Over 25000 texts exchanged with street furniture in Bristol

Posted on Mon 9 Sep 2013

Monday, September 9, 2013 - 15:47 by VerityThis summer, Bristol residents and visitors were able to spark up conversations with the city, using nothing else but the humble text function on any mobile phone. As the first winner of our first Playable City Award, Hello Lamp Post provided city dwellers…


Squidsoup, Shambala & Nth Screens

Posted on Tue 3 Sep 2013

Weekly Blog: 26/08/13 - 30/08/13It’s been an exciting week in the Studio as Installation is underway for Submergence; a stunning reactive light artwork and the Great George bell has joined in with some Hello Lamp Post fun. Read on to find out more: We’re super excited to announce that…


SXSW, Hello Lamp Post & Objects Sandbox

Posted on Wed 28 Aug 2013

Weekly Blog: 19/08/13 - 23/08/13This week we hit an amazing 20,000 player messages for Hello Lamp Post, announced a new funded REACT PhD opportunity, and have three panels in South By Southwest’s PanelPicker. Read on to find out more: With your help some of the Studio’s brightest ideas and…


Designing for touchy subjects: Lunchtime Talk write-up

Posted on Sat 24 Aug 2013

On Friday 11 October we were joined in the Studio by S'unya Dickman, who is Head of Client Side Technology at digital agency Aerian. The Studio has recently become host to one of Aerian's latest creations, a touchable table-top. The touch table demonstrates the outcome of Aerian’s project ‘How…


Help us get the Studio to SXSW

Posted on Thu 22 Aug 2013

With your help some of the Studio’s brightest ideas and talent will have a chance to head over to Austin, Texas to take part in South by Southwest (SXSW), the global conference that brings together people doing interesting things with technology for a packed programme of panels and debate.With a…


Recife, Residencies & Robotics

Posted on Thu 22 Aug 2013

Weekly Blog: 12/08/13 - 16/08/13It’s been an exciting week in the Studio with lots of opportunities coming up for everyone to get involved in; you can back a mission to the moon, design us a robot buddy and even head to Brazil if you’re a UK based artist. Read on to find out about all these…


PhD opportunity: Experience Design in the Internet of Things

Posted on Wed 21 Aug 2013

We’re very excited to announce that REACT and the CREATE Lab in the Department of Psychology, University of Bath, are inviting applications for a three year PhD Studentship in Human Computer Interaction and Experience Design in the Internet of Things.This PhD position will be based here in the…


Porto, Producers & Pianos

Posted on Wed 14 Aug 2013

Weekly Blog: 05/08/13 - 09/08/13We can hardly believe we’re already midway though August; the last few weeks have flown by full of exciting projects, events and opportunities. The Studio’s been it’s usual busy self and this week’s been no different. We’re really pleased to be able to…


Speak with your eyes - Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Fri 9 Aug 2013

On Friday 26 July Barney Hawes from communications technology company Sensory Software joined us to talk about their latest experiments using eye tracking as a control mechanism, allowing you to interact with digital and physical media, just by looking at it.For people with physical disabilities,…


#BristolProms, Pixelated Portraits & Pocket Spacecraft

Posted on Fri 2 Aug 2013

It’s been such a jam packed few weeks in the Studio that we’re rolling two weeks into one to let you know what exciting projects and events have been happening in the Studio and beyond. There’s a funded opportunity to work on a pocket spacecraft app, #BristolProms launched and we installed the…