QUESTIONS BECOME EXPERIMENTS.

The Lab is where CXRE explores ideas before there is always a client, category or even a clear outcome.

Current experiments

A space for objects, systems, prototypes, papers and questions that may eventually become products, exhibitions or new studio capabilities.

SOL-1 physical kinetic research prototype

SOL-1

Earlier research into artificial presence, responsive objects and kinetic behaviour.

Explore research
DSTFN kinetic flip-disc sculpture explored in a domestic setting

DSTFN

An ongoing world built from scratch: brand identity, graphics, photography, capsule design and kinetic sculptures, connected by one creative direction.

Explore project
Entry Column umbrella stand concept visualized beside a window

Entry Column

An umbrella stand reconsidered as a spatial object for the moment of arrival.

Explore project

CXRE-ID Department

Industrial design research within CXRE Lab. A place for object studies, material exploration, form development and spatial behaviour.

Questions that connect.

  • Kinetic Systems
  • Interactive Objects
  • Industrial Design
  • Artificial Presence
  • Machine Vision
  • Physical + Digital Interfaces
  • Emerging Technology
  • AI + Creative Systems
  • Materials + Form
  • Human-Machine Interaction

Thought in progress.

Research, documented.

Published papers from the studio’s research practice, reproduced from the original CXRE archive. DSTFN Paper 001 is forthcoming.

PAPER / 001

What Makes You Human

Research into artificial presence and emotional projection.

Artificial Presence / Human-Machine Interaction2026-04-08 / 7 min read
Published
PAPER / 002

Signs of Life V1

Behaviour, motion and the development of SOL-1.

Kinetic Systems / Responsive Objects2026-04-24 / 9 min read
Published
PAPER / 003

Building SOL-1

Developing a physical kinetic system through behavioural research and prototyping.

Prototyping / Physical Computing2026-05-15 / 8 min read
Published

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