Tag dev
FlipGig was a research project that brought together user research, transport research and operational research to consider how gig economy models in last-mile logistics can be made more fair and...
Tag data science
FlipGig was a research project that brought together user research, transport research and operational research to consider how gig economy models in last-mile logistics can be made more fair and...
Tag data engineering
FlipGig was a research project that brought together user research, transport research and operational research to consider how gig economy models in last-mile logistics can be made more fair and...
Tag data visualisation
FlipGig was a research project that brought together user research, transport research and operational research to consider how gig economy models in last-mile logistics can be made more fair and...
Tag collection
Marvel at our collection of manky tea towels. We have been saving tea towels across the country from behind radiators, the backs of drawers, corners of charity shops, and boxes...
Crank and File is a collection of critical design research led by Oliver Bates and Ben Kirman.
Tag outputs
Now Available on itch.io!!!
‘Outside the Bag’ is a booklet of provocative speculative designs, developed from a series of workshops with gig-working delivery couriers in Manchester and York. Each concept is related to specific...
Tag tea towels
What do couriers experience when collecting and delivering orders? Are people thinking about the gig worker perspective when designing cities, policies, apps and platforms?
Tag playful
hey I'm Oliver. I'm a designer, researcher and creative. yeah. cool. I didn't ask you any questions though. do you normally just start introducing yourself as soon as someone talks...
Cyborg Cow is a gift for my friend Matt who started a position working as Reader of Digital Dairy on a project about Digital Twins for dairy farming. It’s quite...
Tag illustration
Cyborg Cow is a gift for my friend Matt who started a position working as Reader of Digital Dairy on a project about Digital Twins for dairy farming. It’s quite...
Tag zines
The ICT4S 2026 Zine Library is an outcome from the ICT4S 2026 zine track led by me. I hosted a range of activities to bring different conversations, topics and ideas...
Screw That is a game that came together in under an hour in March 2025. A conversation between myself and Ben Kirman about how games can be a fertile medium...
Tag research through game design
Flip That is a sequel to SCREW THAT. It came into existence the moment that Screw That was conceived.
Research through games design offers our view of games design as a critical design approach for generating new knowledge through the design process. It’s not about producing finished, complete or...
Screw That is a game that came together in under an hour in March 2025. A conversation between myself and Ben Kirman about how games can be a fertile medium...
Tag game
Flip That is a sequel to SCREW THAT. It came into existence the moment that Screw That was conceived.
Screw That is a game that came together in under an hour in March 2025. A conversation between myself and Ben Kirman about how games can be a fertile medium...
Tag cfp
As part of ongoing research with tea towels and storytelling, we are co-organising an event at the arts and science festival Electromagnetic Field called “The Museum of Manky Tea Towels”....
Tag acadmic paper
Research through games design offers our view of games design as a critical design approach for generating new knowledge through the design process. It’s not about producing finished, complete or...
Tag research through design
Research through games design offers our view of games design as a critical design approach for generating new knowledge through the design process. It’s not about producing finished, complete or...
