Expanding the bandwidth of human computer interaction.
I'm Roland Lamb — designer, inventor and founder. I created the Seaboard, founded ROLI, and was a pioneer of MPE, the open standard for expressive musical interaction.
Fermata Lab is the studio for my independent consulting and research, at the meeting point of music, interaction design and artificial intelligence.
Seaboard · Expressive touch
Design
HCI design for AI-native products — voice, sound, touch and gesture.
Research
Musical intelligence: systems that understand, teach and collaborate; open standards and benchmarks.
Advisory
Product, IP and partnership strategy at the meeting point of hardware, software and AI.
A small number of engagements at a time, with companies and research organisations in the UK and the US.
