METAMORPHORCES is a small innovation studio using humane technology and thoughtful design to make the world a little bit better.
We start with real frustrations, inequalities and missed opportunities, then ask whether technology, design or a different way of thinking can make things fairer, easier, more engaging or simply more wonderful. Our work currently explores three areas: education, experience and environment.
Education
We build educational ideas when we see learners being excluded, overlooked or poorly served by existing approaches. From representation and language barriers to one-off STEM activities and AI literacy, our aim is to widen participation and make learning more meaningful without lowering expectations.
Empowered Novels
Personalised educational graphic novels to empower under-represented minority and disadvantaged groups.
SpaceCraftEd
Democratising space.
Space for everyone.
The innovation ecosystem
AIU
creating an AI-literate society through cartoon-style info-sheets.
Learn the underlying algorithms and techniques that power AI in 2 minutes a day, for 30 days. The free viral Learning programme
A sketchy knowledge of AI
The AI cartoons with bonus material, in a book
Reached #5 in the Amazon best sellers charts over Christmas 2023
bridgEd
Empowers bilingual inclusion, supporting migrants, refugees and other EAL leaners in the classroom, hospitals and border locations.
Hold a conversation with live translation using any wireless headphones, and create specialist dictionaries for key terms.
Experience
Technology has made images, video and information ubiquitous, but sometimes at the cost of attention, memory and wonder. These projects use physical design and thoughtful technology to make special moments feel special again, encourage us to notice the world around us and extend experiences beyond the screen.
Lentickle
Physical video - non-tech tech.
put your phone down and share some touching moments using lenticular lenses.
PopUpular
Design inspires and brightens lives
Architectural origami.
Cambridge - the city in creases
Mappachief
Get outside without your phone
Waterproof, wearable, washable maps
beautiful silky hankerchief maps
mhouseum
keep the excitement and interest going - bring the museum home.
Build your own 3D flying 1:72 scale models of iconic RAF planes, a project for a local museum
Environment
Environmental change is easier when the better choice is practical, attractive and easy to understand — and when the planet feels connected rather than distant. These projects explore better choices and new ways of seeing our world as one small, shared place worth caring for.
Envflame
a breath of fresh air
Improving city air quality by tackling fine-particulate PM2.5 pollution
Triplet Earth
Make the world smaller, discover your locational triplets.
Enter your What3Words location and discover its sibling locations around the world. It's a small and beautiful planet, where will you discover?