Friday Lates discussion
Developments in our digital visitor experience
Free
Places are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Please arrive in good time to access the building and find the meeting place in the advertised room.
About
Hear from Lawrence Chiles, the National Gallery’s Head of Digital, and Matt Wade, from experience design studio, The Office of Future Interactions, who were commissioned to design and develop the digital visitor experience of the Sainsbury Wing.
Together, they’ll discuss the creative thinking behind the new screens and how they are reshaping the ways we experience and interpret paintings in our collection.
Lawrence Chiles
Lawrence Chiles is Head of Digital at the National Gallery. He provides strategic leadership and heads interdisciplinary teams to deliver large-scale digital experiences, programmes and cross-platform projects. Lawrence is an experienced digital leader, working in the cultural sector for over 20 years.
Matt Wade
Matt Wade is an interaction and experience designer. In 2021, he founded The Office of Future Interactions. Matt is a former Director of Google Creative Lab and previously founded Kin, an award-winning research and interaction design studio profiled by the Design Museum and the Cooper Hewitt. His work has been awarded numerous times, including a D&AD Yellow Pencil and NASA Software of the Year, and has been featured in exhibitions such as Designs of the Year at the Design Museum and Time Magazine’s Top Ten of Everything.