Curated list of Creative Technology groups, companies, studios, collectives, etc.

Awesome Creative Technology

Businesses & groups that specialize in combining computing, design, art, and user experience.

Creative technology is a broadly interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field combining computing, design, art, and user experience.

This list hopes to compile the best creative technology businesses & groups across the world, both as a source of inspiration and as a reference point for potential employers of creative technologists.

Creative technologists by definition have a breadth of skills as opposed to a specific specialty, so it's difficult to categorize them. While this isn't a perfect organization, each group below generally specializes in the area to which they've been assigned.

Creative Technology
Collectives & Practices
Experiential Spaces & Experiences
Fabricators
Event Production
Architecture
Creative Agencies
Museums
Closed Groups

Creative Technology

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
1024 Architecture		architectural and digital works, orchestrated sound and light scores
Acrylicize		harness the power of art and creativity to help people fall in love with spaces
Ada		experience innovation and design agency that partners with the world's most ambitious visionaries and brands in the culture, arts and social impact space
Adirondack Studios		concept, schematic, design, construction, fabrication, installation, support
Alt Ethos		experiential, metaverse, and event design agency
Art + Com		media sculptures, data installations, new media
Augmented Magic		augmented magic shows, digital installations
AV Controls		site-specific technology installations, digital landmarks
Barbarian		marketing and advertising, new media
Beaudry Interactive		themed entertainment, museum exhibitions, live shows, and branded experiences
Blackbow		projection mapping, digital art and cultural experiences
Blublu		projection mapping, immersive experiences for museums and workspace
Bluecadet		digital products and environments
BRDG Studios		digital moments in physical spaces, retail environments, art galleries, events
BREAKFAST		software-/hardware-driven artworks, flip discs
Breeze Creative		interactive experience design, family entertainment, museums, playgrounds, educational institutions
C&G Partners		branding, digital installations, exhibits and environments, signage, wayfinding, websites
Charcoalblue		amazing spaces where stories are told and experiences are shared
Cinimod Studio		location based work where technology, environment, content and real life interaction meet
Code and Theory		strategically driven, digital-first agency that lives at the intersection of creativity and technology
Cognition		an interactive studio designed to enrich experiences by building creative technology with human empathy
Comuzi		explore and imagine and prototyp and creatr future-forward creative concepts
Deeplocal		creative engineers, inventors, interactive experiences, human stories
Design I/O		immersive, interactive installations, storytelling, events, galleries, museums, exhibitions and public space
Digifun		projection mapping, new media art education
Dimensional Innovations		experience design, interactive experiences, brand activation
Dome		experience design studio that gathers designers, technologists, and strategists to solve unusual problems
dotdotdash		innovation agency that seamlessly blends the physical and digital
Downstream		strategy + design + content + technology
Envoy		transform environments into exceptional experiences, formerly Leviathan
ESI Design		transforms places into experiences, immersive deisgn, architectural scale
Extrapolation Factory		research studio, futures studies, collaborative prototyping
Fast Horse		a truly integrated creative agency
FIELD		future aesthetics for design, motion, experiential
Float4		integrates digital experiences into physical spaces to amplify their identity
fuse		live-media performances, experimentation, electronic music, digital arts
Future Colossal		experiential technologies in advertising and entertainment and art
Gallagher Design		harmony between technology, narrative, and physical design
Game Seven		intersection of sport and culture, brand stories
Geeksart		media sculptures, new media exhibition
Giant Spoon		translate cultural trends into big ideas, experiential, gaming
Hettema Group		experiential, exhibit, live shows, theme parks, retail, dining, museums
Hotel Creative		retail, branding, exhibitions, events
Hovercraft		interactive installations, site-specific content, retail, sports
Hush Studios		marketing and advertising, retail and DTC, archtecture
IMG SRC		full-service communication agency focusing on websites, installations, and R&D
Intergalactic		mobile apps, interactive screens, web development, application design and visualization
Invisible North		culturally fluent, thoughtful experiences, bring brands to life
Jam3		create modern experiences for tomorrow's brands
Jason Sherwood Design		television and broadway and concert stage design
Left Field Labs		products, platforms, and services that solve fundamental human challenges
Listen		sensory-driven brand assets, modern cultural landscape, sound, experiences
