​Nome’s Human-Centered Design Process

​With Katie Lim
Senior Industrial Designer at frog

​Hosted and moderated by Binna Lee

​September 1 · 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET
Online · RSVP Required

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​We’ve been grateful for the strong interest in this conversation, and registration is now open to everyone with no attendance cap.

​To help us maintain a focused and engaged live conversation, we kindly ask that you RSVP only if you plan to attend live. If your plans change, please update or cancel your RSVP so we can have an accurate sense of attendance.

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​About the Salon Talk

​Physical AI is moving intelligence off the screen and into the spaces we inhabit. But capability alone does not determine whether we want to live with it.

​In this online Salon Talk, Katie Lim will share the human-centered design process behind Nome, frog’s domestic robotics concept. She will discuss how form, posture, movement, sound, and everyday ritual can transform technical capability into a legible, trustworthy presence.

​Rather than asking only what a robot can do, this conversation considers how physically embodied intelligence communicates its intentions, responds to its context, and earns a place within human environments.

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​Conversation Themes

• ​Context-first robotics

• ​Motion and sound as communication

• ​Trust and domestic belonging

• ​Form, posture, and physical presence

• ​Designing for everyday rituals

• ​Collaborative robot ecosystems

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​About Katie Lim

​Katie Lim is a Senior Industrial Designer at frog, where she designs physical experiences that reshape how people engage with objects and spaces. Her work combines functionality with multisensory aesthetics to create meaningful connections between people and the products they interact with.

​Guided by the belief that good design makes empathy tangible, Katie brings a human-centered perspective to the design of emerging technologies and physical experiences.

​katielim.com
Instagram: @katielim.id

​Project Credit

​Nome was developed at frog by Katie Lim, Inna Lobel, and Tom Frejowski.

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​About Salon Talk by Binna

​Conversations on how humans, spaces, and emerging technologies shape one another.
Embodiment · Spatial Cognition · Human-Centered Design
Curated by Binna Lee

​Who Should Attend

​This conversation welcomes designers, researchers, technologists, educators, students, and anyone interested in Physical AI, robotics, human–robot interaction, industrial design, and the future of intelligent objects in everyday life.

​Online Access

​Registered attendees will receive the online access link through Luma before the event.