Unit Lab

Unit Lab is the creative partnership of Cindy Strobach and Mike Vanis. Based in South London, they design objects, installations, and workshops that bridge science, art, and the natural world. Previous projects include a playground that plays with perspective and distortion, a ruler that measures both length and weight, and renewable energy workshops for primary school students in London.

Cindy is a graduate of the RCA, and her personal work has been published and exhibited widely, including “Frame,” Droog in Amsterdam, and Milan Furniture Fair. She has five years of experience in teaching young people making skills at the Goldsmiths University of London. She designs and delivers workshops for schools and regularly volunteers as a STEM girls ambassador.

Mike graduated from Design Interactions at the RCA. He started his career as a creative technologist at Tech Will Save Us, an edu-tech startup. In 2015, he headed the design of the BBC micro:bit, a device that was given to every year-4 student in the UK for free. In the past years, he has collaborated on multiple open-source self-build projects, such as DIY wildlife cameras, environmental sensors for the Natural History Museum, and bird tracking feeders for ornithologists.