Posted on Mon 18 Feb 2013
It's been a rollercoaster couple of years for thechineseroom. Back in 2009 they picked up an award for Best World/Story at IndieCade for their experimental mod called Dear Esther. Three years later, Dear Esther is an indie hit, and they're no longer just an academic research project but a studio…
Posted on Fri 15 Feb 2013
The Studio’s been bustling this week as teaching kicked off for an Experience Design MA module that the Studio is hosting, and lots of our lovely Residents have been nominated for very exciting a
Posted on Fri 15 Feb 2013
Yesterday we hit a very grown up milestone as Valentines day for us meant that it has been 5 whole years since we launched the Studio with robots on stilts and Alistair Darling cutting a digital ribbon.5 years on and we have worked with hundreds of incredible, inspiring people and organisations from…
Posted on Fri 8 Feb 2013
On Friday 25 January we were treated to a Lunchtime Talk by designer Helen White. In early January Helen joined the Studio on a three month Communicating Science Residency, supported by IOP Publishing. Following a career in the music industry, Helen recently graduated from UWE with a first class…
Posted on Fri 8 Feb 2013
It’s been a fantastically busy week in the Studio with play testing, open doors, a very special Lunchtime Talk and a fantastic games panel as part of
Posted on Wed 6 Feb 2013
Last week we took part in a city-wide Open Doors event as part of Digital Bristol Week. We put out an open invitation for people to visit the Studio and perhaps take a tour to meet the residents and see some of the work that is created here. Matt Gibson was one of over 50 people who took up the…
Posted on Fri 1 Feb 2013
It’s been an exciting week in the Studio as we kick off for Digital Bristol Week and our Artists Showcase. Tickets are flying out for the REACT Ideas Labs and nu desine have headed to California for NAMM 2013: Spaces are filling up very quickly for the REACT Ideas Labs ahead of the Future…
Posted on Fri 25 Jan 2013
Even snow, hail and a good dose of rain, couldn’t keep our residents away from the Studio this week. With the exception of a few short breaks to make snow angels and go sledging everyone’s been working away on their latest projects and events coming up. This week you should nab some tickets to…
Posted on Fri 25 Jan 2013
After some more preparation in the afternoon, at 8pm – the audience started to arrive at St Cuthbert’s Hall, Bedford. As they filtered in, we served them with some mulled wine and Matt Olden had set up a 10 channel surround sound system that was randomly moving recordings of Bats around the…
Posted on Fri 18 Jan 2013
Week commencing 7 January: It’s been an incredibly exciting week in the Studio with two new residencies starting, an announcement of the eight REACT Books and Print projects and tickets now available for our Artists in Residence showcase later this month. Read on to find out more: This week saw…
