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…
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…
Posted on Fri 6 Dec 2013
Last Friday, Patrick Stevenson-Keating, founder ofStudio PSK, came to PM Studio to discuss one of his latest projects; Parasitic Products. Studio PSK is made up of a small handful of people who, despite having had formal training, have decided to tread a their own path in the design world. The ethos…
Posted on Mon 2 Dec 2013
There was a lively atmosphere in the Studio last week as our Magicians in Residence intensively tinkered with their magical devices in preparation for their Showcase next Wednesday, we welcomed Objects Sandbox and Future Documentary participants who came to the Studio for their prospective…
Posted on Thu 28 Nov 2013
Last Friday, we were joined for another inspiring talk about collisions of physical and digital. One of this year’s graduate residents, Josh Barnes discussed hisCommunication Quilt; a project combining augmented reality technologies with traditional crafts in order to create a warm, physically…
Posted on Wed 27 Nov 2013
With over 10 years experience in the creative industries, working in design and console games (EA Games, Activision) and interactive media (Walt Disney Imagineering), Daniel Burwen, the brains behind the Operation Ajax, joined us for one of our Lunchtime Talks in October to share his thoughts and…
Posted on Fri 22 Nov 2013
This week we’ve assembled a crack team of mischief-makers to take part in Bristol’s Daredevil Tournament, we had our last Future Documentary Sandbox session and Stand + Stare have installed their interactive exhibition Everyday Relics in Manchester.
Posted on Thu 21 Nov 2013
Last week the Studio hosted the world’s first Magic Hack. What do hacked e-cigarettes, bone conductors, polymorph, conductive paint and RFID tags have to do with magic? We didn’t know, but we had a team of magicians and creative technologists who were ready to find out.In the initial…
Posted on Wed 20 Nov 2013
Last Friday we were joined by Hannah Nicklin and Seth Honnor who came to talk to us about the latest developments of Digital Hat; a project focussing on using pervasive technologies to revolutionise the concept of value exchange surrounding live events.Digital HatThis talk was a kind of follow up to…
Posted on Wed 13 Nov 2013
Over the next couple of weeks, the Watershed will be showing a couple of films that link up with some of the interests of the Pervasive Media Studio and its residents.Project Wild Thing is David Bond’s call to parents to ‘stop buying iPads and take your children outdoors.’ Having grown up…
