Crank Studio designs digital, spatial, and interactive experiences for cultural institutions, research teams, and organizations navigating emerging technology.

We're brought in when the stakes are high — when an experience needs to be intuitive for the public, credible for experts, and durable enough to live beyond a single moment.

Our work begins with perception, movement, and attention — not technology. By understanding how people orient themselves in spaces and systems, we design interactions that feel immediate rather than learned.

What we do:
→ Digital & Immersive Experience Design (XR/MR/VR)
→ UX for Cultural Institutions & Museums
→ Spatial Storytelling & Narrative Environments
→ Intelligent Platforms & Community Systems
→ Experimental Prototyping

Founded by Allison Crank — a designer and researcher at the intersection of architecture, immersive technology, and intelligent systems. She draws on perception, embodiment, and behavioral psychology to shape experiences around how people naturally move, focus, and make sense of the world around them.

Selected collaborations: Audemars Piguet · National Geographic · La Biennale di Venezia · Gallagher & Associates · Diverssity · Dreamscape · CultureCare · LazyBrain

Paris · Working internationally
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