Your soldiers never go AWOL
Imagineer
Jon Crooke
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Jon Crooke is passionate about designing refined, elegant and exciting products.
​Jon works in the areas of game design, automotive design and architecture.
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In the 80's, Jon Crooke ventured into board game design and in 2010 envisaged a 21st century take
on the game of chess, called Great Chess.
In 2017 Crooke conceptualized, designed and engineered the chess board called 'Chess Public'.
It features playing pieces that move via a matrix of slots, that permanently tether the pieces
to the board, ensuring that your soldiers can never go AWOL.
This means, that for the first time in history, chess sets can be deployed in public spaces.
The Studio's architectural projects focus on
solar green energy homes / transportable buildings.
In 1979, he built the first green energy 'project' homes in Australia,
specialising in Tiny Homes and small dwellings.
In 1991, Crooke designed and built the world's first racing car simulators.
His simulators have spawned a massive industry worldwide.
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In 2019, Crooke and his son, designed, built and introduced the world to the Hyper Racer X1 racing car
and within 5 years became the most prolific manufacturer of racing cars in Australia.
1986 saw Crooke win the Australian Formula 2 Racing Car Championship
and compete in the 1987 Group A Touring Car Championship as a 'Works' driver for Peter Brock's HDT.
