Andrew Sleigh

 

Andrew joined Lighthouse in August 2013. His background is in design, web technology, connected communities, and making. At Lighthouse, Andrew leads on the development and production of a selection of our programmes of digital culture and art, including a brand new interdisciplinary studio programme, to be launched in 2014.

Before joining Lighthouse, Andrew was head of strategy at digital agency Worth. He then spent 3 years freelancing as a digital strategy consultant, working in marketing, innovation and customer collaboration. In 2011, he co-founded Brighton Mini Maker Faire, the festival of DIY technology and grassroots innovation. In 2013, he co-founded Hardware Startup, a network for hardware makers and entrepreneurs.

His interest is in the opportunities opened up by ubiquitous access to digital tools, and the power of networked communities to innovate, create and effect change.

Twitter: @andrewsleigh / @LighthouseArts

More about Lighthouse: http://www.lighthouse.org.uk

Journal Entries

Journal Entries

Turning attention to the city itself

Thu 1 May, 2014

I’ve been back in the UK for a week, and had some time to reflect on the process of hacking on our Playable City projects in Brazil.

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Pause, take a breath and reflect

Thu 10 Apr, 2014

We have been in Recife for a few days, but the intensity of the work makes it feel like much longer.

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Playable city: week two review

Mon 20 Jan, 2014

Time to reflect on week 2 of the Bristol sprint of Recife: Playable City. If week 1 was about equipping us with the tools to create playable city ideas – and at least some insight to make them playable in Recife – week 2 was about hacking.

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Playable city: week one review

Mon 13 Jan, 2014

We’re one week into our first sprint in Bristol, and it feels like we have travelled far. We’ve covered so much territory in fact, that it would be impossible to record it all. So with that pragmatic constraint in mind, I’d like to reflect on the journey so far by picking out three themes that have emerged – for me – from the experience

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