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 written a chapter for Digital Design for Planetary Care: The Hidden Environmental Cost of the Digital World, a forthcoming essay collection being published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts in 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.