Michael Burton works on the edge of speculative design. He creates objects, images and films as insights into richly imagined scenarios of our future health and climate challenges, exploring the choices we face in our evolution as a species. Michael is fascinated by the scientific complexity presented by living in a highly convoluted ecology and environment. His concepts delve into social, cultural and political enquiries, often considering people living at the extremes of a socio-economic scale. Previous work questions how is healthcare transformed when considering humans as an ecosystem? Who has access to scientific and technological medical advances and how is the body reconsidered as a financial asset in the body farm industry?

Michael has worked with organisations such as Foresight at the Government Office for Science on their 50-year horizon scan on tackling a future obesities epidemic. He is currently working with a Kenyan based charity that provides access to education and security to children experiencing severe deprivation.

In 2007, Michael graduated from the Royal College of Art from the MA Design Interactions programme. Previous to this, he worked in Contemporary Dance at Laban, conservatoire and studied BA Fine Art Sculpture at Bretton Hall, Leeds University.

Michael exhibits and presents Internationally, most notably including work shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He leads a collaborative practice, working with organisations and individuals including with scientists, performers, choreographers, designers and architects.