ABOUT | Calm Tech Institute

Smarter Humans, Not Devices

Launched in May 2024, Calm Tech Institute is dedicated to redefining technologies that enhance human life without causing stress or distraction.

Principles of Calm Technology™

1. Require the smallest possible amount of attention

2. Inform and create calm

3. Make use of the periphery

4. Amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity

5. Communicate, but not always with voice

6. Work even when it fails

7. Use the minimum tech needed to solve the problem

8. Respect social norms

Locations

Global Headquarters

Denver, Colorado

Calm Tech Institute Kyoto

Our learning lab in Kyoto, Japan

Team and Advisors

Amber

Case

Founder

Case is the author of four books, including Calm Technology and A Kids Book About Technology. She spent two years as a fellow at MIT’s Center for Civic Media and Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and was a 2021 Mozilla Fellow.

Robin

Moreau

Business Designer

Robin Moreau is a designer-turned-business-developer that helps startups build delightful product experiences. Starting his career at mui Lab, Robin has been immersed in the world of Calm Tech since day one, building new products and business models that leverage the power of Calm Tech principles.

Dr. Matt

Gorbet

Designer and Researcher

Matt Gorbet was among the first graduates of the Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab, Matt went on to become a member of the research staff at Xerox PARC in the 1990s, where his multidisciplinary team pursued speculative design of new document genres.

Dr. Douglas

Rushkoff

Author and Media Theorist

Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. He also made the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like, The Persuaders, and Merchants of Cool.

Vanessa

Camones

Advisor and CMO

Vanessa is founder and CEO of AnyContext, a high-end boutique consultancy offering customizable CMO services for companies shaping the future. Vanessa has also helped lead communications and content strategy for some of tech’s largest companies, including Pixar, Cisco and Samsung.

Sarah

Baxendell

Regenerative Designer

Sarah Baxendell is the co-founder of ArtEcology, a global regenerative design studio working to restore nature. She supports the Calm Tech Institute through strategic go-to-market advisory and program architecture design.

Emily

Rogers

Regenerative Designer

Emily Rogers is the co-founder and Director of Marketing at ArtEcology, a regenerative design studio collaborating with forward-thinking partners including the BioFi Project, Walker’s Institute, Regen Network, Neighbourhoods, Terra Genesis, and the Calm Tech Institute.

Munehiko

Sato, Ph.D.

Entrepreneur / Researcher / Engineer / Inventor / Designer

Dr. Munehiko Sato is a researcher, engineer, inventor and designer working to redefine the human relationship with the physical and digital worlds. He served as a researcher at MIT Media Lab in the Camera Culture Group and currently servces as CXO at mui Lab.

Dr. Michael

Zargham

Advisor and Researcher

Michael Zargham is the founder and CEO of BlockScience,is a complex systems engineering, R&D, and analytics firm. Dr. Zargham holds a Ph.D. in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied optimization and control of decentralized networks.