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Hello! I am David Gauntlett. I am from the UK but since 2018 I am a Canada Research Chair at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University. I run the Creativity Everything lab and the SSHRC-funded project Creative Encounters (2025–28). I have written 10 books including Making is Connecting. I have worked with organisations such as the BBC, Tate, and in particular LEGO. Recently I have produced eight music releases, and the book Creativity (formats include audiobook!).

This site contains information about my books and projects, and includes videos and a blog. You can see further information about me, and a complete list of publications, and research grants. The complete list of blog posts is a quick route to various things. And there’s a collection of items about practice-based research. Please do ask me if you’d like to do something interesting. And do join the mailing list for occasional email updates.

Simple version: I’ve written or edited 13 books, including Making is Connecting (2011, second edition 2018) which has its own website. See the full books page for information on them.

Detailed version: I am the sole author of 7 books, plus second editions of 3 of those books; co-author of 1 book; and editor of 2 completely different editions of Web.Studies.

Selected books:

In 2008 I started making short YouTube videos about my research, and some versions of teaching or talks. You can view the better ones on the videos page or just see the whole lot on my YouTube channel.

Selected videos:

I have been involved in several projects with the LEGO Group, as well as collaborations with the BBC, S4C, Tate, and the British Library, amongst others. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has funded a number of my projects. See the projects page for more information.

Selected projects:

Collaborations with the LEGO Group

Collaboration with the BBC

Collaboration with S4C

Much of my work is about innovation, in different ways. The book Creative Explorations is about new creative research methods, and Making is Connecting presents a new way of thinking about digital media in a broader creative context. My work with the BBC, S4C, and in particular the LEGO Group, has focused on innovation in play, learning and creativity.

Selected items about innovation:

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