Matt Jones

I’ve been designing digital products and services since 1995, working across startups, research labs, and scaling companies at the intersection of technology, design, and futures. I’m currently Head of Brand & Design at ICEYE, the Finnish space intelligence company that operates the world’s largest constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites — technology that sees through cloud and darkness to enable persistent, high-resolution monitoring of our changing planet. Before ICEYE, I was Head of Design for AI at Miro, and before that Head of Design at Lunar Energy, building products to make clean home electrification simple and beautiful. I spent just under a decade at Google as a Principal Designer — first at the Creative Lab in New York on projects spanning clean energy, AR/VR, and urban computing, then six years at Google Research exploring how AI could shape future hardware and software experiences, long before it became the defining topic of the industry. From 2009 to 2013 I was a founding principal at BERG, the London design and invention company whose work on connected objects, physical computing, and speculative futures influenced a generation of designers and technologists — with projects exhibited at MoMA and featured in Wired, Fast Company, the FT, and even Marvel Comics. Earlier in my career I was creative director for the launch of BBC News Online, and co-founded Dopplr, a social travel platform acquired by Nokia in 2009. I’ve taught design at the RCA, Goldsmiths, SVA (New York), AHO (Oslo), and CIID (Copenhagen). I originally studied Architecture. I’ve been writing about interaction design, technology, and futures at http://petafloptimism.com since 2000. My professional portfolio: http://moleitau.work