About Amanda Ugorji
Food and Beverage Specialist at TED Conferences
Amanda Ugorji is a Food and Beverage Specialist at TED Conferences with a background in architecture (MIT MArch '24) and a focus on urban analytics, textile-based data visualization, and creative practice. She co-founded justpractice.work with Sophie Weston Chien, blending design, data, and social-spatial liberation through projects like 'Soft City,' which maps urban fabrics via felting. Her work explores the tactile representation of data and urban environments, evolving from academic theses to collaborative artistic interventions.
Creative Collaborations and justpractice.work
Amanda Ugorji co-founded justpractice.work with Sophie Weston Chien, a platform embodying creative resilience and thoughtful design.[7] Their partnership began as roommates in grad school, first collaborating on felting projects during Harvard GSD.[3] They have participated in conversations and events, such as with Northeastern's Cara Michell on weaving data into material forms,[1] and Urban Analytics Breakfast Seminars.[4]
Soft City Project
' Soft City' is a large-scale textile series mapping urban environments, created by Ugorji (MIT MArch '24) and Weston Chien (Harvard MLA/MUP '24).[4][5] It envisions social-spatial liberation through textiles.[5] Exhibitions and talks, including 'Untangling' discussions, highlight their makeshift studio work.[3] Events promoted artist conversations on March 20.[2]
Academic and Thesis Work
Ugorji completed her MIT thesis in architecture, announced in April 2024, tagging MIT Media Lab.[8] Entering her thesis semester, she planned sited-design projects.[6] Her work intersects urban analytics, data materiality, and design.[4]
Broader Engagements
Ugorji appears in creative networks, such as Didier.works alongside figures like Osh Itiola.[9] Her practice spans Instagram-based promotions of talks, exhibitions, and collaborations.[1][2][3][5]
Professional Role
Currently, Amanda Ugorji serves as Food and Beverage Specialist at TED Conferences, with interests in Food/Agriculture topics.
Textile-Based Data Visualization
Ugorji weaves data into physical textile forms to represent urban analytics and environments.
Collaborative Creative Practice
Co-founding justpractice.work and partnering with Sophie Weston Chien on shared projects.
Urban and Social-Spatial Design
Designing for social-spatial liberation through urban mapping and analytics.
Academic-to-Professional Transition
From MIT/Harvard theses to TED Conferences role, blending architecture with food/agriculture.
MIT MArch '24 thesis completion [8]
Food and Beverage Specialist at TED [bio]
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- Matter of Methods - Instagramarticle · 2026-04-14
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- Thanks for old and new friends who came to my talk Untangling ...article · 2026-04-14
- 'Soft City' by Sophie Weston Chien MLA/MUP 24 + Amanda Ugorji ...article · 2026-04-14
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- Entering the thesis semester, I planned to complete a sited-designarticle · 2026-04-14
- The Creative Pulse Behind JustPractice.workarticle · 2026-04-14
- So... I recently completed my thesis! It was an extremely ... - Instagramarticle · 2026-04-14
- Didier Larticle · 2026-04-14