Maja Kuzmanovic

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Maja Kuzmanovic is a generalist interested in inciting small miracles in everyday life. She received her BA in Design Forecasting (HKU) in 1996 and MA in Interactive Multimedia (University of Portsmouth) in 1997. Throughout the 1990s she collaborated on a range of interdisciplinary projects in research institutes around Europe and North America, as well as roamed the field as an independent artist-researcher. For her works, Maja was elected one of the Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT 's Technology Review in 1999. She founded FoAM in 2000 and has since functioned as FoAM's PI, media artist and head chef. Her leadership skills have been recognised by the World Economic Forum, awarding Maja with the title 'Young Global Leader' in 2006.