After producing three successful series with Arup, I was asked to devise a format for short, snappy films with Arup’s Fellows. The Arup fellowships are almost unique; a life-long title bestowed on the organisation’s world-leading experts, but who remain practitioners and centres of excellence within the company, inspiring and mentoring others within that discipline. PreviousContinue reading “Arup Fellows: ‘Outside the Box’”
Category Archives: Stories About Research
Arup: Invest in Research
Back in 2020, we were asked to create a new format for telling the story of Arup’s world-changing research. The format needed to be short & snappy, informative, beautiful and bring out the personalities of the people who work for one of the world’s most-trusted design and engineering firms. The COVID pandemic made filming andContinue reading “Arup: Invest in Research”
Arup Adventures
In April 2020, I was approached by Arup to produce a short-film series. The numerous experts in the organisation wanted to give something back to the kids locked-out of school. They wanted to provide some entertaining, inspiring and fun videos, that might introduce children, 7-12 years old, to concepts of design and engineering in theContinue reading “Arup Adventures”
The Great British Class Calculator
The Great British Class Calculator was a big data project, three years in the making. I produced the development of the results from the Great British Class Survey, and fully-collaborated with the academic researchers. I produced the design and editorial of the Class Calculator, the interactive experience that expressed the results from the nationwide surveyContinue reading “The Great British Class Calculator”
Arup: The Future of Cities
I produced and directed this series for Arup on the Future of Transport, Water, Workplaces and Energy. Each topic was painstakingly researched and interviews were conducted with over twenty Arup colleagues to construct narratives about the futuristic solutions which are beginning to change the world.
How can I see the Northern Lights in the UK?
‘How can I see the Northern Lights in the UK?’ were a series of short-films, I produced and directed, following the BBC’s Carol Kirkwood as she attempted to track down the aurora borealis in Scotland. The films were watched over half a million times and were also showcased on BBC Breakfast. Watch on bbc.co.uk
Where in Britain would you be Happiest?
‘Where in Britain would you be Happiest?’ was the result of another big data project, where personality and life outcome data was gathered for the BBC’s ‘Child of Our Time’ programme. After collaborating with academic researchers, we developed a means of predicting the greatest life-satisfaction for particular personality types in specific British locations. I producedContinue reading “Where in Britain would you be Happiest?”
The Global Change Calculator
For the BBC ‘Tomorrow’s World’ campaign, I commissioned and developed an interactive tool that would use various datasets to compare the global change in you and your family’s lifetime. The Global Change Calculator, compared change in seven different ways, including CO2 emissions, technological invention, species extinction and disease eradication. Launched on BBC Taster, with severalContinue reading “The Global Change Calculator”
UK’s Solar Eclipse – a collaboration with BBC News
I co-produced with BBC News the live digital event of the UK’s 2015 Solar eclipse – partnering with the production team from ‘Stargazing Live’ to create the most successful factual live streams by the BBC, at that time. I commissioned scheduled micro-content, produced several Q&As, and brokered the live link with a camera crew aboardContinue reading “UK’s Solar Eclipse – a collaboration with BBC News”
BBC Lab UK
BBC Lab UK was a groundbreaking partnership between the BBC and academic research scientists. I started in the team as a producer and finished as the Editorial Lead. I helped develop the product and platform which gathered over three million cases of data over four years. I helped develop the core data-gathering engine, which wasContinue reading “BBC Lab UK”
Michael Orwell 