Meet the Team
Research & Strategy Lead - Founder
Kriss is a researcher, strategist, and futurist specialising in helping companies innovate in pursuit of responsible progress. With over 15 years’ experience - starting in R&D and later moving into research and strategy - he has served as a Director at several leading design and innovation agencies and led global research and innovation work across tech, mobility, consumer goods, and healthcare.
With a background in both engineering and anthropology, he decodes technological possibilities and untangles human motivations to align innovation with the real-world needs of people and society. His work blends deep cultural insight with systems thinking to help organisations navigate complexity and build more meaningful futures. He is passionate about developing a more responsible way to practise innovation.
He holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Social Anthropology.
Design & Prototyping Lead
Robert is a multidisciplinary designer with over 15 years of experience spanning graphic design, UI/UX and visual identity. He has led cross-industry projects for brands including Siemens Healthcare, Ford and Starbucks.
With more than a decade as a design consultant, Robert works at the intersection of strategy, innovation and user experience. He brings together design disciplines across sectors such as technology, transport and retail - translating ideas into thoughtful, functional solutions.
Robert integrates speculative prototyping and early-stage user engagement into his process, treating prototypes as mirrors: tools that reveal not only how products may be used, but also how they might be misused, misunderstood or repurposed. This approach surfaces risks early and supports more responsible, resilient innovation.
KT Projects works with a network of like-minded experienced professional researchers, technologists and designers, continuously adapting our approach to fit the places and people we work with. This approach ensures adaptability in the challenges we take on and enables us to deliver research, design, and strategy services to the places they're needed most, operating where others do not.