Email: tomshepherdbarron@gmail.com   
ABOUT ME

My name is Tom and I am a designer and curator. I am available for full time or freelance work, please get in touch via email for any inquiries.

My practice is rooted in care, community and accessibility with the goal to translate powerful messages through tool making, play and alternative solutions in order to empower individuals and organisations to make genuine change.

Amplifying the voices of activist ideas and individuals, my current research pursues the freeing of culture from debilitating systems and the creation of new ones that empower all, human and non-human.
Hospital Rooms Curation, design and workshops for the arts and mental health charity transforming NHS Mental Health Units
Graphic Design My recent design projects and collaborations  :)
Natural History Museum A project exploring climate decline and personal health with the Museum for the United Nations
Show and Tell Design for the Photography and Mental Health Charity for children
Supernaculum Design and curation for the exhibition in a closing down hotel in Melbourne
Hospital Rooms

Graphic Design

Natural History Museum

Show and Tell

Supernaculum
  My Body: My Planet   
The Natural History Museum & Museum for the United Nations

2022

Myself and Molly Bonnell worked as the designers for the My Body: My Planet research project, throughout its UK cycle. The primary objective of the project was to explore how and whether culture could be leveraged to connect with young people and encourage them to take action for their health and that of the planet. The project had 5 cycles across 5 countries: England, Brazil, China, India, and Nigeria.

This was a one-year research and development partnership project between the Natural History Museum, London, and the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live, funded by the Wellcome Trust. 


More detail about the project can be found here:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/annual-reviews/2021-22/global-outreach.html

See below or click here to read the full project report:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dIZJ5mS4yLE5MnVIwPIPCKLzDDEsG04z/view?usp=share_link