We’re delighted to welcome her as one of the newest members of our prestigious judging academy, where she’ll call on her expertise to determine the most innovative work on the Internet.
If you’re unfamiliar with her work, Taylor is the Director of StudioLab at Walt Disney Studios and an expert in the field of games, emerging media, and consumer products.
5 Things You Should Know About Alice Taylor
Alice Taylor wears many hats: Gamer, 3D toy designer, blogger, and creative. An expert at bridging the physical and digital, she's shaking up the gaming industry with her creativity and flare.
Before joining the team at Disney StudioLab, Alice Taylor was the visionary behind MakieLab—a startup that gave users the chance to design and 3D print dolls based on their online avatars. Cool, right?
A proud Brit and gamer, Taylor attributes her love of building, dissecting, and discussing games to playing Pac Man and Galaga at age 7 with her dad at a local pub. She’s on gaming console XBL under “AliceTaylor” and on Quake4 as “Crystaltips”—think you can take her?
She founded and ran the blog Wonderland where you can still read her musings on everything from Zelda-themed Monopoly to inspiring game designs. You won’t be disappointed.
Bringing the same level of passion to industry challenges as she does to game development, Taylor is a fierce advocate for reinventing gaming that is accessible to all people and protects the mental health of game developers. On Instagram, she calls on followers to consider questions like “what if you could plug a console into a damn cardboard box” and shines a light on the social media vitriol often aimed at developers.
Before signing on with Disney, Taylor and her startup MakieLab were selected for Disney’s coveted Accelerator program. There, she was able to take the idea of using games and apps to create 3D dolls to a new level.
