The Juries
Tom Roope -
The Rumpus Room
After studying a degree in Film, Video and Photography in 1991, Tom began working in the multimedia industry. After several freelance roles including Technical and Creative Director, he started working at Tomato, heading up their first CD-rom project. At the same time he was involved with the arts collective Antirom that published a CD-rom with arts funding in 1995. Antirom developed into a commercial venture and continued till spring 1999 when Tomas and two of his Antirom colleagues began Tomato Interactive.
He has won several awards including Three D&AD silvers and a gold lion at Cannes, and has presented a large number of International conferences. As well as his commercial undertakings, he has taught at several universities including Product Design at the Royal College of Art, as well as producing installations for several international exhibitions.
