About Us...

FluffyLogic Staff

FluffyLogic is based in central Bristol. We work in film, digital media, Internet (and networked) content, video games and hand-held devices (such as PlayStation Portable).

We have written and consulted extensively on media related issues including commissions for The Independent newspaper and consultancy for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

We work with both large companies, such as Hewlett Packard, through to non-profit and community projects such as Green Bristol. We specialise in bringing together core creative understanding with new media practice. FluffyLogic maintains a core staff and then brings in specialist freelance contractors as and when needed to offer the fullest range of specialist technology skills.

The Directors

Ana Kronschnabl

Ana began a career in business management in 1987, when she set up and ran a video production company; clients included Ford UK and the NUS. Since then she has worked at the BBC & Granada as well as in further education. Following work as Research Fellow in Digital Content Creation at UWE, Ana established FluffyLogic in November 2003 and it has grown in size and reputation since then! Ana is currently finishing a PhD in content creation for delivery over new distribution platforms and has a degree in Film and Theatre and an MA in Television Production.

Ana is the co-author of 'PlugInTurnOn: A Guide to Filmmaking for the Internet'. Published by Marion Boyars Publishers (May 2004) and set up plugincinema.com, one of the earliest independent sites devoted to the creation and distribution of films for the Internet. Ana enjoys VJing, singing, Runequest, House of the Dead, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and making stained glass art.

Ana is on twitter at: twitter.com/anakissed

Tomas Rawlings

Tomas has worked for Cardiff City Council as an assistant psychologist and residential social worker in the mid to late 1990's. He decided to follow earlier inclinations and moved to working as a computer games designer for Hothouse Creations and Pivotal Games for PC, Dreamcast, PlayStation2 and xbox. He has also worked as an associate lecturer at Bridgwater College on matters of media and technology and computer games. He is currently working on a PhD examining evolutionary theory and networked forms of media at UWE.

Tomas is the co-author of the first ever book on filmmaking and the Internet: PlugIn&TurnOn: A Guide to Filmmaking for the Internet. Published by Marion Boyars Publishers (May 2004). Tomas is interested in evolution, science and reason, but looks forward to the day when the great Cthulhu awakes and ushers in the end times. Ai! Ai! Cthulhu Ph'Tagen. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu Rl'yeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Tomas is on twitter at: twitter.com/arclightifire

Stuart Griffin

Stuart worked as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator before moving into the computer games industry in the mid 1990's. He has worked as a senior and lead artist on a number of projects for Hothouse Creations and Pivotal games. Stuart has a degree in Illustration and is an accomplished artist in many mediums from 3D art to real-world sculpture. In 2005, he began work for FluffyLogic on a full-time basis as the Director of Art.

Stuart has had prominent artwork roles on several million-selling computer games, has been commissioned to complete original artwork for Magic: The Gathering cards and enjoys painting matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs.

Will Bolam

Will graduated from Bristol University in 2001 with a degree in mathematics and began a career in computer games programming the same year. He worked as a programmer for Rage Games and then Dangerous Games in Bristol for 2 years, before moving to the south coast to work for Climax Games at their Solent Studio. During this time he worked on games for PC, XBox and PS2 and more recently has worked on titles for PSP and PS3, all written in C++. Will has worked on a number of commercial websites, and is proficient in PHP, MySQL, Javascript, HTML, CSS and XML. He has also done low level work with audio and video codecs using C, C++ and MFC, and also has experience with C#, Basic, Pascal and Unix.

Will considers himself a Poker demon, but given that he works at FluffyLogic for free, having lost in an all night session to the rest of the core team with a busted flush, the jury is still out on that one...

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Environmental Policy

We have achieved Phase 2 of the Standard BS8555, which has been externally assessed by Envolve Partnerships for Sustainability

We recognise that our activities (key aspects being travel, energy use, procurement of goods and waste generation) have a negative environmental impact and we aim to reduce this where appropriate.

We will achieve this by:

  • Minimising our consumption of resources, waste production, energy and water consumption and releases to the atmosphere where possible and as appropriate.
  • Ensuring that all relevant environmental legislation, regulations and all other requirements are met and where possible, exceeded.
  • Preventing pollution through compliance with legal requirements, using biodegradable/low environmental impact cleaning materials and providing an environment free of hazardous materials.
  • Continual improvement of our environmental performance through the regular review of our Environmental Management System (BS8555), enabling us to monitor our achievements and identify areas where further effort is needed.
  • Demonstrating good practice through our low impact, environmentally friendly office, and encouraging staff and visitors to travel there by environmentally friendly methods.
  • Promoting good practice and providing advice to our members and others.
  • Encouraging our suppliers to improve their own environmental performance, and making environmentally-guided decisions when selecting suppliers and procuring goods.
  • Providing appropriate induction and training (on this Policy and our Environmental Action Points), for all staff and freelancers. The policy will made available through our website.

 

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