From the cover story of the June 09 issue of Fast Company comes this quote from Neri Oxman at the MIT Media Lab:

“I like to be on the edge because it makes me vulnerable. On the fringes, I think, is where disruptive innovation begins.”

Oxman appears to be a one-person study of exploration across disciplines. She’s described as “artist, architect, ecologist, computer scientist, and designer.” Digging slightly deeper behind the hyperbole, it turns out not to be far from reality. She studied medicine in Israel, graduated from the Architectural Institute in London and is now based in the computation department of the architectural department of the MIT Media Lab. Her work has recently been displayed at MoMA, now part of its collection.

That’s the sort of background that would even make Frans Johansson’s head spin. The collision points between disciplines are often where the sparks are created that light the fires of disruption. Given Oxman’s background, she’s probably got enough spark-ability to re-start the Large Hadron Collider.