The Interactive Institute is a Swedish experimental IT-research institute that combines expertise in art, design and information technology to perform world leading applied research. The institute develops new experience oriented products and services, and provides strategic advice to corporations and public organisations. Research results are exhibited worldwide and are commercialised through licence agreements and spin-off companies.
Since the start in 1998, their work has been characterized by not only conducting traditional academic research but also exploring the borders between art, design and technology, industry and academy, etc. The institute has about 60 employees organized in a number of research studios/groups located in Kista/Stockholm, Piteå, Eskilstuna, Norrköping, Växjö and Göteborg. Each research group has its own focus area that relates to the overall focus of combining technology with art and design.