[1][2] Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves met while studying at the Royal College of Art in London, from which they both received Masters in Product Design degrees.

[buzzword][citation needed] Their sensory installations are an ongoing series of works they describe as "Ephemeral Tech" in which the boundaries between digital technology and natural forces are dissolved to create unnatural phenomena.

[5] Ephemeral Tech looks to a future where technology uses senses to transcend the familiar interfaces beyond the standard visual stimuli of flat screens, projections and LED arrays, and becomes inseparable from both built and natural environments.

[9][better source needed] The collective's work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo, and shown in both Venice Art and Architecture Biennales.

First presented in the Royal College of Art show in 2011, Sea Chair is an open source design and film that explores the issue of plastic waste.

[21] "Fordlandia" is an immersive art installation created by Studio Swine that is inspired by a ghost town deep in the Amazon Rainforest built by the American Industrialist Henry Ford in the late 1920's to secure a supply of rubber for his automobile empire.

Shown at Milan design week in 2017, Studio Swine have said the work is inspired by the ephemerality of cherry blossom and re-examines how we can interact with technology through our senses.

[29] In 2024, Studio Swine's collaboration with Sendai-Tansu cabinet makers from Miyagi city was unveiled at an exhibition called Craft x Tech Tohoku Project at Kudan House in Tokyo.

I, is a geometric chest of drawers made of lacquer coated wood and iron fittings that Azusa Murakami described as a type of "time travel device [...] employing age-old techniques and traditions that traverse the hands of artisans across centuries.

"[32] The show was curated by Maria Cristina Didero and also included pieces by Ini Archibong, Sabine Marcelis, Yoichi Ochiai, Hideki Yoshimoto, and Michael Young.