Urban Reaction Reasearch Lab

About

Creatives

At URRL we thrive on collaboration but understand that every project needs a specific team. As such we tailor our project teams specifically to match (and hopefully exceed) your individual requirements.

We have spent the last few years carefully selecting a passionate network of creative freelancers who deliver when it counts.

With access to a multi-national, multi disciplined and highly experienced network of project managers, photographer, Film makers, 3d Designers, Animators, Fabricators, Graphic Designers, Copywriters, Journalists, Editors, Fine Artists, Stylists, Musicians, Prop makers and pretty much every other creative profession you can name,  we feel we can provide the vision and source the talent to turn your dreams into a reality.


Matt Wright

Matt Wright is a dynamic UK based Visual Artist and Commercial Photographer who specializes in Light trails and 360° imagery. He is a founding member of Punctum Photographic, a Welsh based photographic co-operative and half of the curatorial team of the European art project `Ghosts in Armour´.

Janire Nájera

Janire Najera is a professional photojournalist and visual artist dedicated to create new ways to explore social documentary. Her narrative skills and visual storytelling background have allowed her to apply herself across a range of creative projects.

Janire splits her time coordinating the European project `Ghosts in Armour´, conducting self initiated and commissioned projects and working within Urban Reaction Research Lab.


Armin Seltz

Armin Seltz is a German designer who has become part of URRL after living in the UK for 5 years during which time he graduated with an Honours Degree in Graphic Design from the University of Wales, Newport and worked as a freelance Graphic, Web and 3D designer.

His skillset is as far-ranging as in interests in various design practices, but generally spans across the areas of Visual design, Webdesign, Multimedia and the technical realization of ideas.

Armin is currently completing a Master of Arts Degree in Interaction Design at ZHdK Zurich, Switzerland, doing further design research into the Interfaces for immersive domes and therefore gathering know-how that will flow straight back into Urban Reaction Research Lab and it’s clients.

Manuel Pestana

Manuel Pestana is a Portuguese multimedia artist and developer who has extensive experience across a multitude of hardware and software. Traversing Europe in the pursuit of new experiences and creative opportunities, Manuel has an almost symbiotic relationship with technology that enables URRL to turn many of its dreams a reality.


Gordon Everett

Gordon Everett is an Interactive Developer and programmer from West Wales in the UK. He graduated from the University of Wales, Newport in 2009 and now works as a freelance Web Developer and Interaction Consultant. During his time at University he formed Reaction Faction with fellow Urban Reactionist David Daniel and together they produced a series of MultiTouch interfaces.

Gordon enjoys developing new forms of interaction that exploit physical and spatial awareness through alternative and novel interfaces. Due to his love of the software application Adobe Flash he is known to his friends by the nickname ‘Flash Gordon’.

David Daniel

David Daniel is a new media artist and interaction designer who uses technology to create unique experiences and novel interfaces for human-computer interaction. He has designed and created multi-touch displays and augmented reality artworks, and worked with the `Ghosts in Armour´ team to create digital/interactive versions of a number of works at their many exhibitions.

Jonathan Hicks

With a long-term obsession with both multimedia technology & wood, Jonny has found his niche engineering bespoke solutions to the creative ideas of URRL. Recognizing the importance of each element of a project being as well made as the last, he uses his experience in carpentry, electronics and audio technology to create quality products.