Posted on Thu 20 Nov 2008
Copywriter, provocateur and whirlwind-wordsmith Sharon Clark from the Watershed kindly spent a frantic 2 hours with the Happy Packages team on Wednesday. It was a really interesting session, both challenging and inspiring in equal measure and the unanimous verdict was "Why didn't we chat with…
Posted on Wed 19 Nov 2008
Bringing together leading technology, artistic and media talent, Media Sandbox is a commissioning scheme to support South West companies / organisations to research emerging possibilities in digital media. Last year's theme was pervasive media and space in the studio was taken up by four of the six…
Posted on Mon 17 Nov 2008
When we're planning any project, it's essential to think about where people will want to use/interact with it to maximise their fun. So when would be a great time for me to say to myself, "I'd love to do a trail now" Some thoughts, "I've just finished on a phone call on my…
Posted on Thu 13 Nov 2008
Last Will and Testament, an experimental installation by Punchdrunk, Hide and Seek, HP Labs and Seeper, was featured in The Independent today. A development of the ideas explored in Sensory Symptom (which is installed in the studio), Last Will attempts to create a "hybrid experience between…
Posted on Thu 13 Nov 2008
In todays edition of the New Media Age Magazine both Media Sandbox and also Happy Packages were featured in an article by Sean Hargrave on Location Services.
Posted on Tue 11 Nov 2008
The great and good of the national Press decended on Bristol yesterday and SWRDA hosted an event at @t-Bristol to round the evening off. Team Happy were asked to exhibit some interactive play-things in the lobby and of course we leapt at the chance. Only after signing up did we realise there wasn't…
Posted on Mon 10 Nov 2008
Smudge is an exciting Bristol-based magazine produced by and for young people. It explores art and culture in the city and beyond.Over the last couple of months Smudge have been holding their fortnightly editorial meetings at the Pervasive Media Studio. They have been developing their ideas through…
Posted on Mon 10 Nov 2008
Smudge is an exciting Bristol-based magazine produced by and for young people. It explores art and culture in the city and beyond.
Posted on Fri 7 Nov 2008
Duncan Speakman has been working on a series of limited editions video frames. Designed as self-contained units of looping video, the first example is available to see in the studio reception. The piece is a collaboration between Duncan Speakman and choreographer Christine Lockhart and offers a…
Posted on Fri 7 Nov 2008
We are very excited that this week Bristol Media has announced the launch of 0117, a new magazine/guide celebrating Bristol’s range of media and creative talent. The Pervasive Media Studio gets many mentions along with Watershed, HP Labs and studio residents Hazel Grian, Thought Den, Mobile Pie…
