Alastair Philip Wiper gives talks, lectures and workshops for museums, universities, design festivals and brands. His approach is direct, visual and full of the strange logic behind how humans build - from nuclear culture to the unseen mechanics of brands, factories and the infrastructures we rely on but rarely understand.

He has spoken at institutions including the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the University of Tennessee College of Architecture & Design, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Glaz Festival, and ReD Associates.

Alastair is an experienced communicator who mixes storytelling, humour and hard-won access to places the public rarely sees. His talks are image-heavy, fast, and grounded in real insight to places and processes most people never get to see.

Topics he speaks about

• Cold Comfort: photographing nuclear culture
A deep dive into the world of nuclear power, weapons, waste and myth-making — and how to photograph the most inaccessible infrastructure on Earth.

• Behind the Scenes of Brands
How global companies like Nike, Google and Bang & Olufsen use visual storytelling to express culture, values and identity.

• The Art of Impossible: creativity inside complex systems
What industrial design, engineering and architecture can teach us about innovation, failure, process and problem-solving.

• Unintended Beauty: finding aesthetics in function-first environments
Why factories, labs, machines and data centres accidentally produce some of the most compelling images of our time.

• Architecture, industry and the culture of making
A wide-ranging talk on the structures we build — and what they reveal about us.

• Workshops & critiques (for universities and design schools)
Project feedback, critique sessions, and hands-on guidance around photography, narrative, research and long-form projects.

Format

Talks can be tailored to 30–60 minutes.
Workshops can run half-day, full-day or multi-day.
Available for conferences, festivals, companies, design schools and universities.

Booking

For speaking enquiries, please contact: info@alastairphilipwiper.com