Ben is the president and co-founder of Bloom Studio, which is producing a platform for visual discovery on mobile devices and entertainment systems. He has worked for over 20 years on user interaction and experience design, concept prototyping, and strategy in the context of media applications, operating systems, web services, ubiquitous computing, and massively multiplayer games. Previously, he was an advisor and strategist at Stamen Design; the founder of the Experience Design Lab at frogdesign, an international product design company; and a lead game designer and platform development strategist at Ludicorp, makers of Flickr. He is also the founder of the Amsterdam-based research foundation VURB, which investigates digital urbanism, and is constantly engaged in the investigation of innovative ways to improve the flow and play of the human relationship with task or information.