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Haque Design + Research specialises in the design and research of interactive architecture systems. Architecture is no longer considered something static and immutable; instead it is seen as dynamic, responsive and conversant. Our projects explore some of this territory.

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Usman Haque has created responsive environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and mass-participation performances. His skills include the design of both physical spaces and the software and systems that bring them to life. He has been an invited researcher at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, Italy, artist-in-residence at the International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Japan and has also worked in USA, UK and Malaysia. As well as directing the work of Haque Design + Research he was until 2005 a teacher in the Interactive Architecture Workshop at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London.

He is a recipient of a Wellcome Trust Sciart Award, a grant from the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, the Swiss Creation Prize, Belluard Bollwerk International, the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence prize and the Asia Digital Art Award Grand Prize.

His work has been exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), Ars Electronica, Transmediale, Hillside Gallery (Tokyo), The National Maritime Museum Greenwich, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, NTT Inter-Communication Centre, Tokyo and the Singapore Biennale.

His work has also been presented at international conferences including Siggraph, VSMM (International Society on Virtual Systems and Multimedia) and Doors of Perception.

Ai Hasegawa studied computer graphic animation and interactive media art at the International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Japan. On graduating she created animations for educational TV programmes in Tokyo. After moving to London she began working as an animator, character designer, illustrator and interaction designer.

Barbara Jasinowicz trained in instrumental music at Warsaw Music Academy and cultural studies and linguistics at Warsaw University. She has worked as a researcher at The Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition in Poland and East-Central Europe and The Polish Academy of Sciences. As well as coordinating Polish version production process to live action and animated films at Imperial CinePix, Poland, she has collaborated with art and science institutions in promoting and organizing events, exhibitions and conferences.

Chris Leung (www.chrisleung.org) trained as an architect at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London, and has worked for over a decade in private architectural practice, environmental engineering, systems consultancy and on government funded research projects. He is a candidate for an EngD in "Virtual Environments, Imaging and Visualisation" at UCL where his thesis investigates the application of physical computing and imaging technology to support design and engineering decisions in architectural projects. Haque Design + Research Ltd is the industry sponsor for this research.

He is also a technical dissertation supervisor for post-graduate students at the Bartlett and a member of the Sixteen*(makers) collaborative group of architects, makers, fabricators and researchers.

Susan Haque specialises in logistics and worked for several years in organisational development and disaster management in Latin America and Pakistan.

We often work with the following people, and are thankful for their ongoing collaboration:

Robert Davis (http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/rdavis/)
Seth Garlock (www.senseinate.com)
Rolf Pixley (www.anomalousresearch.com)
David Cuesta (www.sabarain.com)
Mo-Ling Chui (www.flickr.com/photos/mo-ling/)

Support has been given by:

• National Arts Council, Singapore
• Foundation for Art and Creative Technology
• Belluard Bollwerk International
• Texas Instruments, Inc.
• the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology
• the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
• the Wellcome Trust
• the Arts Council/London Arts
• London Transport's Platform For Art
• the International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences
• Ventaxia
• International Flavours and Fragrances
• Oxford Chemicals
• MPS Electronics
• The Danish Embassy, Japan
• Nichia Corp, Japan