Name Tom Barker | Role Professor | |
Books Weird Scenes from Inside the Goldmine: Futuristic Technology and Amazing Materials in Design Education University of Cambridge, Royal College of Art, University of Edinburgh | ||
Tom Barker (born 1966) is a British designer and academic. He has held various appointments, including the Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada, the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and the Royal College of Art, London.
Barker invented SmartSlab, a multimedia large scale digital LED display panel system, in 1999, whilst working on a Millennium Dome zone with architect Zaha Hadid. Barker also developed the V/SpaceLAB virtual reality system for architecture which artists Langlands and Bell used for an exhibit at the Imperial War Museum in 2003.
From 1997-2005, Barker ran DCA-b (later called b Consultants Ltd.), a multidisciplinary design practice.
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