Month: January 2013

Has the time come for Smart Cities to evolve? Say Hello to The Playable City.

After sifting through 93 applications from around the world and much anticipation, the judges for the Playable City Award produced by Watershed, have finally announced the winner. The successful project to receive £30,000 to create a playful urban environment is “Hello Lamp Post!” submitted by London-based PAN Studio in association wth Gyorgyi Galik and Tom…

Contemporary craft makers to explore the Internet of Things

Press note – A Music Memory Box for people with dementia, a flying lampshade that communicates feeling, and coins that trigger invaluable experiences: these are all part of Watershed’s new Craft + Technology Residencies January – March 2013. Funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and supported by the Crafts Council, the Craft + Technology Residencies…

D-pixing: the new Sudoku?

If you prefer playing Scrabble or Sudoku to Angry Birds on your phone, then you’ll love D-Pixing. Inspired by ancient hieroglyphics and based on Rebus puzzles popular in Victorian times, D-Pixing is a fee iPhone and iPad game created by renowned (think Private Eye, The Times, The Guardian…) media cartoonist Aidan Potts and Plymouth based…

Is the future of Books & Print here?

If you’re wondering what the future holds for books, look no further than the Books & Print REACT Sandbox programme. REACT, a recently formed Bristol based hub of creative knowledge, are funding unique partnerships between academics and economy partners to create ground-breaking to write, read and love books. Eight ideas are announced today, and include…

Hand orchestra by Artis: teamwork and topic exploration

In a useful new teaching resource from Artis, Children create sounds following the small hand gestures of their partners, which are then developed into full body movements. In this example children work with the subject of fireworks (which may be fresh in their memory through New Year’s Eve celebrations), but the principle can be applied…