Category: Blog
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Reflections on Google Glass
Thought-provoking analysis of the possible implications of always-on personal recording technology such as Google Glass.
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Creating Innovators
Fascinating discussion on the New York Times and GigaOM about the changing work landscape, the kind of skills people need to have to thrive, and the capacity of education systems to give young people those skills.
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Fab Lab Manchester
On a recent visit to Manchester to attend the Future Everything summit, I couldn’t pass up the chance to visit the UK’s first fab lab, housed in a striking, slab-like building in the waterside district of one of Britain’s great industrial cities. I spoke to Eddie Kirkby (of the Manufacturing Institute) and Haydn Insley (fab…
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Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino: Making the Good Night Lamp
In March last year, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino registered a new limited company in London, and booked a booth at CES, the consumer electronics trade show, taking place 10 months later. She had no team, and only a dated prototype product that she had designed back in 2005. “I thought what’s the biggest kick in the ass…
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Experimenting with video
I’ve been inspired by several recent conversations and discoveries to experiment with making films. I had a conversation with John Willshire about Vine, and how the spread of 4G connectivity is enabling video as a frictionless medium for sharing ideas and content over the network. Much as domestic broadband and 3G enabled the photo and…
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Future Everything 2013
Last week I went to the Future Everything summit in Manchester. The scope of the summit was vast, and I can’t do justice to the whole event, but there was one theme I found particularly interesting. And that was how digital technology is changing the landscape for artists, cultural institutions, audiences and funders of creative…
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Alice Taylor: Inventing the Future of Toys
This interview was originally published on Makezine.com One small tangent that didn’t make the cut, but which I’m personally interested in: We were talking about moving towards a mainstream market, and the scaling up of production that demands. I was curious how that would work with the outfits, which aren’t made by machine. We digressed…
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Seb Lee-Delisle, the accidental programmer
Photo by Stefan Nitzsche This interview was originally published on Makezine.com The last 12 months have been a busy time for Seb Lee-Delisle. With a buzzing schedule of speaking, creative coding workshops, exhibitions and public events, it looks like this is the year he’s found his feet as a digital artist.
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A conversation with Natalia Buckley
Photo by Roberta Mataityte Natalia Buckley is a hacker, designer, and creative technologist. She’s originally from Poland and now lives in Brighton on England’s south coast, a city famed for its appetite for experimentation. I met her at Lighthouse, Brighton’s “digital culture agency” to talk about her recent projects and why she makes the things…
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Newspaper Club Sample
I’m hoping to publish a newspaper. So I ordered some samples from Newspaper Club, which arrived yesterday. One of the samples they send out is a test paper. It shows how different type sizes, image styles and ink densities will reproduce on newsprint. This is really useful stuff, and a great piece of marketing that…
Andrew Sleigh 