Dr Ian McArthur is a hybrid practitioner working in the domains of experimental interdisciplinary practice, transcultural collaboration, sound art, experimental radio, metadesign, and education change. Research projects include mad.lab, an urban research platform in Chongqing run in collaboration with Priestman Architects, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Cqubed. mad.lab develops education, research, and industry projects to incubate, develop, and present innovative site-specific, mediated, and issue-based concepts for the future of cities. This intersects with Ian’s ARC funded research 'metaPLACE'. This research investigates the development of participatory design methods using large urban screens as diagnostic tools for urban planning with Australia and China based researchers and practitioners.