A pioneering creative practice exploring the world through precise, beautiful digital replicas of buildings, landscapes, objects and events

Matt Shaw is an Artist and Creative Director rooted in architecture and design.
His keen eye for finely-crafted aesthetics defines the base for ScanLAB’s original, authentic artworks. He is happiest navigating complex topics, multi-disciplinary teams, and innovative technologies to create meaningful artworks that delight and inspire. He is an explorer moved to bear witness to the environment and society, and interrogate how technology will influence our futures. He is particularly proud of creating a studio that centres speculation, experimentation, iteration, prototyping and creative error making at all times.

Matt holds a BSc, MArch and MPhil from Cardiff University and the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Will is an Artist and Technical Director centered in architectural training and design-led innovation.
His craft bridges creative development and deep engineering vision with sensor and render technologies - revealing alternate perspectives on our material world. He thrives when growing teams that invent extraordinary ways to expand our understanding of complex systems and environments. He is motivated by profound curiosity, a deep commitment to illuminating the beauty and fragility of our surroundings, and creating experiences that transform understanding into wonder. Will is particularly proud of cultivating a body of work that bears witness to our planet in flux as we grapple with the environmental inheritance we're creating for our children.

Will holds a Masters of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science from the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL.

Anetta is an Emmy-nominated, Venice Grand Jury Prize-winning Producer who brings 17 years of experience leading production on global, creatively ambitious projects across documentary film, journalism, VR, theatre and contemporary art.
Her expertise in moving diverse teams from early creative vision, strategy and fundraising through to high quality, impactful delivery amplifies the studio and elevates the art. She is drawn to work that blurs boundaries between disciplines, and is particularly proud of FRAMERATE Desert Pulse, premiering in October 2025 (Lead Producer).

Anetta holds a Masters of Arts in Documentary Film from UAL and a BA in English Literature and American Studies from University of Nottingham. She has produced award-winning work at The Guardian, The Economist, Dazed, Pulse Films, Archer's Mark, Engine and worked closely with major commissioners Google, Meta and the British Film Institute.

meriko brings 2 decades of experience at Apple creating some of the most innovative technologies of the last 25 years - including the iPhone cameras.
Her strategic analysis and relentless attention to human-led design bring focus to the ScanLAB studio, technology, and art. meriko’s expertise building teams that create at the edge of what’s possible impact ScanLAB culture, goals, and direction. She’s happiest making cross-disciplinary work in emerging narrative fields in the service of story, art, and community. meriko is particularly proud of ScanLAB’s seminal work defining the art of photography and cinema in three and four dimensions.

meriko is Honorary Professor of Creative Technologies at the Royal Holloway College of London, the founding CTO of the CoSTAR National Network for R&D in Screen and Performance Technology, and recently partnered with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Met Museum. Her time at Apple spans QuickTime, the transition to MacOS X, Intel, and then Apple Silicon. She was a key leader on the original iPhone team, built the iPhone Camera teams, and continues to hold active patents across Apple’s technology stack.

James joined ScanLAB in 2021 after working at a world leading Architecture Practice.
He is a graduate of both The Canterbury School of Architecture and The Bartlett School of Architecture. James is involved in all facets of ScanLAB’s work including visual effects, compositing, UI/UX Design and real time experiences. James joined to pursue his interest in the visual representation of architecture through the digital environment. He has made significant contributions to projects including beautiful work for EPFL, National Geographic and the BBC.

Tom's interest in all areas of digital arts has helped to cultivate a wide range of computation and design skills.
Tom joined ScanLAB in February 2017 after graduating with a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Bath. Prior to ScanLAB he embarked on a varied freelance career, working on projects from video production and photography, to coding automation scripts and software. This diversity has been reflected in the roles undertaken for ScanLAB so far - moving between app development for the latest VR and AR technologies, and creating, editing and coding stunning 3D content and video.

Jacques is a software developer and joined ScanLAB in 2019 after a master's degree in computer science and several years of industry experience
He is passionate about graphics, creative coding and writing high performance software. At ScanLAB he builds incredible tools to create beautiful films and experiences and is often actively involved in the technical aspects of projects.

Nicky is lead 3D Artist at ScanLAB since January 2018.
Coming from a varied creative background, ranging from 3D artist, to VFX and animation roles, Nicky handles all aspects of the ScanLAB visualisation workflow. With an eye for detail he has worked across many of our projects, most notably our latest BBC series "Ancient Invisible Cities". He is passionate about traditional art, film and photography.

Kunal originally joined ScanLAB in 2021 as part of the Glasgow team for FRAMERATE, where he conducted daily landscape scans for 6 months, before joining the team in London.
After graduating with a BA in French and Italian, Kunal has worked as a Freelance Photographer in Music, Fashion, and Portraiture. As a portrait artist, 3D portraiture is an area that particularly interests him. Kunal is responsible for 3D capture and post-production at ScanLAB. Since moving from traditional 2D photography to the 3D world, Kunal has been inspired by the unlimited possibilities of the pointcloud and has enjoyed creating art using the creative capabilities of camera paths.

Emilia joined ScanLAB in 2021 with several years' experience running her own film production company.
Since graduating with a BA in Politics and Economics and deciding that the creative world was for her, her freelance career has taken her everywhere from 600-seat theatres to film shoots in ruined chapels. She was drawn to ScanLAB's work because of her passion for off-the-beaten-path approaches to the arts, and she has particularly enjoyed working on projects like FRAMERATE. For Emilia, every day at ScanLAB is different: she oversees the day-to-day logistics of the studio, coordinates production plans, and, of course, makes sure the coffee supply never runs out!

Over the years we’ve had the pleasure of counting Manuela Mesrie, Max Celar, Soma Sato, Grey Grierson, Dorka Makai, Theo Tan, Reuben Carter, JC Nicolas, James White, Luca Veronese, Egmontas Geras, Julia Schütz, Sammy Lee, Fiona Zisch, Berni Devilat, Thomas Parker, Tom Svilans and Thomas Pearce as fantastic team members.