Rosie talking about heightened experience and empathy in real world games and adventures. Photo @veritymcintosh
Lunchtime talk write-up

Hitting the Empathy Nerve Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Wed 4 Feb 2015

Written by Jess, our projects coordinator at the time, who guest programmed the talk.Last autumn, resident Rosie Poebright introduced the fascinating premise behind the work of Splash & Ripple, who's mission is to make beautiful, genuinely moving experiences that put the participants at the…

Photo @clarered
Lunchtime talk write-up

Theatre Book Lunchtime Talk write-up

Posted on Tue 3 Feb 2015

On 19 December, we were joined by Davy & Kristin McGuire, Sarah Ellis, Matt Hayler and Karin Brown, who gave a Lunchtime Talk about their REACT Prototype funded project, Theatre Book.

 Designing to inspire imaginations: @tommetcalfe is constructing a skeleton/a rocket/a Viking ship #playsandbox
Studio blog

Wings, Strings and Musical Things

Posted on Fri 30 Jan 2015

This week, we catch wind of more stunning work coming from residents Circumstance, we marvel over new iterations of Di Mainstone’s wearable musical devices and ‘bridge dongers’ for the Human Harp project and we raise a congratulatory toast to Chloe Meineck, who has been selected to got to…

Testing the Teleportation Tent in the meeting room
Studio blog

'It's like a cross between a cinema, a den and a Tardis'...

Posted on Fri 23 Jan 2015

This week, we have been zipping ourselves into Teleportation Tents and working out how to strike a balance between storytelling and play, we played with prototype robots that had been designed to demystify computing concepts for 13 – 14 year olds, and we were host to a brilliant Urban Interaction…

Tine Bech's On the Bridge - @t_bech
Studio blog

The Research for the Holy (app)Trail

Posted on Tue 20 Jan 2015

We are on the cusp of a lot of exciting new research this month, as academics prepare to investigate locative media and site-specific history, the neuroscience of taste and the process and benefits of co-developing projects with children. Victoria Forrest has also launched her brilliant Apps for the…

 Elizabeth testing a prototype of Canute - Photograph by Nic Marshall
Lunchtime talk write-up

A few things I learnt from the Bristol Braille Lunchtime Talk

Posted on Mon 19 Jan 2015

On 28 November, Ed Rogers and Steph Tyszka came to the Studio to talk about the recent decline in Braille literacy and their work developing affordable and accessible refreshable Braille devices. Here are a few of the key points I took away.A decline in Braille literacy - Braille is…

The Shadowing team testing one of the lights on Leonard Lane
Lunchtime talk write-up

A few things I learnt from the Shadowing Lunchtime Talk

Posted on Mon 12 Jan 2015

On 26 September, our Studio Producer Verity McIntosh and Creative Technologist David Haylock gave a brilliant Lunchtime Talk about this year’s Playable City commission, Shadowing. Here are a few key points I took away:That depictions of future ‘Smart Cities’ may have left something out……

The AlphaSphere Booth at CES
Studio blog

New Year, New Faces

Posted on Fri 9 Jan 2015

Plunging into 2015, we are very happy to be joined by some brilliant new people…We are delighted to have two new members of the Studio team. Hilary O’Shaughnessy has joined us in the role of Watershed Producer, and will be Producing the 2015 Playable City Award and some other special projects.

The Young Coaches, in a prototype Teleportation Tent - testing out story dynamics
Studio blog

[some sort of Christmas pun]

Posted on Fri 19 Dec 2014

This is the final blog of 2014, crowning an extremely brilliant and playful year. Judging by what we already know about next year’s exciting project launches and Lunchtime Talk programme, it looks like it could be even better! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and see you on the other side…This…

Our audibaubles
Studio blog

Audibaubles

Posted on Fri 12 Dec 2014

We are gearing up for the last Studio week of the year, and have been adorning our tree with musical IoT baubles, and we are looking forward to seeing Circumstance’s mysterious ‘dark and loud’ scifi opera at the Arnolfini tomorrow…This week, REACT producer Katherine Jewkes and our Creative…