Ben Hooker

Born 1974 in Great Britain.

Bachelor of Science in electronic imaging and media communications at the University of Bradford and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. Master of Arts in computer related design at the Royal College of Art in London.

He works as freelance designer, as a final-year tutor in graphic design at the Central Saint Martins College of the University of Art, London and since 2002 is a research fellow at the School of Architecture and Design, Royal College of Art in London.

Selected projects: “The Presence Project” (A multi-party project funded by the European Commission to develop designs incorporating high-tec and low-tec technologies to increase the presence of older people in their communities, 1999), “Ozone Terrace” (An animated interactive docu-soap for the Internet as part of the BBC television series “The Net”, 1999) and “Edge Town” (Conceptual design project that proposed integrated architectural/electronic spaces creating new aesthetics for city living, 2002).

2002 he was awarded the Open Doors “Beast” Prize, since 2005 he is a member of the Sony PSP “Design Club”.