I’m an interaction designer that sits somewhere on the fence with product design. I like interacting with stuff rather than screens. I’m good at designing compelling interactions and making them work. I’m pretty good at graphics and printmaking. I also do OK as a musician. Most of my work so far has combined the three in different measure.

For the past three years I’ve been doing research and studying for a PhD with Graham Pullin, ex-IDEO studio head, author and researcher. Together we’re known as Pullin & Cook, and our work is mostly about making synthesized speech more expressive.

I’ve been based in the Product Design Research studio at Dundee University for the past few years. I’ve researched, freelanced, collaborated with my fellow residents and taught Interaction Design, Max/MSP, PureData and Arduino.

 

Design education

2006+: PhD w/Graham Pullin, University of Dundee.
2002 to 2006: BSc Interactive Media Design, University of Dundee. First Class Honours.

 

Exhibitions & selected presentations

Fairisle Lights, Pageant, 2008, Edinburgh
Six Speaking Chairs, International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication 2008, Montreal
Tactophonics, New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2007, New York City
Tactophonics, Duncan of Jordanstone Degree show 2006, Dundee

 

Appearances in print

Andrew Cook meets communication aids in Design Meets Disability by Graham Pullin, MIT Press
Tactophonics in Interactive media: the semiotics of embodied interaction by Shaleph O’neill, Springer
Six Speaking Chairs by Graham Pullin and Andrew Cook, ISAAC 2008, Montreal
Tactophonics by Andrew Cook, NIME 2007, New York

 

Research & teaching work for others

Oct-Nov 2009: Research assistant, bespoke project w/Jon Rogers. Graphic and information design for workshops.
March to May 2009: Research assistant, Moments Project w/Prof. Nigel Johnson. Max/MSP/Jitter implementation. Exhibited at the Thessaloniki Biennale.
Spring 2008 and 2009: Part-time Lecturer, Objects for Grandpeople, Interactive Media Design and Product Design programmes, University of Dundee
Autumn 2006 to 2008: Part-time Lecturer, Museum of Lost Interactions, Interactive Media Design programme, University of Dundee
Spring 2007: Part-time Lecturer, PhoneNotPhone, Interactive Media Design and Product Design programmes, University of Dundee
June 2005 – March 2006: Design Intern, NCR Dundee, advanced concepts and advanced technology and research departments

 

Awards

EPSRC Doctoral training grant, University of Dundee, 2006 - 2009
Dundee Visual Artists grant, 2008