About Unexpected Media
Unexpected Media was founded by Frank Boyd and Judith Glynne in 2000. We work mostly in the digital media sector supporting innovation and facilitating creative research.
Frank has worked on a series of innovative programmes to support creative, social and economic development in the UK’s new media sector since founding the Arts Technology Centre (Artec) in 1989.
At Artec, Frank was centrally involved in establishing a number of key initiatives to develop the UK’s digital media sector including Channel, the European Multimedia Labs, the Digital Media Alliance and BAFTA’s Interactive Entertainment Awards. In 2000 he joined the BBC’s Innovation and Learning team as Director of Creative Development.
He has recently worked with Creative London on a series of initiatives to encourage growth in London digital media industries including the London Games Festival and a new A/V market, Rights Lab. He also directs the InSync programme at zero-one in Soho.
He has designed and directed the BBC Innovation Labs since 2005 and will be leading the mentoring teams in 2007/08. He has also designed creative workshops for Sagasnet in Munich and Finland, for the Mediaguild.
Since 2007 he has directed highly successful Crossover Labs in Australia and the UK. The 2008 Crossover programme, developed in collaboration with the Doc/Fest, will include labs for commissioning editors at Channel 4, Crossover Kids, Crossover Docs, Crossover Play and Crossover Nordic (in Sweden).
Frank is facilitating a series of workshops for the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts to assist in the planning of the Creative Economy Programme. He is also an assessor on the Technology Strategy Board’s Creative Industries R&D Competition.
contact us on: Frank.Boyd[at]unexpectedmedia.com