CYRUS CLARKE

Designer. Educator. Artist. Researcher.

I create experiences at the intersection of art, science and technology, to help make sense of big questions, using design and new technologies to explore possible futures.

MyWork

I've allowed people to reform the Attention Economy in Virtual Reality.
Developed Sustainable Data Storage using Biotechnology.
Helped organizations create concepts for a Post-Money Blockchain world.
Launched a platform to help citizens get the facts instead of Fake News.
and more, through projects which blur the line between reality and fiction:

What The Block

Explaining Blockchain to the masses through a game.

Blockchain Game Design Workshop

#sad

A creative AI plays with empathy to control your emotions.

Machine Learning Physical Computing

Grow Your Own Cloud

Storing data in the DNA of genetically modified plants.

Biotech Experience Front-End

SIFT

Helping people see through 'fake news' and creating an information economy based on Facts.

Blockchain Storytelling Editorial

Cyborgs Towards Utopia

A platform to explore alternative realities and discover how technology can make us more human.

Virtual Reality Design Research

Doli.io

An AI with a conversational interface that helps manage your social interactions online, by becoming you.

Machine Learning Conversational UI

Futures. Storytelling. Experiences.

My practice involves radical creativity, building a bridge between humans, tech and nature, providing optimistic visions for the future that are rooted in critique of our current practices.

Hire Me

MySkills

Here are some of the topics I can help you with

Speculative Design

Working with clients to discover what's next. I employ a speculative/future-casting approach grounded by in-depth technological, economical and societal research to help you explore possible, plausible and preferable outcomes, using proven design methodologies.

Digital Products

Leveraging years of experience to invent new products, from low fidelity prototypes to implementing full stack web applications.

Design Research

As an experienced design researcher, I can help you obtain rich data, convert hunches into actionable insights and allow you to prepare for the opportunities that new Technologies are creating.

Experience Design

I transform insights, ideas and discoveries into physical / digital experiences and artefacts that citizens can engage with, from small scale interventions to ambitious installations.

Workshop Facilitation

Looking for fresh ideas? I can help you lead and create bespoke workshops, particularly around exponential technologies and design thinking, bringing new energy to your work.

Emerging Technologies

Interested in deploying Mixed Reality, Blockchain and Machine Learning? I can help you get started, sharing research, strategy planning and prototyping.

Storytelling

Looking to engage your audience? I can help you communicate complex ideas with conviction through vivid, captivating presentations, film-making, and performance.