Creative Technologies Lab (CT Lab)

The Creative Technology (CT) Lab explores technology through the lens of creative practice, design research, and experimentation. Our work brings together researchers, artists, designers, and engineers to investigate how technologies can become more expressive, inclusive, and meaningful in everyday life. 

Our research spans embodied and multisensory interaction, human computer interaction, sound, music and sonification, digital arts, accessibility and inclusive design, digital fabrication, and playful and immersive experiences. Across these areas, we develop novel interfaces, fixed and mutable artefacts, and experimental systems technology. 

A central focus of the lab is working collaboratively with creative practitioners and communities. Through co-design, participatory research, and making-based approaches, we explore how emerging technologies can support new forms of creativity, expression, and understanding. This includes developing for musicians, artists and makers, designing inclusive technologies for diverse users, and exploring how data and digital systems can be experienced in tangible and sensory ways. 

The CT Lab is part of UWE Bristol’s Computer Science research community and actively collaborates with partners across academia, industry, and the creative sector.