Science in York

York wears a medieval coat, but check the pockets. They overflow with science and engineering activity. From regenerative medicine and robotics to making fuels from orange peel, there is so much incredible innovation.

Living, working, and doing business in York, I’ve been lucky to visit so many of these fantastic companies and help them build audience relationships with visual communications.

One highlight was ‘Why Build a Sun on Earth?‘ which I directed and animated for York Plasma Institute way back in 2012. They toured the film to primary UK schools in an inflatable planetarium to explain nuclear fusion in clear terms — building a Sun on earth. The institute won the Rutherford Prize for the Public Understanding of Plasma Physics for this outreach tour. And the film itself was featured on Behance’s Motion Graphics Served.

In 2014, I produced and directed the anthemic opening film for the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry labs, which now celebrates its tenth year of operation.

Another of my STEM collaborations was featured by Behance, a 3D promo I produced, wrote, storyboarded, designed, and animated, and sound edited for CARMEN Neuroscience Platform.

Recently, since going back into business for myself, I’ve collaborated with health scientists in York on motion design for use in mental health interventions, researcher recruitment, and to train health professionals.

I’ve also joined up with creative agencies on motion design for global STEM brands. I can’t share the details of that work or the outputs.

So instead here’s an illustration I made for fun, celebrating York’s science and engineering achievements.