What is Artificial? The Artificial was a boutique UX agency from 2013–2018 before founder Shannon E. Thomas decided to refocus. Two years later, Artificial Design is still providing design services, and Artificial Publishing has launched Shannon's first book.
Want more history? Here's a timeline:
2020
April 30th
Artificial Publishing releases The Practical Guide to Experience Design.
2019
October 14th
Artificial Design begins collaboration with Asellion.
June 17th
Artificial Design works with an unnameable client to explore the future of their travel platform.
2018
August 30th
The Artificial rebrands as Artificial Design, the freelancing studio of Shannon E. Thomas.
August 17th
Artificial Design begins collaboration with Deutsche Bahn.
July 27th
The Artificial shuts down the studio, saying goodbye after five good years.
June 25th
The Artificial starts on her last client project, for Philips Sonicare.
April 3rd
The Artificial publishes 36 Days of Type collaborative illustrations.
March 7th
The Artificial starts work on the Roader App for their connected camera.
March 7th
The Artificial starts work on Corrio Brand Storytelling.
2017
December 21st
The Artificial starts work on the Philips Avent uGrow parenting platform experience.
December 5th
The Artificial sends her second Sinterklaas book to clients and friends.
September 18th
Manjari Sahu joins the team.
July 1st
Kamila Piątkowska joins the team.
June 19th
Nathalie de Graaf joins the team.
April 24th
The Artificial starts work on the connected experience for VanMoof’s Smart Bike.
April 19th
The Artificial attends Resonate together (again).
2016
December 5th
The Artificial sends her first Sinterklaas book to clients and friends.
November 15th
The Artificial starts work on the Vaventis Fresh-R Smart Home Dashboard.
October 3rd
Natalia Bourges joins the team.
September 12th
Katinka Berghuis begins her internship.
August 1st
The Artificial starts work on the Philips FaceSmart connected experience.
June 21st
The Artificial celebrates three years with the Madison Ave aan de Herengracht summer party.
January 8th
The Artificial starts a weekly tradition of mixing and documenting Friday Cocktails.
2015
August 20th
The Artificial hosts the Classy or Fabulous summer party to show off her new office.
May 27th
The Artificial attends OFFF together in Barcelona.
May 1st
The Artificial moves to the Herengracht.
April 7th
The Artificial starts work on Philips Sonicare in The Sims FreePlay.
April 7th
Ariane Garoff joins the team.
April 3rd
The Artificial does Reasonate together in Belgrade.
March 18th
The Artificial starts work on the Philips Sonicare Breath Analyzer experience.
2014
November 3rd
Susana Passinhas joins the team.
March 14th
The Artificial begins work with Monolith.
March 3rd
Carol Liao moves from LA to join the team.
2013
November 25th
The Artificial starts work on the uGrow Smart Baby Monitor.
October 14th
Hans Gerwitz joins the studio.
September 5th
The Artificial starts work on 3D Systems Professional Tools.
August 12th
The Artificial starts work with 3D Systems on Consumer Tools.
August 1st
Jo Szczepanska joins the team. The next day, we move into the garage on Houtmankade.
June 16th
The Artificial starts her first official project, an app with a knowledge sharing startup.
April 4th
The company registers as Shannon E. Thomas VOF. Immediately, we begin collaborating with our friends at Zigzag.