This is a currently unmaintained archive of past work. To be updated someday, but not yet.


Alexander Taylor

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London-based artist & creative technologist.

Personal projects collated here - for a portfolio of professional work please get in touch.

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ABBILD Pop-Up

2019InstallationsVisual Communication ()

 

I helped design and build a pop-up boutique modelled on the tourist souvenir shop for Célia Fröhlich's ABBILD project, designed in collaboration with Célia Fröhlich and Lucy Anderson. Exhibited at All At Once, Royal College of Art's 2019 fashion show, as covered in Dazed & Confused.

TDT System

2018InstallationsVisual Communication ()SpeculationProducts

A research-led speculative design project that critiques methods of 'soft control' used by sharing-economy business's that rely on maintaining consistent pools of contractors, day and night.

Two Offices

2018Visual Communication ()Experimental DesignResearch


A one-off photo book exploring two distinct London office spaces, designed to be read on an office ceiling panel light that has been modified for home use.


Two Short Films About Scanners

2018Visual Communication ()


Note: Contains intense flashing imagery

3GTV

2016Visual Communication ()Experimental DesignWebsites



A web-based TV channel dedicated to the one million or so .3gp* files that have found their way onto Youtube, with the option to narrow video selections down to specific regions and categories. With thanks to Rhizome, who commissioned it as part of their microgrants program (see blog post here). Designed to be viewed with Google Chrome.

 *A largely extinct file container that was most popular during the first wave of video-playing mobile phones.

Tree HD

2016Visual Communication ()Experimental Design



Created for the EO1 display as part of a commission for Electric Objects, Tree HD is a quantified digital tree that you can watch grow in real time, taking 10 years from activation to reach maturation. 

Screensavers

2014Visual Communication ()Websites


A series of abstracted videos and still images created by crossing Youtube's automated facial blocking technology with stock footage of faces.

Garbage Collection: Some Visuals & Sketches from 2013-2015

2016Visual Communication ()Experimental DesignResearch



Size: A4
Pages: 94
Format: PDF

Little Fluffy Clouds: Examples of Representations of 'The Cloud' in Marketing Material, Circa 2014

2016Visual Communication ()Experimental DesignResearch



Size: A4
Pages: 28
Format: PDF

Early research that went on to inform my MA thesis (Castles in the Sky: Charting the evolution of the digital cloud through evolutions in its representation).

3310/2015

2015Visual Communication ()

Image series exploring a slip in the timelines of cultural and consumer electronics production.


AirWeShare

InstallationsPhysical ComputingVisual Communication ()2020

Photo credit: Nicolee Tsin. 

I worked as the core developer/technologist for the 'AirWeShare' interactive installation as part of the Climate and Cities collective. Commissioned by Hubbub, the piece was on public display for 2 weeks in Covent Garden, London. The piece used a system of balloons and spotlights to enable people to compare air quality in different parts of the city. More info. Press: BBC Radio London, The Evening Standard.

Blissify.io

2016AI/MLPhysical ComputingVisual Communication ()Experimental DesignSpeculationApplications



A satirical startup-style product exploring the idea of 'filter bubbles': Blissify is a functional browser extension for Google Chrome that uses emotion detection technology to automatically block the pages that are making the user unhappy. Featured on Fast Co. Design.