Mike Thompson

About
Mike Thompson's work explores both old and new technologies in order to generate fresh relationships between function and behaviour, questioning common codes of conduct. His aim is to create a body of work blending his research based design approach with an interest in current issues and technology to reflect and comment upon society both in the present and the future. Mike believes in design with a conscience – "designers should be aware of the world around them and consider the impact of design looking to the future." As such his work touches upon issues such as sustainability, biotechnology and psychology. Mike believes in strong research based practice and design solutions. His approach is to create deep, methodical research in order to find fresh angles for problem solving resulting in new, unforeseen processes, and innovative design outcomes.

After graduating from the IM Masters course at the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2009, Mike set up his own studio focusing upon design and future thinking. His work has been widely publicised in both the design and popular press including magazines such as Wired, Frame and ICON. Whilst much of Mike's work is self-initiated he also applies his design approach to industry sponsored research and commercial projects. Mike currently works from Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

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