Author

Robert Miles Kemp

Miles is the founder and president of Variate Labs, LLC and Spatial Robots. His design and fabrication experience spans all scales and mediums of the built and digital world including buildings, large scale robotics, products, vehicles, software, interfaces and information strategies. Before starting his own multi-discipline practice, Miles worked for over 13 years for prominent architecture firms across the US as well as 3 years working for a notable interactive media agency in Los Angeles. In addition to designing and contributing to over 60 built architecture projects, he has designed and developed next generation interfaces and experiences for web, mobile and other emerging platforms for clients including ABC, Blockbuster, BMW, BBC, Disney, Emotiv, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, Target, Televisa and Time Warner. He is currently developing various projects across the globe, most recently including Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City, London, Tokyo and Munich.

In addition to project work, Miles regularly contributes to academia and the community through articles, books and lectures. Miles first book, Interactive Architecture, published by Princeton Architectural Press and co-authored with Michael Fox, offers the first comprehensive overview of the history, current landscape and future of interactive space. In addition to this book, his projects, articles and videos have been published internationally and his project on Nano-scale Reprogrammable Space continues to be cited as a pioneering project in the field of architectural robotics. Miles is also a regular contributor to Spatial Robot’s research and development blog, www.spatialrobots.com.

Miles received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Maryland and his Masters degree in Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-ARC).

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