Born in France in 1994, Maël Hénaff is now based in London. Brought up in the French Alps and with a Chinese-French heritage, Maël has always wanted to investigate technology through the cultural, ethical and moral lenses.
He is a designer, filmmaker and musician, currently lecturing at the MA Material Futures, Central Saint Martins. Maël worked for various studios such as Superflux and UP Projects.
His research has been exhibited at the Design Museum London, Tate Exchange Tate Modern, Milan Design Week, and Dubai Design Week. It explores speculative scenarios where technologies are hacked and democratised in order to start a real discussion on how we should use technology to benefit our communities.
EXHIBITIONS
︎︎︎2022
Aram Gallery x MAMF
Aram Gallery, London
Future Robots
DeepMind, Lethaby Gallery London
︎︎︎2019
Democratising Tech
Dubai Design Week, Dubai
Democratising Tech
Lethaby Gallery, London
Deep Fake for Social Good
Tate Exchange, London
Democratising Tech
Degree Show CSM, London
Democratising Tech
DROPOUT MAG, London
A Call For Positive Automation
Milan Design Week, Milan
︎︎︎2018
AI DEMOCRACY
Design Museum, London
Symbiotic System
Primer Design Futures, San Fransisco
How to Become a Machine
Primer Design Futures, San Fransisco
TALKS/WORKSHOPS
︎︎︎2022
Radio BlahBlah
STORE PROJECTS, London
︎︎︎2019
Designing For Turbulent Times
Everyman Cinema, London
KQ LABS Sciences and Design
LVMH, London
Waste into Resource Workshop
Messums, Wiltshire
︎︎︎2018
Tech for the community Workshop
Local Church, Jaywick
Symbiotic System
Primer Design Futures, San Fransisco
How to Become a Machine
Primer Design Futures, San Fransisco
RESIDENCIES
︎︎︎2019
Otherwise Festivale
Gessnerallee, Zurich
PUBLICATIONS
︎︎︎2019
Socio-technology: realising the social potential of emerging technologies
Material Futures Catalogue
On how technology will make us the humans we always wanted to be
Clot Magazine
LS:N Global: 4 Key themes from Milan Design Week 2019
LSN Global Future Laboratory
AWARDS
︎︎︎2019
Finalist NOVA AWARDS
London, UK
Finalist Green TRAIL LVMH
London, UK