Beacon Choir - a project to be developed in the Studio by new resident Thomas Williams
Studio blog

New Residents, Reach Robotics and an Industrial Robolution

Posted on Fri 5 Jun 2015

We are delighted to announce the three amazing individuals who will join us as part of our New and Emerging Talent Residency programme this summer. Co-founder of Open Bionics, Sammy Payne will use the residency to explore alternative looks and functions of low-cost bionic hands. Game designer and…

Photo of Andrew Cook's talk
Lunchtime talk write-up

Designing interactions with tone of voice

Posted on Wed 3 Jun 2015

On Friday 29 May we welcomed designer Andrew Cook to the Studio to talk about Six Speaking Chairs; his PhD research project completed in collaboration with Graham Pullin.

Mecha Monster by Reach Robotics

Silas Adekunle and Reach Robotics join TechStars in San Diego

Posted on Thu 28 May 2015

Our huge congratulations to Studio resident Silas Adekunle who has been accepted onto the prestigious Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars in San Diego. From now until mid-September, Silas and his digital-physical robot gaming company, Reach Robotics will take part in…

Image of The Caligari Experience set
Lunchtime talk write-up

Compass Presents The Caligari Experience

Posted on Wed 27 May 2015

On Friday 22 May, Compass Presents Co-Founder Tara Sachdeva, Movement Director Matt Mulligan and Alex Wright from Limbic Cinema joined us to talk about film, circus, live music, projection mapping and their creative process.

Lunchtime talk write-up

How do we take a stroll in virtual reality?

Posted on Tue 26 May 2015

Studio resident Joe Ryan recently gave a lunchtime talk about issues of mobility in VR and the different ways that people are trying to get around them. As well as explaining the developments of the wider VR community, for the first time, he shared information about his new R&D project, VRGo.

Studio blog

Playable City shortlist AND Artist in Residence announced!

Posted on Fri 22 May 2015

This week, the Studio was a-fizz with excitement as we announced the shortlist for this year’s Playable City Award. We had a wonderful response to the call out, with ideas flooding in from no less than 60 countries across the globe. It has been hard, but we have whittled these down to a shortlist…

Image of Matt Bjerregaard delivering his talk
Lunchtime talk write-up

Evolving eyes for environmental narratives

Posted on Tue 19 May 2015

New Studio resident Matt Bjerregaard joined us on Friday 15 May to talk about hacking cameras, sharing narratives, diving, conservation science and wingsuiting.

Strange Thoughts' LED hula-hoops
Studio blog

New Heights and Hula-Hoop Lights

Posted on Fri 8 May 2015

In the last couple of weeks, we hosted a colour-splattered feast, simultaneously launched both an app and Paul Archer off a giant crane and debuted synchronised, LED hula-hoops at Brixton Academy.