Experience design for located sound walks: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Thu 25 Apr 2013

On Friday 19 April Studio residents Calvium treated us to a fantastic Lunchtime Talk about their thoughts and experiences of developing the emerging genre of located sound walks. From the 2004 research user trials of "Riot! 1831" to their current commercial Soundwalk product, Calvium have…


Space parties, Storytelling and Snow in Hackney

Posted on Fri 19 Apr 2013

It’s been a week of intergalactic delights in the Studio with a fantastic space party last Friday, our communicating science showcase on Thursday and award win at The Learning on Screen Awards fo


Twilio: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Thu 18 Apr 2013

Over the past few years, Studio residents have used cloud communications service Twilio in a number of projects, from haunted zoetropes to mass musical phone calls. On Friday 12 April we were joined in the Studio by James Parton, director of Twilio Europe to tell us more about the service, and…

Wooden hand-crafted book for These Pages Fall Like Ash

These pages fall like ash

Posted on Wed 17 Apr 2013

Studio residents Tom Abba and Duncan Speakman from artists collective Circumstance, will be launching an extraordinary new project this Saturday. They have developed These Pages Fall Like Ash as part of the latest REACT Sandbox, exploring new ways of looking at Books and Print. This is your chance…


Dish of the Week

Posted on Fri 12 Apr 2013

It’s been a fantastic week in the Studio with Stand + Stare holding an awesome food related workshop

Getting hands on with Musii

Introducing Musii: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Mon 8 Apr 2013

Imagine an inflatable structure, with 3 inflated arms wafting gently as the air blowing through keeps them reaching upwards. The material is warm to the touch, like a parachute or a hot air balloon. When you reach out to touch it, push it, squash it, something surprising happens. Imagine that as you…

Give me back my broken night. Photo by Jenny Davies

Studio weekly blog takeover

Posted on Fri 5 Apr 2013

After a fantastic break eating lots of chocolate, everyone’s back in the Studio and looking forward to all the exciting events taking place in April. As our usual blogger Hannah is away for the week, this is the combined effort of Vivi, Lisa and Jo and our take on life in the Studio this week.

Duncan Speakman

DCRC and Studio residents to feature at CAS/CADE Conference 2013

Posted on Wed 3 Apr 2013

CAS/CADE 2013 - Codes of Engagement will explore the changing landscape of computing as it moves further into the physical domain and impacts on the arts, design practice and teaching in an Higher Education context, as a broader range of students are able to code.


x-OSC - New hardware for creative technology: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Wed 27 Mar 2013

Last Friday we were joined by Studio resident Tom Mitchell, and Seb Madgwick founder of x-io Technologies. x-io Technologies is a Bristol-based company developing new hardware for creative technology.  In 2011 x-io Technologies were approached by UWE lecturer Tom Mitchell, and singer/songwriter…