Hugo is a Berkman Fellow and student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
He will conduct research under the mentorship of Ethan Zuckerman on appropriate technology, design, and communication in the global south. He is interested in building bridges between the GSD and the Berkman Center to investigate architecture that deliberately and intelligently engage a world with ubiquitous information and instantaneous communication.
Hugo helped launch The Laboratory at Harvard whilst completing a fellowship at The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Supported by FAS, GSD, SEAS, and The Provost’s Office, The Lab is a new interdisciplinary platform for idea experimentation and exhibition in the arts and sciences.
Born and raised in South Africa, Hugo graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Economics and studied in Germany and Africa. Previously he worked for Apple, co-founded MenSpeakUp, started Y Combinator startups in Cambridge and Silicon Valley, and later directed Artscience Labs initiatives in Paris and Boston. He was selected as a 2009 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow, a TED2010 Fellow, and, with his Lebone co-founders, won the 2009 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award for an off-grid dirt-powered battery design.
Last updated September 01, 2010