Profile
I grew up locked in a small, dimly-lit room creating computer games and making things. The computer games led to a BSc in cybernetics which then led to a PhD in biomedical and neural systems engineering. The making things eventually led to my MA in interaction design at the Royal College of Art and a fascination for the science and art of creating.
My work has ranged from designing stuff for NASA and ESA to recording the sounds of human muscle; from exhibition design to creating guimp – the world’s smallest website (includes the world’s smallest versions of pong and pacman!).
PS. Claim-to-fame #8: Once, in an article in an internet magazine, Steve Strange mentioned that I was one of his favourite designers (it's a long story ;)
Education
2004-2007 Royal College of Art, MA in Design Interactions
1993-1997 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, PhD in Biomedical and Neural Systems Engineering
1985-1988 University of Reading, BSc in Cybernetics and Control Engineering with Mathematics
Selected Works and Awards
2008 NRP! @ Design and the Elastic Mind, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2005 PSP/RCA Exhibition, Royal College of Art
2003 Time Team – Interactive BAFTA
2002 guimp.com – the world’s smallest website
2001 Channel 4 Health – BIMA
Employment
2011-2012 Interaction Design Consultant, (TU/E), Imperial College, UKTI and Indy
2008-2010 Research Associate, Imperial College, London
2007-2008 CRM Consultant, UKTI
2006-2007 Interaction Designer, McLaren
2001-2006 Design and Development, Channel 4
1999-2001 Creative Developer, Entranet Financial Services
1992-1998 Research Engineer, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
1989-1991 Design Engineer, Institute for Bioengineering (Brunel University)