About Metamorphorces

Metamorphorces is a small innovation studio building “non-technology technology”: humane, physical, and social tools that help people reconnect with learning, belonging, and possibility.

Our work sits between education, design, and social infrastructure. We build things that are meant to be held, shared, gifted, and experienced in real life – not just consumed on screens.

The studio focuses on: inclusion in education, cultural representation, tactile learning, and designing tools that quietly improve how people see themselves and one another.

METAMORPHORCES was founded by John O’Hare — a Fulbright Teaching Scholar, Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, and Chartered Teacher, with a career spanning both classrooms and innovation labs. He holds an MPhil in Educational Research (Distinction) and a PGCE from the University of Cambridge, where his research focused on fostering learner motivation in online environments.

John spent a decade as Head of Innovations at Nokia, working at the frontier of emerging technologies, before returning to education with a renewed sense of purpose. He now divides his time between teaching high-school science and leading METAMORPHORCES — a humane, social-impact innovation studio dedicated to making the world more fun, fairer, and fascinating through learning, creativity, and thoughtful technology.

He holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Manchester and is the author of A Sketchy Knowledge of AI, a best-selling illustrated book that reached #5 on Amazon at Christmas 2023. Blending deep teaching expertise, real-world technology innovation, and a proven track record of public engagement, John brings together ideas, people, and tools to build cultural infrastructure that helps young people see possibility — in learning, in science, and in themselves.