Consulting
Proboscis offers its expertise in cultural practices and social knowledge, new technologies, media and communications. We have provided consultancy services for public institutions, government departments and private companies.

Design Services
Proboscis has a strong design base which can be seen across all our projects – from designing innovative new communications platforms in the field of mobile telecoms (Urban Tapestries) to unique blends of traditional and emerging technologies, such as our DIFFUSION eBooks, StoryCubes and Endless Landscapes. We offer a design service for new innovative formats or the adaptation of our own for the dissemination of ideas, research and information.
We are happy to offer a design service for creating custom DIFFUSION eBooks.

Events
Proboscis offers a service for devising, planning and running conferences, symposia and workshops. Our particular interest and speciality is in creating participative events that stimulate dialogues across sectors, disciplines and practices. We have developed three key models for running participative events: Dialogues, Public Forums and Creative Labs. We also offer a service creating custom Bodystorming Experiences designed to engage participants in a highly playful and transfomative experience of turning ideas into situations and exchanges.

Research Services
Proboscis can bring its unique perspective and approach to conduct research for clients. Our areas of expertise cover culture, arts, society, media and new technologies.

Writing & Editing
Proboscis' expertise covers network technologies, wireless and mobile technologies, artist's film, video and new media practices, photography, literature and design. Proboscis can commission, design and produce publications to contextualise practices, processes and products.

Public Speaking
Alice Angus & Giles Lane are available as speakers for seminars, conferences & teaching. For more details on our extensive lecturing and speaking experience, please consult our online CVs.

• British Council: Creative Cities Programme
  Proboscis has been invited by the British Council to design a project (Lattice) spanning the East Asia region for its Creative Cities programme. The first project (February-March 2008) is Lattice:Sydney - a collaboration with ICE (Information, Communication and Exchange) in Western Sydney.
• University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada
  Proboscis has developed a semester-long course in the Fine Arts programme at the University of Waterloo for under- and post graduate students. The course, Anarchaeology: collecting, curating and communicating culture has been developed in partnership with Andrew Hunter of Render at the University.
• Enter Festival/The Junction, Cambridge
  Proboscis were commissioned to help devise and plan the programme for a two day conference at Downing College, University of Cambridge by The Junction, where we also ran a Public Authoring Zone enabling delegates to create StoryCubes and eBooks about the issues.
• Science Museum, London
  Proboscis contributed expertise and experience to the Science Museum London Art Programme's advance research for a future exhibition on locative media.
• Ministry of Justice, UK Government
  Proboscis developed an innovation project (Conversations and Connections) for the Electoral Policy Division using innovative tools and techniques to enhance democratic engagement at local level as part of our Social Tapestries research programme.
• IPPR (Institute of Public Policy Research)
  Giles Lane wrote a case study on Intellectual Property and Public Sector Information focusing on the Ordnance Survey for the IPPR's IP and the Public Sector project.
• Antenna Audio
  Giles Lane co-authored (with Sarah Thelwall) a strategic analysis of international funding sources and scenarios for the cultural sector.
• Derbyshire Arts Development Group
  In 2003-04 Alice Angus led a research project into new and non-traditional outlets for contemporary art in Derbyshire.
• IDEO London
  Between 2002-2003 Alice Angus & Giles Lane researched, wrote and edited an internal publication for IDEO London describing their innovative work on wireless environments for the Prada Epicenter Store in New York.
• Arts Council of England
  Proboscis have designed, published and distributed a number of essays on behalf of the Arts Council of England as part of the CODE: Collaboration and Ownership in the Digital Economy Conference.
• Rotovision
  Giles Lane co-authored and edited Interactive: The Internet for Graphic Designers with writer and designer Paul Farrington, published by Rotovision.
• NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)
  Giles Lane was a project assessor for the Education Team.
• LUX CENTRE / Pandaemonium Festival
  Alice Angus & Giles Lane commissioned and edited the festival catalogue for the 2001 Pandaemonium Festival of Moving Images.

"We have particularly appreciated the social context and fresh insights Proboscis has brought... and hope to bring this perspective to other projects we are working on inside Orange."
Karl Humphreys, Head of Product Experience Design, Orange UK

"Proboscis has given us first hand knowledge of how geographical information is utilised both technically and sociologically by a non-geographical user."
Mark Freeman, Research & Innovation, Ordnance Survey

"Proboscis have been a closer fit to the way we work here in HP Labs. This has made the collaboration a smoother one than we find working with short term product-focussed SMEs."
Phil Stenton, Hewlett-Packard Research Labs

"Proboscis' approach to the project has not been governed by any commercial interest or gain; this has resulted in a team that is very focused on the outcomes of the project and the benefits of the research."
Kieran Arnold, Programme Manager Mobile & Multimedia Services, France Telecom R&D UK Ltd