Big Blue
Yonder

Creative intelligence for new work and new ways of working.

I'm Tom, an independent director, producer and consultant. I specialise in creative innovation & technology. I provide creative and strategic support, develop interactive experiences, and build new ventures that drive innovative work.

Shaping

Research, framing, strategy, funding.

Identify new opportunities, make connections, and fund the work.

Leading

Commissioning, directing, producing.

Build partnerhsips, collaboration, teams and practice.

Making

Concepts, prototypes, pilots, launch.

Create the work and the space to experiment, adapt, and move at pace.

Experience

  • 20+years in practice
  • 100+projects delivered
  • £10m+innovation funding secured
  • 15awards & nominations
  • 20+talks & keynotes
  • 5industry councils, including chairing BAFTA and BIMA

Selected Creative work

Innovative storytelling, design & technology.

Home

Home

  • 80k+Visitors
  • 3Territories

Project summary

A landmark interactive VR and LBE experience. Embark on a heart-stopping mission 250 miles above Earth.

Roles

Director, Executive Producer

Technologies

VR, 360 Video, Haptics, Biometrics

AI Series Concept

AI Series Concept

  • 80k+Visitors
  • 3Territories

Project summary

Creative development for a super indie TV series featuring AI and global talent.

Roles

Creative Consultant

Technologies

Generative A.I., Motion Capture

The Green Planet

The Green Planet

  • 10k+Visitors
  • 7–77Ages
  • 310mMedia Reach

Project summary

A location-based AR experience at 1 Piccadilly for a month. Explore flora and fauna with Sir David Attenborough.

Roles

Director, Executive Producer

Technologies

AR, Mobile, Spatial, Motion Capture

The Stick House

The Stick House

Project summary

Leading innovation, experience and technology design for a Guardian 4 star immersive theatre production.

Roles

Director, Executive Producer, Technologist

Technologies

Projection Mapping, Physical Computing

Artisans, Oceans, Insects & Stephen Fry.

Artisans, Oceans, Insects & Stephen Fry.

Project summary

Global product launches to collobrative R&D with leaders like Google and Apple.

Roles

Creative Director, Executive Producer

Technologies

MR, XR, Spatial

Selected Strategic work

The structures to support innovative work.

I’ve founded innovation teams inside hundred-year-old institutions, formed collectives that mix magic, cognitive science and technology, helped tech giants explore nature and spatial computing and developed new models of innovation lab from the ground up.

  • Leadership — organisations, teams, councils
  • Creative R&D — labs, programs, pilots
  • Practice — workshops, mentoring, fractional
The Createch Catalyst

The Createch Catalyst

Project summary

Research, strategy and design for a new model of innovation lab for a leading CreaTech lab.

Roles

Fellow, Associate, Consultant

BBC Teams

BBC Teams

Project summary

Founded creative innovation teams at the BBC and its commercial arm. Breaking new ground in storytelling, formats and audiences for global brands and productions.

Roles

Comissioner, Executive Producer, Interactive & Creative Director

Raucous

Raucous

Project summary

A collective that explores the intersection between immersive theatre and technology establishing new practice, prototypes and full productions.

Roles

Director of Technology & Interactive, Board Member

Nature, learning & spatial computing

Nature, learning & spatial computing

Project summary

In person innovation workshops with Meta teams in the US to generate and evaulate new forms and products.

Roles

Lead & Facilitator

Selected Independent work

A portfolio of independent R&D, practice, & propositions.

Making is part of discovery, exploring your own practice and building what you want to see. I’m currently exploring propositions and experiments around AI, Creative Innovation and Human Centered Interaction.

Future Studio

Future Studio

Project summary

An independent studio and testbed for AI-native creative tools and practice.

Collaborators, partners & clients.

His imagination, leadership, savvy and care for the results and people lead to great outcomes and strong collaborations.

Sol Rogers, Director of Innovation, Magnopus

Tom's work has transformed our thinking and plans for lab design. He did the hard work of building out what we needed, and we're using it now.

Oscar de Mello, Director, The Sheds

Home took me back to space.

Nicole Stott, Astronaut, NASA

The experience truly showcases the unique capabilities of the interactive and immersive format.

Kelly Santiago, Senior Producer, Google

Say hello

hello@bigblueyonder.co.uk
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