Astrid Bin is a designer and researcher who specialises in making complex things useful, beautiful and understandable. She's spent the last decade working as a music technology designer and researcher, including roles such as the founding designer at Bela and speculative research at Ableton. She is currently a part-time researcher examining e-textile interaction for music, and continues to work as a freelance design consultant for all things interface, interaction, and documentation. She lives in Berlin, and works worldwide.