Victoria Introducing the talk: Photography © Max McClure

Recife: The Playable City Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Thu 23 Jan 2014

At last week’s Lunchtime Talk slot, we were treated to a showcase of the ideas emerging from the first part of Recife: The Playable City, which took place in the Studio over the preceding fortnight. The project is being run in collaboration with Brazilian Technology Park, Porto Digital and the…

Playing the Sonic Branch - one of the Playable City prototypes ( find out more in the upcoming Recife Showcase write-up)

Tech Monthly, Timebank and Playable Telescopes

Posted on Mon 20 Jan 2014

It has been a busy week in the Studio as the Recife: The Playable City workshop participants sprint through their last week and prepare for their showcase. Read on to find out more:The Recife: The Playable City project is in full swing, and ideas are ricocheting off the walls. A number of mysterious…

Kim Plowright

Kim Plowright - Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Fri 17 Jan 2014

Drawing on her experience of working as a Producer and New Media Consultant for Channel Four,Hide&Seek and Storythings, Kim Plowright came to the Studio to talk to us about the life cycle of projects - from development to post-release. Kim had been working on web based and 'trans-media projects'…

Building Playable Cities from Lego in the Studio as part of Recife: The Playable City - photo by Vic Tillotson

Mind controlled Pacman, Job Posts and Playable Cities

Posted on Fri 10 Jan 2014

After a quiet Christmas interlude, we have returned to the Studio, which is brimming with ideas and full of wonderful creatives from the UK and Brasil as part of Recife: The Playable City. We are gearing ourselves up for an incredibly busy few months, with members of the iShed team flying out to…

Image courtesy of Avatarr via Reddit

Another Year Over...

Posted on Mon 23 Dec 2013

It’s been a whirlwind of a year in the Studio - we’ve hosted magicians, makers, programmed installations, run countless workshops, launched awards, supported a kickstarter which is set to launch spacecraft to the moon and saw the first AlphaSphere ship from the Studio. Read on to catch up on the…

Tom demonstrating his 3D shadows - photograph by Hannah WW

What Can You Do with a Shadow? Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Wed 18 Dec 2013

Last Friday, Tom McDonagh came to the Studio to treat us to a demonstration of his wonderful shadow puppetry. As well as these wonderful visual demonstrations, Tom talked to us about his investigations into how we can combine new technologies with this ancient form of entertainment in order to…

May and Amy - Photograph by Verity McIntosh

Door Into the Dark - Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Wed 18 Dec 2013

Last Friday, our new residents, Amy Rose and May Abdalla, who together form ANAGRAM, gave a lunchtime talk at the Studio. ANAGRAM is a collaboration formed in order to explore new methods of immersive documentary making. Their current project; Door Into the Dark is at its beginning stages, and Amy…

Verity talking about projecting energy usage figures onto smoke from a powerstation - photograph by @bengood

SquidSoup, Wearable Futures & No Boundaries

Posted on Tue 17 Dec 2013

Here at the Studio we’ve been treating ourselves to festive spectacles including SquidSoup’s new light show and Tom McDonagh’s wonderful shadow puppet demonstration. Verity gave a talk at the Wearable Futures Conference in London, and we announce some of the speakers for the No Boundaries…

Kieron and an a volunteer reading each others' minds... Photograph by Hannah Williams Walton

ANAGRAM, Ahmedabad and a Light Work in Progress

Posted on Mon 9 Dec 2013

The Christmas Decorations are slowly creeping out of the cupboards as we get ready for the last few weeks in the Studio before the Holiday. Sadly, we have had to say goodbye to our wonderful magicians in Residence, who will be sorely missed. On a happier note, we have welcomed two new residents into…