Ilana received her Bachelor of Industrial Design (with distinction) in 2006 from Carleton University, Canada. Her major thesis project: a 3d musical puzzle for visually impaired children won “Best in Show” in the prestigious a.c.i.d.o. Rocket Design competition. She has since worked as a lighting designer in Montreal, Quebec having designed a line of fixtures sold across Canada, pioneered new technologies in her industry and received the Canadian People’s Choice award for her Bombay Sapphire designer glass concept. Ilana’s current project is her most daring, taking on the educational toy industry by co-founding a socially motivated toy company using toys as tools for education reform and was most recently one of the 12 official speakers for the TEDx Concordia Conference, February 19th, 2011 speaking on this subject. Ilana’s interest lie in social and human design and she is currently working at Design Against Crime on a number of socially responsive design projects.