Michael Pecirno is a designer and researcher whose work investigates the relationship between people, spaces, and technology.

I make things that help make sense of the world.
recent projects

Three Transitions

Product Design + Climate Communications

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Seven Stories of Mellonopolis

Speculative Design


Boundaries Planetarium

Product Design + Climate Communications

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Energy Proverb Net

Research + Speculative Design

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Minimal Maps

Information Design


Migrant Species

Product Design + Design for Activism


At Night

Research + Climate Communications


recent / under NDA

Product DesignA tool to discover regenerative potential for a design studio

Design ResearchGuidelines and principles of XR for a major tech company

Research & StrategyThe future of cities for an engineering company

Research & StrategyForesight on the future of sustainable design for a design studio

Product DesignDigital product design for a global travel company

Design ResearchThe future of freelance for a major government agency

Product DesignA challenger bank with a fintech startup

Product DesignTools for climate awareness for a major tech company

currently

Michael Pecirno is a designer and researcher but also an occasional writer, strategist, and maker – depending on day of the week.

His experience involves researching, analysing, and designing creative things for all kinds of problems and clients, from cities to digital apps to art galleries. He was trained in experience design and architecture at the Royal College of Art in the UK and the University of Illinois at Chicago in the USA.

Michael can jump from ethnography to cartography to scenography in the blink of an eye. He’s willing to learn holography should the right project or technology come along.


Currently

Sustainable Futures Lead with global design studio Hassell

Previously

  • Takram
  • Fjord
  • Foster + Partners
  • Bruce Mau Design