The art of digital services

VSC Media International is a research and innovation company focused on helping organisations and individuals navigate an increasingly digital world. We work at the intersection of technology, human culture, law, and strategic insight — developing ideas, tools and frameworks that are both intellectually rigorous and practically useful. Our aim is to empower impactful work, reduce digital risk, and bring clarity to complex challenges.

Bridging Insight, Innovation, and Everyday Life

Founded in 2006, VSC began as a digital consultancy rooted in harnessing the power of open-source technologies for the creative industries.

Over time, VSC has evolved into a broader research and strategy company with deep expertise in the cultural, legal, and technological dimensions of digital transformation. Across all our work, we believe in the value of good ideas — and the tools, systems and protections that help those ideas thrive.

Our current activities fall into two core areas:

  • Research, Advisory and Risk Analysis, offering insight, foresight, and strategy for organisations facing digital or informational challenges
  • Technology R&D, prototyping new tools and software systems — particularly around metadata, automation, and how data flows through everyday life

We’re inspired by the power and accessibility of open-source technologies and by the cultural promise of the internet, even as we remain clear-eyed about its risks. Our founder, Marcus Gilroy-Ware, is a digital native whose early work explored the promise and perils of online culture, and whose training in research, law, software engineering and the arts continues to guide our multidisciplinary approach.

Looking ahead, VSC is increasingly focused on building tools that help people — from citizens to organisations — interact more intelligently and ethically with the data and digital systems that now underpin so much of life. Whether through strategic advice or hands-on development, we aim to empower ideas that will change the world.