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 creativity.
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
Other Employment
2006-2007 Interaction Designer, McLaren SmithBayes
2001-2006 Freelance Designer, Channel 4
1999-2001 Creative Developer, Entranet Financial Services
1991-1997 Research Engineer, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
1989-1991 Design Engineer, Institute for Bioengineering (Brunel University)
Research Publications
Outten AG, Cullen G, Stokes MJ. (1998) Test rig and software for recording force and muscle activity. Clinical Rehabilitation Oct; 12(5): 428-33. PMID: 9796933
OUTTEN, A. G., Roberts, S. J., and Stokes, M. J. (1996). Analysis of human muscle activity. IEE Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence: Methods for Biomedical Data Processing (Ref. No. 1996/100), pages 7/1*6. IEE, London, UK.
OUTTEN A & STOKES M (1995) Test rig and software designed for recording force of the human quadriceps muscle. Journal of Physiology 483: 2P.