About THEO HUMPHRIES

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Theo Humphries MA (RCA) FHEA is an interaction designer, artist, and lecturer at Cardiff School of Art & Design, part of Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly UWIC).

In October 2009 Theo embarked upon a part-time PhD, and is a lead participant of MeAT Design Research.

Proudly Devonian, Theo first studied Design Futures at The University of Wales, Newport, and then completed a Masters in Interaction Design at The Royal College of Art, London, in 2005. Theo is a co-founder of 3eyes Design Consultancy. Through 3eyes he has collaborated internationally with creative people, concentrating his skills, energy, and cutting edge design ethos into commercial work for clients such as Sony, Mattel, and Nokia, as well as undertaking further academic research. Theo’s work has featured in The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in numerous books, journals, and magazines. His work is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Sex in New York.

Theo was a lead participant in the LOCA pervasive surveillance project that has been ‘deployed’ in the UK, Finland and the United States, received an honorary mention at Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria, in 2008, and has recently featured on BBC World Service’s digital culture programme ‘Digital Planet’ (click here to listen).

“I like people to be delighted, inspired or troubled by the concepts, objects and experiences that I create or orchestrate, frequently conveying my work through ‘cute’ media (such as video, tapestry, or playful objects), yet sinister currents flow beneath this amiable exterior: surveillance, obsolescence, addiction, urban-decay, sex.” Theo Humphries, 2006.

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BOOKS:
Theo’s text and images have been published in several books, including:
Forms for Pleasure (Design Today), Moniek E. Bucquoye, Dieter Van Den Storm. Stichting Kunstboek BVBA, Belgium (available mid 2009)
[Art]ifact: Re-Recognizing the Essentials of Products, Katherine Wong (editor), Victionary, Hong Kong 2007.
All Allure, R. Klanten, H. Hellige, Gestalten Verlag, Germany 2006.
Hothaus Papers; Perspectives and paradigms in Media Arts, Joan Gibbons & Kaye Winwood (editors), UK 2006.
DiY Survival, Betti Marenko (editor). Mute, UK 2005.
The Mobile Audience, Martin Reiser. (Forthcoming)

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PERIODICALS:
Theo’s text and images have also been published in several magazines, including:

Design Week, Leonardo, Icon, Stuff, Arena, FHM, Maxim, Slitz.

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EXHIBITIONS:
‘Design in sex / sex in Design’, Sex Museum of New York, New York, USA, 2008.
‘LOCA: Set To Discoverable’, Arte.mov, International Festival of Art and Mobile Media, Brazil, 2007.
‘LOCA: Set To Discoverable’, ISEA 2006/ZeroOne, San Jose, California, USA, 2006.
‘LOCA: 1.0′, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland 2005
‘Touch Me’, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, 2005.
The European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.
The European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.

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LINKS:
Theo’s current research can be found at meatresearch.co.uk, and crapestry.co.uk

An archive of Theo’s work (previous to 2008) can be found at 3eyes.co.uk

For a laugh, why not visit another one of Theo’s websites called cockrock.org?

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Theo's first tapestry, aged 6 - "It's a spaceman, yeah?"

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The author has asserted his right to post all text/images within this site under a Creative Commons License (text/images that are not the property of Theo Humphries have been identified as such and therefore may be exempt from Creative Commons). For more information, please visit creativecommons.org