Designer and creative technologist, specializing in mixed reality to enrich heritage and culture. More...
Ross has designed and programmed a diverse array of interactive digital applications, showcasing exceptional visual executions, immersive 3D content, and connected user experiences.
His previous roles include AR Engineer & Manager at Snap AR, Senior Designer at Microsoft's Mixed Reality Studios, and co-founder at The Workers, where he earned accolades for his innovative work. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art, he has also shared his expertise as a visiting tutor at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.
Ross has designed and programmed a diverse array of interactive digital applications, showcasing exceptional visual executions, immersive 3D content, and connected user experiences.
His previous roles include AR Engineer & Manager at Snap AR, Senior Designer at Microsoft's Mixed Reality Studios, and co-founder at The Workers, where he earned accolades for his innovative work. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art, he has also shared his expertise as a visiting tutor at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.
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Hello, I am Ross Cairns
I am an artist, designer and creative technologist. I have 14 years professional experience designing, creating and facilitating immersive experiences and innovative applications.
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2018-2020
- Senior designer / creative technologist for Microsoft Mixed Reality Studios exploring AR, VR, MR, AI and immersive experiences.
2018
- Freelance creative technologist for Litho.cc
- AI + interactive experiences as freelance creative technologist for Jonathan Yeo
- Senior creative technologist exploring conversational design at LBG
- AR prototype as freelance creative technologist for Umbrellium
- Thesis tutor on Design for Performance and Interaction MA at the Bartlett School of Architecture
- Speaker at Pattern & Chaos (Norwich 2018)
2017
- Inmarsat Volvo Ocean Race installation’s software for Jason Bruges Studio
- Wandering Meadow installation for Great Ormond Street Hospital with Sister Arrow
- VR system for Hitachi Rail Europe
- Creative technologist consultant for Jason Bruges Studio
- Freelance creative technologist for Agency of Design
- Unity3d creative coding workshops for University of Westminster and University of Creative Arts
- Freelance creative technology consultant for Tricycle Theatre
- Founded Creative Technology Studio Ltd.
2016
- Listening Living Room installation with BAT Studio for Guy’s Hospital
- ProjectLab VR dance performance with Light Surgeons for Old Market Theatre
- Freelance creative technologist for Bare Conductive
- Visiting lecturer at University for the Creative Arts
- Kavital installation for Bene at Clerkenwell Design Week
- Highcross Lanterns installation with Studio of Cinematic Architecture
- Panel discussion member at Remix Summit London
- Pidee Raspberry Pi addon with Hackney Swingers Club
- Visiting lecturer and Unity3d creative coding workshops at University of Creative Arts
2015
- Invited presenter at Resonate.io Belgrade
- Invited presenter at Design Indaba Cape Town
- Allude installation for Berlin Fashion Week with Bibliotheque Design
- RESET installation for Bibliotheque Design
- Studio Blackburn website for Studio Blackburn
- ‘Where did the selfies take us’ installation with BAT Studio & Eleanor Meredith
- Marketing concepts for Baby Bundle
- Straylight installation with BAT Studio for HTC
- Presented at Ravensbourne
- Presented at Royal College of Art
2014
- Reset installation for Bibliothèque Design
- After Dark installation for Tate Britain
- Winner of the inaugural IK Prize by Tate Britain
- Branding for WildFlower
- Installation at Hackney Wicked with Hackney Swingers Club
- Music To Move To platform for Fuel Theatre
- Freelance creative technologist for Jason Bruges Studio
2013
- Nike Feel TV as freelance creative technologist for Hellicar&Lewis
- Where You Are website for Visual Editions supported by Google Creative Lab
- Bloomberg Connects installation for Tate Modern with Studio Blackburn and Jason Bruges Studio
- YourTour for Design with Heritage (consortium of V&A, UCA, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts)
- Haroon Mirza’s 0/0/0/0 website with APFEL
- #GetWinterized installation for Anna Lomax for Converse
- Freelance creative technologist for Jason Bruges Studio
- In Limbo iOS app with Leo Bridle
2012
- London Olympic’s Coca-Cola pavilion Ariel Dynamics installation as freelance creative technologist for Jason Bruges Studio
- Kinect workshops for Southbank Centre with Jason Bruges Studio
- 21st Century Light Modulator as freelance creative technologist for Jason Bruges Studio
- ListeningNYC iOS app as freelance creative technologist for COSM
- iOS Libraries as freelance objective-c developer for Xively/Umbreillium
2011
- Awesomecross as freelance creative technologist for Jason Bruges Studio
- Feathered Flight installation for Museum für Naturkunde Berlin as freelance creative technologist for TheGreenEyl
- Big Art Mob website as freelance frontend developer with Art Public for Channel 4
- Tech City Launchpad award winner for StatRace platform proposal
- Ollo website for Bibliothèque Design
2010 and before
- 2010 C0-founded The Workers (London) Ltd with Tommaso Lanza
- 2009 Dundee Contemporary Arts iOS app
- 2007-09 Design Interactions MA, Royal College of Art
- 2007 Freelance designer and creative coder
- 2006-07 Designer, Atalanta Advertising and Design
- 2002-04 Interactive Media Design, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee
Photo by the immensely talented Martina Lang
