Thesis in pdf Short biography High-resolution photos Press articles     Andrés Antonio Lucero Vera was born on September 14, 1974 in Santiago, Chile. After graduating in 1999 in Visual Communication Design from Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM) in Santiago, Chile, he starts working in industry as a graphic and web designer, both for companies and as a freelance designer. He also starts a parallel career in education teaching at his alma mater. In 2002, he joins the User-System Interaction (USI) program at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands where he starts working in interaction design. As part of the USI program he works for one year as a Research Assistant in Philips Research Eindhoven on a project involving the design and evaluation of an interaction solution for an Ambient Lighting System for the Bathroom in HomeLab. In 2004, he starts his PhD at the Department of Industrial Design at the TU/e, on supporting the work of Industrial Designers with Mixed Reality. His work results in the construction of the Funky Coffee Table and Funky Wall prototypes. During his PhD he teaches industrial design students. In 2006, he spends 6 months as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Art and Design Helsinki (TAIK) conducting studies with designers as part of his PhD. In 2008, he starts working for Nokia Research. He lives in Tampere, Finland together with his wife Soledad, their daughter Rayen (2005), and their son Antü (2008).