About
Tom Beddard
I am an Englishman who has lived in Scotland since the end of the last century. My career started as a laser physicist with a PhD from the University of St Andrews, but in 2001 I got enticed away from academia and joined the booming internet industry.
As a software developer I worked for a variety of digital agencies across Scotland specialising in ecommerce, content management systems and then interactive museum installations.
In 2011 I started my own company Hyper Digital Ltd. based in Edinburgh to concentrate on a range of mobile and web app projects as well as explore my interest in computer graphics, information visualisation and interactive experiences.
This site showcases the creative side of my work.
Creative Motivation
I have a fascination with the aesthetics of detail and complexity that can arise from simple mathematical processes and a technical curiosity to implement them.
My creative process is to write software tools that let me visually explore generative
processes in an interactive manner.
The best outcomes are often the least expected!
Books & magazines
- Aug 2014
- Muy Interesante México
- Feb 2014
- Tribe Magazine
- Jan 2014
- Wired UK
- Aug 2011
- Scientific American
- Feb 2011
- Investigación y Ciencia
- Sept 2010
- Pour La Science
- Apr 2010
- Spektrum Der Wissenschaft
- Industry of Nature: Another Approach to Ecology - Elodie Ternaux
- Science in the Age of Computer Simulation - Eric Winsberg
- Generative Art - Matt Pearson
- Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information - Manuel Lima
Film screenings
- Apr 2015
- AIDS campaign for Sidaction Association. Paris, France
- Mar 2014
- ARTablet Installation. Toronto, Canada
- Nov 2011
- Onedotzero Adventures in Motion 2011. London, UK
- Aug 2011
- GENERATOR projects. Dundee, UK
- May 2011
- Drift Station. Nebraska, USA
- May 2011
- VisueIt. Oslo, Norway
- Apr 2011
- Synthetic Cinema. Belgrade, Serbia
- Apr 2011
- Space Odyssey 2011. Kiev, Ukraine
- Mar 2011
- Times Square. New York, USA
- Jan 2011
- Galerija Photon. Lijubljana, Slovenia
- Sept 2010
- Alpha-ville Festival. London, UK
- May 2010
- Cronosfera Project "Visions from the future". Torino, Italy
Commissions & Installations
- Promo graphics for The Labyrinth electronic music festival, Japan
- Animations for a 147 screen installation at L'Eclaireur, Paris
- Two pieces for AOL's 2011 artists programme.
- Software for Ghost Town Media used for the Linkin Park 2010 Concert Tour.
Interviews
- Oct 2015
- UNDR RPBLC Issue 37
- May 2013
- Architizer
- Feb 2012
- 1.4
- Mar 2011
- suckerPUNCH
- Feb 2011
- smidgy.com
- Jan 2011
- fastcodesign.com
Talks
- May 2015
- ScotlandJS, Edinburgh
- Aug 2014
- SciFoo 2014, Googleplex, California
- May 2014
- The Bartlett Plexus UCL, London
- Oct 2013
- Fractals. Creative Edinburgh
- Apr 2012
- Exploring the Infinite. Play! Beyond Tellerrand, Cologne
- Apr 2011
- Fractal Lab. Techmeetup, Edinburgh
- May 2009
- Fractals and Generative Art. Apple Store, Glasgow
Professional History
- 2017 -
- Director, KPV LAB Edinburgh Ltd.
Building our own products in the area of infographics and data visualisation (we are hiring…) - 2011 - 17
- Founder, Hyper Digital Ltd.
Since late 2015 was part of KPV LAB Berlin, Germany. - 2010 - 11
- Lead Developer, 55 Degrees
Headed up the software team for the Riverside Museum, a £74 million project for the new museum of transport in Glasgow. We created over 100 video and interactive digital exhibits as well as the system software to manage everything. - 2006 - 10
- Technical Director, tictoc family
Developed content management systems and web applications using Ruby on Rails used for over 150 clients. - 2001 - 06
- Head Developer, Become Interactive
Designed and developed PHP based e-commerce and content managed websites.