Michael Kibedi is a design researcher who writes First and Fifteenth, a newsletter featuring his essays on human-computer interaction, data justice, ontology, and ecology told through the interpretative lens of Black Studies and conceptual art. He has recently contributed a chapter to a forthcoming essay collection on digital design and planetary care which will be published by Bloomsbury in summer 2027.

Michael is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He has guest lectured at The Royal College of Art in London, and has recently spoken at UX Scotland, Maastricht University, Content Rising, ffconf in Brighton, and The Conference in Malmö.