Machines Room is now hosting new residents Julien Vaissieres and Dylan Bahnan as they develop their project Plyset. We wanted to know more about their background and how the whole collaboration came to be: Can you tell us a bit about your backgrounds as makers, and your practice and areas of interest? We met at theContinue reading “New Makers In Residence”
Category Archives: Meet Our Makers
Data Physicalisation
Ruby Childs expands on her experience with Data Physicalisation, a key element in her Maker in Residence project here at Machines Room, and surveys some Data Physicalisation projects which inspire her. Data Physicalisation is the process of representing data in the physical world. We’ve seen a wealth of techniques in fabrication, interfaces and responsive displaysContinue reading “Data Physicalisation”
Ruby Childs’ Origami Experiments
Check out what Maker in Residence Ruby is experimenting with, and pick up some handy how-tos! Origami: Place in a Makerspace An Intro to Origami Origami is a beautiful traditional paper craft whereby we create folds known as mountains and valleys. Once folded, the paper forms a new shape. Read more about the history ofContinue reading “Ruby Childs’ Origami Experiments”
Maker in Residence
We are excited to be hosting Ruby Childs, a new Maker in Residence at Machines Room. >more We had a little Q&A with her to find out what’s in store for her residency! Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practices and areas of interest? I’dContinue reading “Maker in Residence”
Residency Opportunities for Jan & Feb 2017
We are accepting applications for residencies starting early 2017 You can join us from January as a six month professional resident. Residencies are intended for professionals who would use Machines Room as their main place of work and are here full time. The six month residency is primarily for prototyping and taking your project toContinue reading “Residency Opportunities for Jan & Feb 2017”
Code Liberation workshop at Machines Room!
Tiny alien friends that interact with your laptop by @_caroline6868 Such a great Saturday! Last weekend Machines Room hosted the final workshop in the Code Liberation series, a seven week collaboration between V&A, Machines Room, and Goldsmiths. The workshop was led by Phoenix Perry and driven by a great group of students, who will be exhibitingContinue reading “Code Liberation workshop at Machines Room!”
DisruptDisability: Makers In Residence
We were excited to interview Molly Gavriel, member of the DisruptDisability team, to get an update on how the project is going – it’s come so far since they started their residency at Machines Room! Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practice and areas of interest? InterestingContinue reading “DisruptDisability: Makers In Residence”
GUK: Makers in Residence
Meet our Makers in Residence GUK; an architecture practice based in Sicily, designing and creating handmade products.
Jasmine Johnson: Maker In Residence
We caught up with Jasmine Johnson, who has just completed her Maker in Residence at Machines Room, to find out her thoughts and responses about the experience: MR: Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practice and areas of interest? JJ: I am an artist and I workContinue reading “Jasmine Johnson: Maker In Residence”
13/07 MLN Residency Showcase: Craig Dunlop & Peter A. Smith
Craig Dunlop (http://machinesroom.org/members/CraigDunlop) and Peter A. Smith (http://machinesroom.org/members/PeterASmith) have spent the last month experimenting in Machines Room as part of their Maker Library One Month Residencies. Craig is Maker Librarian in WorkSpace, Cape Town, South Africa and has spent his time learning digital fabrication techniques, building a plastic shredder, renovating an old plastic extruder and prototyping aContinue reading “13/07 MLN Residency Showcase: Craig Dunlop & Peter A. Smith”
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