Melissa Mongiat is the co-founder of Daily tous les jours, an award-winning Montreal-based studio leading an emergent field of practice that combines interactive art, storytelling, performance, and urban design to reinvent living together in the 21st century. Founded in 2010 alongside Mouna Andraos, Daily has created projects in more than 70 cities around the world. Their recently published book, Strangers Need Strange Moments Together, shares their experiments in creating infrastructure for the human spirit.
Melissa actively contributes to conversations about art, technology and public spaces, giving lectures at events such as SXSW, New Cities Summit, IF Design, and Ars Electronica. She is an alumni of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, where she co-founded a research unit focused on responsive environments. She also sits on the boards of the Centre de Design de l’UQAM, Molior, and Xn Québec.