Adam Crowe

Current

• Precog at Various

Past

• Synaptic Tactician at Imagination
• Creative Researcher at Sense Worldwide
• Digital Designer at Various

• Large Number at Age0+
• Research Assistant at GLOBAL FEED
• Fluid Compressor at i-DAT

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Education

• University of Plymouth

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Adam Crowe’s Summary

Idealist

Adam Crowe’s Experience

• Precog

  Various

  (Design industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Insights and intuitions.
  
  2009
  • Service Design and Data Strategy for a Startup (London)
  • The Emotional Internet for The Future Laboratory (London)
  • The Future of Work for The Future Laboratory (London)
  
  2008 – 2009
  • Empathy Tester for a Transmedia Startup (London, 6 months)
  
  2008
  • Service Design for The Future Laboratory (London)
  • Brand Folklore for Dial House (San Francisco)
  • Transmedia Storytelling for Dial House (San Francisco)
  • Serious Reality Gaming for Apply Group (London)
  • Mobile Experiences for POKE (London)
  • Connected Products for The Future Laboratory (London)

• Synaptic Tactician

  Imagination

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Design industry)

  July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)

  Making the connections.
  
  I was invited to help set up a Digital Insights unit within the Digital Communications team and to design connective digital strategies for global brands.
  
  Notable Projects
  Where Are The Joneses? An award-winning audience-scripted online sitcom for Ford of Europe.
  
  • BIMA Awards 2007 - Best use of Social Software - Finalist
  • IVCA Awards 2008 - External Interactive Media - Gold Winner
  
  http://www.wherearethejoneses.com
  
  Clients
  Ford, Intel, Glen Grant
  
  http://www.imagination.com

• Creative Researcher

  Sense Worldwide

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  April 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  People, things, and the future.
  
  Working alongside some frighteningly clever people, I used my creative technology skills to help companies engage people with new product and service experiences.
  
  Activities
  • Design: Research websites enhanced by social media services
  • Creative: Generating brand ideas enabled by emerging technologies
  • Research: Expert resource on emerging technology user behaviours
  • Prototyping: Design lead for networked knowledge sharing application
  • Technology: Evangelist for inter-networked research practices
  
  Clients
  MTV, Nickelodeon, Turner Entertainment, Playstation, BBC, ITV, Reuters, Diageo, Nokia, and Nike.
  
  http://www.senseworldwide.com

• Digital Designer

  Various

  (Design industry)

  October 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 7 months)

  Design services provided to arts, education and small businesses. Projects included: Adobe/Macromedia software training for creatives; facilitating workshops for school kids and teachers; hosting weekly noWax digital music networking events.
  
  http://www.nowax.co.uk
  http://www.betawax.co.uk
  
  Toolbox
  • Dreamweaver and HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/XML
  • Director and Lingo
  • Flash and ActionScript
  • Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
  • AfterEffects, FinalCutPro, DVDStudioPro
  • Max/MSP/Jitter

• Large Number

  Age0+

  (Design industry)

  March 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 5 months)

  People are the killer app.
  
  I co-founded a collective of 4 designers to create people-powered interactive/participative/narrative/performative feedback loops.
  
  Projects included audience-driven installations, an alternative reality game-esque mobile learning prototype for kids to reenact historical events, and an award-winning hide-and-seeking/ambient social surfing, mobile game/play/experience ('relational art') thingamajig.

• Research Assistant

  GLOBAL FEED

  (Design industry)

  October 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  Digital Designer for GLOBAL FEED at the Institute of Digital Art & Technology
  
  By connecting ecological imperatives with experimental new technologies, GLOBAL FEED aims to organise the display of processed satellite data for the public to 'see for itself.'
  
  http://www.spacex.org.uk/pl23.html

• Fluid Compressor

  i-DAT

  (Design industry)

  September 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 2 months)

  Research Assistant for Liquid Press at the Institute of Digital Art & Technology
  
  The Liquid Press consolidates a series of new media publishing activities which explore the construction and dissemination of emergent media in the form of transmedia digital content: liquid media that can flow through a range of media forms: e-books, software, net.art, and broadcast media.
  
  http://www.i-dat.org

Adam Crowe’s Education

• University of Plymouth

  BSc (First-Class Honours) , MediaLab Arts , 2001 — 2005

  Lock up your computers!
  
  Voted 3rd best UK design degree by Computer Arts magazine (2006), BSc (Hons) MediaLab Arts is a unique synthesis of critical theory, software art, and design for emerging technologies.
  
  http://b.i-dat.org

Additional Information

Adam Crowe’s Groups:

•    User Experience
•    Transmedia Producers Network
•    London Digital Week

Adam Crowe’s Honors:

Awards
• Best of Show, Submerge Graduate Awards 2005, Bristol
- For YOU-WHO, an ambient social mobile game by Age0+

Exhibitions
• BetaWax at The Afterparty: Submerge Graduate Awards 2005, Bristol
• YOU-WHO with Age0+ at Submerge Graduate Awards 2005, Bristol
• REVIEW with Age0+ at BETT 2005, Olympia, London, as part of
- NESTA Futurelab Design Challenge 2005 in association with GameLab
• noWax Plymouth at Apollo Space Programme, Plymouth, 2004/2005
• See See Tee Vee with Age0+ at MLA(X), Plymouth Arts Centre, 2003

Symposia Programmed
• Cultural Industries Redefined, Plymouth Arts Centre, 2005

Adam Crowe’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• expertise requests
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