Posted on Wed 6 Nov 2013
Last Friday, one of our newest residents, Silas Adekunle came to the Studio equipped with some many-limbed plastic creatures to tell us about his start-up company Reach Robotics, and the future of toy robots.BeginningsSilas told us that from a young age he has been equally passionate about both…
Posted on Fri 1 Nov 2013
On Friday 16 November we were treated to a fantastic lunchtime talk by one of our newest Studio residents Sarah Angliss who was talk about her robotics project Trace.Background Sarah is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and digital artist, specialising in live electronic music, interactive sound and…
Posted on Thu 31 Oct 2013
This week a group of second year students from a range of communications media courses at Taylor's University, Malaysia descended on Bristol. The group is visiting Bristol as part of the University of the West of England’s global study partnership with Taylor's, which has been in place since 2004.
Posted on Thu 31 Oct 2013
Weekly Blog 21-25 OctoberThis week, the Studio has been full of youthful curiosity, as kids have been visiting to learn about conductive ink and digital storytelling, and vistoring students from Taylors University in Malaysian have been in for workshops exploring Playable Cities and Interactive…
Posted on Thu 24 Oct 2013
We’ve had a thoroughly lively week at the Studio; the Sandbox projects are gathering momentum and the Family Arts Festival has prompted some surreal and magical entertainment from some of our residents. We’re getting ready for few days of round-the-clock captivation as Daniel Burwen comes to…
Posted on Sat 19 Oct 2013
This talk marked the beginning of two months of magic at the Studio. Our magicians in residence, Kieron Kirkland and Stuart Nolan each have exciting visions for the future of magic. They will be collaborating with the Interaction and Graphics lab at Bristol University, and will be showcasing the…
Posted on Fri 18 Oct 2013
It has been a week of ends and beginnings at the Studio as we say goodbye to the enlightening glow of Submergence, and we prepare to take many fascinating new people and projects under our roof. The seedlings of future Objects Sandbox projects are being planted at Ideas Labs around the South West…
Posted on Tue 15 Oct 2013
It’s been a spellbinding week in the Studio as we played host to the world’s first Magic Hack, one of our New Talent and Graduate residents started and lots of our lovely Studio residents headed to Venturefest. Read on to find out more:On Monday we were joined by Josh Barnes, a recent graduate…
Posted on Fri 11 Oct 2013
This week we have been preparing to tumble Down The Rabbit Hole for Watershed’s Studio inspired family friendly events, been dazzled at a fantastic Lunchtime Talk by our magicians in residence and are looking forward to the first ever danceroom Spectroscopy Festival! Read on to find out more:As…
Posted on Mon 7 Oct 2013
Richard Adams, the Senior Academic Program Manager at Microsoft, came to talk to us at the Studio about the future of education in a time where we have a world of information at our fingertips. Due to the vast pool of knowledge that is the Internet, our world is rapidly transforming, and the…