Lorem Ipsum		experience design, narrative, physical and digital environments
m ss ng p eces		new wave production and entertainment partner for content and immersive experiences that inspire culture
Magnopus		unite the physical and digital worlds with extraordinary experiences
Manifold		we hire smart people and get out of their way
Map		industrial designers who believe great design can solve problems
Marshmallow Laser Feast		leaving a slug trail of sensory nuggets as we journey through the cosmos
Midnight Commercial		unite the disparate digital and physical worlds
MindBuffer		audiovisual research and digital design studio
Moment Factory		shows, destinations, content, interactive, scenography
Momentum Worldwide		disruptive, entertaining, shareable, unforgettable experiences for clients and their fans
Motse		digital art
MSCHF		viral stunts and products, trying to do stuff that the world can't even define
mycotoo		entertainment development company specializing in theme park design, immersive experiences, and best-in-class events worldwide
NCompass		brand and marketing solutions creating experiences that integrate the latest technology and creative
NeoPangea		microsites, games, VR/AR, digital, social
NGX Interactive		pushing new technologies to create experiences that are vivid and meaningful
Night Kitchen		dynamic digital experiences, online exhibitions, digital strategy, storytelling
Nowhere		marketing events, interactive experiences
Oat Foundry		split-flap displays, electromechanical stuff, think tank, products, experiences
Onformative		studio for digital art and design, challenge the boundaries between art and design and technology
Optimist		architects of subculture, creative, design, strategy, production, content, brand experience
Patten Studio		informed by research at the MIT Media Lab, experiences that connect people
Potion Design		design and technology studio, interactive, musuems
pretty bloody simple		interactive experiences, analog and digital, musuems
Rare Volume		design and technology studio, interactive video walls
Red Paper Heart		art from real world interaction
Relative Scale		bespoke digital products and experiences for brands and institutions
Rosie Lee Creative		design, creative, digital and consultancy
S1T2		We create interactive experiences that immerse audiences in the future of storytelling through technology.
Second Story		exhibition, interactive, software, experience, hardware, VR, AR, projection
Seeeklab		marketing events, interactive installation
SOSO		delivering real human impact across physical and virtual space, placemaking and storytelling
space150		a tech-driven creative agency
Special Projects		design and innovation agency that reveals user needs and transforms them into experiences and products
Spectacle		expertise in fabricating experiences that drive engagement and wow participants
Staat		branding, editorial, event, film, graphic design, illustration, installation, interactive, interior design, production, retail
Stimulant		experience design and interactive installation, human-scale, site-specific digital experiences and touchscreen applications
StoreyStudio		spatial design, set design, window displays, moving image
Studio Black		technical production, design advisory, content management, digital content
Studio Elsewhere		bio-experiential design and technology to support brain health
Superfly		create shared experiences that shape how the world plays & connects
TAD		digital experiences, technology and architecture, designed to inspire people.
Team Epiphany		influencer marketing, IRL, vertical integration
Tellart		transformative experiences, invention, physical & digital experiences, new technologies
The Gathery		editorially-born creative agency specializing in brand marketing and content creation
The Lab at Rockwell Group		architecture and design, branded experiences, immersive environments, pop ups
The Projects		brand consultancy, meaningful experiences, tell stories
Thinkwell		strategy, experience design, production, master planning, entertainment destinations, branded attractions, interactive media installations, events, museums, expos
Tool		help brands and agencies with ideation, content, and experience production that generate buzz
Trivium Interactive		experience design and production
Two Goats		AR, interactive branded experiences
Unified Field		content-rich, experiential and interactive media for digital branding, media environments, and exhibits in public spaces
UNIT9		innovation architects, product designers, software engineers, gaming experts, creatives, art directors, designers, producers and film directors
Upswell		digital and physical content first experiences
VTProDesign		high tech robotics and projection mapping
VVOX		high-end design, code, fabrication, sound
We Are Royale		frontlines of design & technology to arm brands with the creative to turn audiences into advocates
Wonderlabs		marketing events, interactive installation
XORXOR		collaboration between scientists, engineers, artists and robots, real-time visuals meet complex design
Yellow Studio		artistically-minded design, tv/concert/event production design, set design

Collectives & Practices

Established artist collectives/practices that work with creative technology (here primarily for reference, not necessarily for career opportunities).

