Posted on Fri 10 Jan 2014
After a quiet Christmas interlude, we have returned to the Studio, which is brimming with ideas and full of wonderful creatives from the UK and Brasil as part of Recife: The Playable City. We are gearing ourselves up for an incredibly busy few months, with members of the iShed team flying out to…
Posted on Mon 23 Dec 2013
It’s been a whirlwind of a year in the Studio - we’ve hosted magicians, makers, programmed installations, run countless workshops, launched awards, supported a kickstarter which is set to launch spacecraft to the moon and saw the first AlphaSphere ship from the Studio. Read on to catch up on the…
Posted on Wed 18 Dec 2013
Last Friday, Tom McDonagh came to the Studio to treat us to a demonstration of his wonderful shadow puppetry. As well as these wonderful visual demonstrations, Tom talked to us about his investigations into how we can combine new technologies with this ancient form of entertainment in order to…
Posted on Wed 18 Dec 2013
Last Friday, our new residents, Amy Rose and May Abdalla, who together form ANAGRAM, gave a lunchtime talk at the Studio. ANAGRAM is a collaboration formed in order to explore new methods of immersive documentary making. Their current project; Door Into the Dark is at its beginning stages, and Amy…
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…
