Jess McCulloch

Writer and editor for science, design and tech ideas improving the world.

I'm always on the lookout for creative innovations solving social and climate challenges. My current obsessions include circular design, AI and synthetic biology for food and health.My seven year career in content marketing means I'm familiar with the inner workings of many industries, from architecture to sustainability. I'm also the director of Unbore, a curious ecosystem of art, design, science and tech.While I live in Amsterdam in the design-forward country of the Netherlands, I also love to spend time in London to catch creative exhibitions.

Writing and editing

You can read a selection of my articles and research here.

Science, tech, art and design

• 🔗 The refugee-run repair centre making Amsterdam more circular (FairPlanet)

• 🔗 The Purposeful Gift Guide: 12 gift ideas for the conscious creative (What Design Can Do)

• 🔗 Air vapour tech: A lifeline for water-scarce nations (FairPlanet)

• 🔗 Humanity Enigma: How can art and design help us imagine the future of AI for our bodies? (EU Book 'HumaniTies and Artificial Intelligence')

• 🔗 Why is art the place to imagine chimeras and human-animal hybrids? (Unbore)

• 🔗 Designing the “transhuman” mind to enhance brain function, explore consciousness and improve mental health (Unbore)

• 🔗 Childcare robots, Botox-reading AI and algae textiles: What is Manifestations Festival bringing to Dutch Design Week? (Unbore)

• 🔗 Four Ted Talks by female bioartists and scientists about designing the human body (Unbore)

• 🔗 Emotive Aesthetics and Hedonic Ambiguity: Speculative Design, Nanotech Products and Society | MA Design, Culture and Society thesis at Leiden University (2017)

• 🔗 Festival Patterns: The Aesthetic of Science in the post-war British imagination | BA Hons (1:1) History of Art dissertation at University of Warwick. Awarded Richard Morris prize for best thesis (2015)

Climate crisis

• 🔗 How does metal mining for electronics impact the climate crisis? (Syllucid)

• 🔗 Why planned obsolescence has to stop - for the planet (Syllucid)

• 🔗 7 Must-see documentaries where climate change meets electronics (Syllucid)

• 🔗 Wake up World / Sincerely, for the time to come (Unbore)

Psychedelics

• 🔗 How to prepare and integrate a psychedelic experience (Synthesis)

• 🔗 12 Mind-expanding documentaries about psychedelics (Synthesis)

• 🔗 Top five mind-opening books on psychedelics (Synthesis)

Architecture

• 🔗 Purcell Monograph editorial management including case study on the National Maritime Museum (Architectural Review)

• 🔗 Designing the architecture of art museums (Purcell)

• 🔗 Why is visualisation so important for architecture? (Purcell)

• 🔗 Why is heritage conservation important in Scotland? (Purcell)

• 🔗 Eight award-winning buildings you should visit (Purcell)

• 🔗 Purcell’s work on Clifton Cathedral is complete (Purcell)

• 🔗 Milestone for Manchester Town Hall (Purcell)

• 🔗 Open Treasure project at Durham Cathedral winner of RIBA awards (Purcell)

Content marketing career

For seven years, I've professionally managed the content marketing for creative organisations — everything from website blogs and high profile social media accounts to popular email newsletters and digital events. I occasionally work with selected brands as a freelance copywriting, PR and marketing consultant with my business Humankind Creative.⦿ What Design Can Do, a positive impact non-profit
⦿ Syllucid, a sustainable start-up
⦿ Unbore, a bioart foundation
⦿ Synthesis, a psychedelic retreat and education start-up
⦿ DIAGEO and Oliver Agency, global luxury drinks brands
⦿ Purcell, an award-winning architecture practice
⦿ King & McGaw, an art and interior design website

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Contact

The best place to reach me? Email jessmccullochwriter [at] gmail [dot] com, or message me on LinkedIn.Business name: Humankind Creative

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