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
Cuttefish		explore and imagine and prototyp and creatr future-forward creative concepts
Dave + Gabe		interactive installation studio, real-time animation, generative 3D sound
NONOTAK Studio		light and sound installations, ethereal, immersive, dreamlike
panGenerator		new media art and design collective, mixing bits & atoms
Random International		experimental practice within contemporary art, human condition in an increasingly mechanised world
Smooth Technology		cutting-edge technology and artistic sensibility, wireless wearables, create the impossible
teamLab		full-room interactive projection mapping, interdisciplinary group of ultratechnologists
United Visual Artists		new technologies with traditional media, site-specific, instruments that manipulate perception
WHYIXD		cross-disciplinary art installations, dance, architecture, music
Zebradog		communication design and the built environment, higher education

Experiential Spaces & Experiences

Groups that create experential spaces & experiences full of creative technology.

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
29 Rooms (Vice Media Group)		multi-sensory installations, performances, and workshops
Color Factory		collaborative interactive exhibit
Meow Wolf		immersive and interactive experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration
Museum of Ice Cream		transforms concepts and dreams into spaces that provoke imagination and creativity
PopUpMob		one-stop shop for pop up experiences

Fabricators

Groups that mostly fabricate pieces for creative technology companies.

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
Bednark		full-service fabrication, production, install
Pink Sparrow		environmental design, project management
Visionary Effects		old-school manufacturing processes with digital design and fabrication

Event Production

Groups that specialize in event production, often with a creative technology twist.

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
Dera Lee Productions		theatre arts, story-telling
GPJ		immersive events and experiences
Sparks		trade show, experiential, retail

Architecture

Groups that generally design architecture often incorporating creative technology.

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
Carlo Ratti Associatti		design and innovation office, MIT Media Lab: Senseable City Lab
Gensler		built environment with integrated capabilities in strategy, design, technology, data, and architecture
Olson Kundig		architecture, vessel that supports specific art installations, seamless spatial experience
SOFTlab		mixes research and creativity and technology with a strong desire to make working fun
Universal Design Studio		driven by a deeply held belief in the transformative power of well designed and finely crafted spaces

Creative Agencies

Groups that are have a more general focus, but have a knack for projects imbued with creative technology.

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
&Walsh		brand strategy, art direction, design and production across all platforms
Framestore		virtual, augmented and mixed realities, location-based entertainment, and theme park rides
ManvsMachine		multidimensional creative studio
Media Monks		creative production
R/GA		business, experience, and marketing transformation
The Mill		experience makers, media and brand activation, innovative design, and inventive technologies

Museums

Groups that generally focus on designing museums and similar experiences using creative technology.

Name	Locations	Keywords	up?
Art Processors		specialist interactive media and exhibition design
Cortina Productions		artistry, content, and technology, we render the word to the story, the story to the medium, and the medium to the space.
Exploratorium		exhibits made in-house, public-facing workshop
GSM Project		content first, exhibitions
Ideum		interactive exhibits and exhibitions, integrated hardware products
Iglhaut + von Grote		scenography, spatial mise-en-scène
Local Projects		experience Designers pushing the boundaries of human interaction
Monadnock Media		multimedia experiences for museums, historic sites and public places
Northern Light Productions		immersive media environments, interactive experiences, or documentary films.
Roto		experience design, immersive media, interactive engineering, and custom fabrication for museums, brands, attractions and architectural placemaking.
Thinc		provoke meaningful conversations about the world in which we live