Born in
Bath, Wood attended
Harrow County School for Boys, and then studied
Fine Art at
Manchester School of Art. Examples of his early works include: 'King of Shouting House' (1969) - a computer assisted play, for the
ICA;[2] 'Tune Doodler' (1972) - mass-produced electronic sculpture commissioned by
Jasia Reichardt.[3] He also created "solar energy artworks" - 'Black Box' - control circuit regulated a practical solar roof at Eithen-y-Gaeir, North Wales (1974)[4] and Sunsharer' window maximized solar energy for domestic use without compromising plant needs (1975).[5]
Wood is an original member of the rock band
Deaf School where he performs as Max Ripple,[1] he was also an original member of the Kreutzer Quintet.
Publications
Designing for Micro-utopias (2007); Thinking beyond the Possible, Ashgate, UK,
ISBN0-7546-4608-4;[6]
The Virtual Embodied; presence, practice, technology (1998), (Ed.)[7]
The Culture of Academic Rigour: Does Design Research Really Need It?[8]
and he is also a contributor to Sublime Magazine.[9]
^Punt, M., (2008), 'Play Orbit: a play on the history of play', Technoetic Arts: a Journal of Speculative Research, Print
ISSN1477-965X, Volume 6, Issue 2, August 2008, p. 135-148
^Reichardt, J., 'Twenty Years of Symbiosis between Art & Science', Impact of Science on Society, 24, 1, 41-51, Jan/Mar 74.
^Brachi, P., (1974) "Sun on the Roof", New Scientist, 19 September 1974
^TV programme - "A House for the Future" introduced by Brian Truman, broadcast July 1974 (Granada Television)