exploring the depths of the dating industry, trying to identify whether the current set of apps and experiences actually facilitates human connection.

Her thesis journey led her to many unique experiences, strange discoveries, and a fair degree of skepticism about the state of the technology designed to “help” us. In her talk, Ruth will share her journey from her initial desire to fill the gaps in the dating market through an app — to her pivot into creating “conversational furniture’ — to, lastly, the final form of her thesis, an event she calls Crush Club, which ties together over a year’s worth of findings about how we connect and form close bonds.

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About the speaker, Ruth Tupe:
Ruth is an interaction designer that creates experiences to improve the human experience and human condition. She tackles wicked problems with a multidisciplinary approach by incorporating social innovation, open-source technology, behavioral science and psychology in her work. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Ruth has a Bachelor of Technology from Ryerson University and a Masters in Interaction Design from the School of Visual Arts.

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