CV2008.08.01
Robert [Miles]
Kemp
Tel.
+1 (213) 255.1450
miles@variatelabs.com
BIO:
Miles
Kemp is the founder and principle of Variate Labs and
Series Design/Build. Miles is currently developing a number of interface,
robotic and spatial projects in
His
work and research is centered on developing and understanding interactive
architecture, primarily focusing on user-driven reconfigurable space and
robotics. He has been published in numerous international articles and has
lectured multiple times on this subject. Miles thesis project on Nano-scale Reprogrammable Space has been widely published
and continues to be used as reference for current robotic projects in
architecture. Before developing interfaces and robotics, Miles worked in the
architecture industry for over twelve years and played a major design role in
over sixty built projects.
Variate Labs was founded by Miles Kemp in 2003 as a means to investigate
and design interactive projects in all types of mediums. Variate
Labs is a group dedicated to strategizing, designing and building interactive
information systems. VL works in all types of digital and physical mediums but are particularly interested in projects that involve a
synthesis of the two with emphasis on spatiality. Our work includes
collaborations and independent projects in web, broadcast, multi-touch and
gesture based interfaces, graphic design, robotics, manufacturing, prototyping
and interactive architecture.
Series Design / Build was founded by Miles Kemp
in 2005 as a means to argue against the inflexibility of built architecture
around us. Instead, series proposes that objects and built environments should
be designed to offer a variety of potential results from a basic model. Series
calls this type of built flexibility "variated
architecture". Variated architecture has the
flexibility to be manipulated before and after production in order to
accommodate the evolving needs of the user over time. Series is currently
developing multiple patent submissions that involve reprogrammable building
systems, interactive architecture, and handheld products.
Spatial Robots, created by Miles Kemp in
2007, is a blog dedicated to cataloging, critiquing
and promoting interactive spatial systems and emerging technology in
architecture. This website showcases interfaces, media, websites, robots,
nanotechnology, objects, materials and logic with emphasis placed on being
interactive and spatial (3-D).
Miles
received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the
Education:
Southern California
Current Projects:
Current and past interactive media projects can be
viewed on the website: http://www.variatelabs.com
Current and past architectural projects can be
viewed on the website: http://www.seriesdesignbuild.com
Current and past research on robotics can be viewed on the website: http://www.spatialrobots.com
Current and past interactive media projects can be
viewed on the website: http://www.schematic.com
Professional
Work:
Variate Labs, Owner,
Series
Design / Build,
Owner,
Schematic
Inc., Senior User Experience Designer, 2007-Present
Tmt Restoration Consultants, Junior
Architect, NYC, 2003-2006
Studio
Bau:ton, Junior
Architect, 2004
Bandolier,
Head of Design, NYC, 2003-2004
Essex
Works, Junior Architect, 2002-2003
Skidmore
Owings & Merrill, SOM Eurolabs, Junior
Architect, NYC and DC, 2000-2002
*
Project Status: 60+ architecture projects (mostly built), 35+ interactive media
projects and 3 robotic projects
**
Previous six years of architectural work, spanning 3 offices, 25+ projects,
available upon request
Honors/Activities:
Web:
Numerous web awards for web design and interface
design, listed on projects
Architecture:
T1 Tower Competition, Skyscaper
Design Competition, SOM Eurolabs,
School:
President (High-school), Vice-President (Undergrad) and Treasurer (Grad)
Selected Publications: (About
Miles Kemp, Variate Labs, Series Design/Build)
Book: iA, Interactive
Architecture, The history and future of interactive space, Princeton
Architectural Press,
Out
Spring 2009
Surface Magazine: “Automatic Architecture”
Issue #69, December 2007.
www.nanoarchitecture.net:
“Nano Dreaming in Series”, July 5, 2007
www.interactivearchitecture.org: “Meta-Morphic Living Architecture”, July 20,
2007
Omnispace Blog: “Metamorphic Living”, July 15, 2007
Shift
Magazine: “Reprogrammable Space”, Interviewed by Christopher
Lenz, Fall 2006
El
Universal:
“Espacios Sensibles y Calidos”, June 6, 2006
*published on over 30 blogs
Selected Exhibitions and
Lectures:
Lecture: Interactive Reprogrammable Architecture: iDMA,
Lecture: Reprogrammable Space: at
Materials and Applications in
Software and Scripting:
Autocad R14-2005, Rhinoceros 3.0-4.0, V-Ray, Maxwell Render,
Flamingo, Maya 5.0-7.0, Form-Z,
Adobe:
Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Acrobat Pro,
Premier Pro, Flash MX-CS3 (AS 2.0-3.0) Dreamweaver (HTML
and CSS), Topsolid 2003, Surfcam,
Vectorworks, BS2 Software, Omnigraffle,
FTP software,
All
Microsoft Office Programs and many other types of software (Comfortable on both
PCs and Macs)
Specialized Skills:
All
shop tools (hand tools and power tools), Casting, Pre-cast Concrete, Glass
Fiber Reinforced Concrete, CNC Milling, Vacuum Forming, Laser Cutting,
Specialized Plastic Gluing, 3D Printing, Boat Building, Basic Welding, Wood and
Metal Frame construction, Robotics (Programming and Manufacturing), Scripting,
Flash Actionscripting, Web Languages, Website Design
and Fabrication, User Experience Design, Branding, Motion Graphics, Interactive
Media Presentations, Professional Writing, Book Creation, On-the-fly Design Charettes, Work Travel Experience, Making Far Fetched Ideas
Believable
Languages:
(1
Beginner - 5 Advanced) English: Oral 5, Written 5; Spanish: Oral 2, Written 4;
German: Oral 1, Written 3
References:
Stephen
Atkinson (Principal, Studio Atkinson), Mark Beck (Principal, Beck, Powell and
Parsons), Benjamin Bratton (Director of Yahoo Advanced Strategies, Culture
Industry), Hernan Diaz-Alonso (Principal, Xefirotarch), Michael Fox (Foxlin
Studio), Peter Grueneisen (Principal, studio bau:ton), Michael Haggie (Chesapeake
Wildlife Foundation), Michael Kirchmann (Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill), Erika Lehman (Grimm and Parker Architects), Rod Garrett
(SOM), Joe Rosa (Previous Architecture Curator of SFMoMA),
Marcelo Spina (Principal, Patterns),Tina Tapinekis (Principal, TMT Restoration Consultants)
Available .Pdfs:
CV:
http://www.variatelabs.com/miles/Robert_Miles_Kemp_CV2008.pdf
Resume:
http://www.variatelabs.com/miles/Robert_Miles_Kemp_Resume2008.pdf