>Dorian Moore

Technologist, Multimedia Designer, Designer

Dorian Moore is Chief Technical Officer of SHOWstudio, amongst other technical and creative positions.

Moore began his working career in the Computer Graphic Centre, Edinburgh, where he learned a wide range of digital media such as Digital Pre-Press, CD-Authoring, Networking and Database development. He consulted and trained clients included Adobe, DC Thomson, The Scottish Office and The Royal Bank of Scotland.

He embarked on formalised study at Edinburgh University in 1993, starting a degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Maths, but on encountering the World Wide Web for the first time he felt a university course wasn't able to keep up technological development. Leaving the course, his experience expanded into interface design and usability.

In 1995 Moore moved to London to join Obsolete, working with clients including Levi Strauss, Nature Magazine and EMI. He also collaborated with one of Obsolete's founders, James Stevens, to set up the BackSpace Internet arts space.

In 1997 Moore then established himself as a freelancer and wracked up a healthy client list: The Guardian, Good Technology, Warp Records, British Telecom, Internet Vision and Ninja Tune. On the basis of the music clients, he set up the award winning Kleber Design with Chris McGrail, which went on to work on projects such as Kylie Minogue, Leftfield, Creation Records, Top Loader, The Beatles, The Designers Republic and the Manic Street Preachers. During this time Moore also developed strategy skills whilst working on online marketing campaigns for Columbia Tri-Star, Lotus, Hewlett Packard and Capital Radio, and Web application skills to create Content Management, E-commerce and Community facilities for clients websites.

Leaving Kleber In late 2000, he co-founded PostEverything with Colin Newman and Tony Morley, and also joined advertising agency Bartle, Bogle and Hegarty in early 2001 as Digital Technical Manager arranging projects from Interactive TV to CD-ROM, games and on-line advertising with clients including Levi's, Audi, X-Box, Unilever and AEG. He latterly moved to Dare Digital as their Technology Manager, and has also worked with TBWA/GGT as their Digital Technical Consultant.

Moore joined SHOWstudio in 2003, and has worked with them developing all technical aspects of the website and projects, as well as advising on strategy for advertising and future plans.

As well as working with SHOWstudio he is currently working with Japanese company Hostess Entertainment Unlimited developing their e-commerce and publishing arms, with artists Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie of SomeWhere on web and off-line projects, on the development of Grizedale Arts on-line future, with artist Julie Myers on projects on mapping and space, on the ongoing development of PostEverything, and on numerous little projects with friends and family which are documented as a blog of his interests. He's also trying to find some time to indulge his passion for music.

Related SHOWstudio Projects

THE SOUND OF CLOTHES: ANECHOIC

Anechoic is a 'collections story' project that used sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments the...

Selected Links

www.dorianmoore.com
www.posteverything.com
www.audiobunny.jp
www.digitalconvenience.net
www.somewhere.org.uk
www.grizedale.org
www.sometime.org.uk
www.rsa.org.uk