field notes
Welcome to Field Notes - a monthly wander through the overlap between science, technology, and storytelling.
At S&B Originals, most of our days are spent helping brilliant technical teams explain what they do through video, animation, and all sorts of visual storytelling. Over time, I’ve realised that communication isn’t just the polish on great ideas; it’s part of what makes them work.
This newsletter is a way to keep that conversion going - to explore how engineers, scientists, and storytellers translate complex ideas into things people can actually understand, and more importantly, care about.
It’s also a space to talk about what’s happening in the wider STEM world, share interesting people and projects, and occasionally geek out over something clever, unexpected, or just really cool.
Is Seeing Believing? Part 2
Does transparency build trust in autonomous vehicles? Explore how visualisation, AI explainability, and storytelling shape public confidence in AVs.
Is Seeing Believing?
Does transparency build trust in autonomous vehicles? Explore how visualisation, AI explainability, and storytelling shape public confidence in AVs.
the science of storytelling
Why do stories help complex science stick? Discover the neuroscience behind storytelling, narrative transport, and how scientists can communicate ideas more clearly.
dr Chris kemp
I’m a science communicator and creative strategist who helps technical organisations explain complex ideas through video, animation, and visual storytelling. I hold a PhD in Chemistry and started out as a research chemist, which means I’ve spent a good portion of my life on the inside of complex systems - and wrestling with how hard they can be to explain once you step outside the lab.
I started Field Notes as a place to think out loud about the questions that kept surfacing in my work with engineers, researchers, and innovators: how people build trust in unfamiliar technologies, why some ideas land while others don’t, and what role communication plays when science meets very human brains.
It’s part observation, part exploration - a space to share thoughts and cool things in the world of science!
