Michela Magas

Michela Magas is a designer, entrepreneur and innovation specialist, of Croatian-British nationality, and is the first woman from the Creative Industries to receive the European Woman Innovator of the Year award by the European Commission.

Family and education She is the daughter of the architects Olga and Boris Magaš, and was raised in Rijeka, Croatia, where she was educated at Italian elementary and secondary schools, before graduating in design from the Royal College of Art in London.

She is the co-founder, with Peter Russell-Clarke, of the London-based design innovation lab Stromatolite, whose clients include Nike, Nokia and Apple. and chairs the Industry Commons Foundation.

In December 2019 she was recognised as an "Outstanding Peer Reviewer" by Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology.

In 2016 she was awarded Innovation Luminary for Creative Innovation by the European Commission.

Since about 2015, JN.pt covered Aveiro Tech week 2022 TOUCHIT.sk covered Festival Art & Tech Days 2021 on EIT Kultur & Kreativität - eine wegweisende Partnerschaft für ein erfolgreiches Europa OAGi (Open Applications Group): Industrial Ontologies Foundry Releases Core Ontology Beta Royal College of Art interview with Michela Magas Ara.cat on Michela Magas Forbes on Michela Magas and MTF Market insider on Music Tech Fest Hosts MTF Labs Together With Infobip in Croatia Leonardo.info on Recognition of outstanding peer reviewers Dagens industri covers Michela Magas BBC The Next Web on How the first Music Tech Fest explored the future of sound Bergenna.no covered Gründer-gatefest på OPPNÅ Financial Times Michela Magas' nomadic working life Yle Finland on Music Tech Fest -ryhmälle musiikki on sosiaalista liimaa: "Me emme ennusta tulevaisuutta, vaan luomme sitä" Poslovni.hr on Michela Magaš Vecernhi list on Živjela sam u Caritasu, jela tost. Slomila sam se kad je tata imao infarkt, no tad su me profesori ‘prošvercali’ pod studenta iz EU Dnevni avaz on Svjetski inovatori i studenti zajedničkim snagama pokreću inovativnu BiH VIDI on Michela Magaš Radio MOF: Interview with Michela Magas 24SATA on Michela Magaš BBC on Michela Magaš BBC European Prize for Women Innovators Women in Adria Što treba da bi se bilo najinovativnija europska poduzetnica Michela Magaš? Telegram Media Group: Michela Magaš europska je inovatorica godine, a ovo je njezin prvi životni intervju za naše medije Novi list Michela Magaš osvojila nagradu EU za inovatoricu godine: Riječanka tražilicom glazbe osvaja Europu Jutarnji List: Michela magaš, ona je vjerojatno najpoznatija hrvatica za koju niste čuli Svojim je inovacijama nevjerojatno utjecala na vaše živote i učinila ih lagodnijima Telegram Media Group: Donosimo veliku vijest; Michela Magaš jučer je u Bruxellesu proglašena inovatoricom godine Jutarnji List: Hrvatica Michela Magaš osvojila je prvu nagradu za EU inovatoricu godine i 100.000 eura, ali njen laboratorij za inovacije u dizajnu je u Britaniji Poslovni dnevnik: Michela Magaš dobitnica Nagrade Europske unije za inovatorice 2017 The Calvert Journal: Croatian-British entrepreneur wins EU Prize for Women Innovators MTF Labs: Interview at Swedish Ambassador’s residence in Croatia WIRED Magazine (guest edited by Barack Obama): Bionic Artist Viktoria Modesta Transcends the Human Body Open Innovation 2.0 Conference 2016: Innovation Luminary Awards Ceremony Interview Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation: Interview for CAPS 2015 OI2Conf Dublin: interview with Michela Magas, Stromatolite Digital Music trends: Michela Magas of Stromatolite and Music Tech Fest NEM Summit 2010: Interview with Michela Magas