Author Archives: Bham Co:LAB Staff
Under Construction
images from @steamhouse_uk Here are few images to give you an early glimpse on how STEAMhouse is coming along as it reaches its final stages of the fit out. The facility will include production spaces for wood, metal, digital, print
Under Construction
images from @steamhouse_uk Here are few images to give you an early glimpse on how STEAMhouse is coming along as it reaches its final stages of the fit out. The facility will include production spaces for wood, metal, digital, print
The Brick Project 2017-2018
Project Partner: Ibstock Brick Limited Synopsis: The Brick Project enables groups of students to study the real life manufacture of clay products. Special shaped bricks, such as Ibstock’s Umbra Sawtooth shown here, offer designers the opportunity to explore relief in
The Brick Project 2017-2018
Project Partner: Ibstock Brick Limited Synopsis: The Brick Project enables groups of students to study the real life manufacture of clay products. Special shaped bricks, such as Ibstock’s Umbra Sawtooth shown here, offer designers the opportunity to explore relief in
Furniture Making….
image source: steamhouse_uk instagram Check out STEAMhouse_UK instagram and twitter account as the interior fit out develops. Including this post of our tessellated furniture design all lovingly CNC’d in-house at Parkside.
Furniture Making….
image source: steamhouse_uk instagram Check out STEAMhouse_UK instagram and twitter account as the interior fit out develops. Including this post of our tessellated furniture design all lovingly CNC’d in-house at Parkside.
Co.LAB Electives 2017-18
The new year brings a new set of projects for our students to collaborate on. We also welcome additions to the project from the disciplines of product design and interior design. Here is a full list for 2017-18. Grade Separation
Co.LAB Electives 2017-18
The new year brings a new set of projects for our students to collaborate on. We also welcome additions to the project from the disciplines of product design and interior design. Here is a full list for 2017-18. Grade Separation
Towards completion
Since the launch Birmingham Production Space plan (BPS) in 2015, the team has continued to develop its proposal through various activities in order to achieve our ultimate goal of setting up a significant piece of cultural infrastructure in the city.
Towards completion
Since the launch Birmingham Production Space plan (BPS) in 2015, the team has continued to develop its proposal through various activities in order to achieve our ultimate goal of setting up a significant piece of cultural infrastructure in the city.
Futuremakers: The Big Review
The Big Review was the closing event for Futuremakers, a ‘private view’ of sorts, but one that occurs at the end of the exhibition rather than its opening. Its guests were younger than normally expected too – staring from 4
Futuremakers: The Big Review
The Big Review was the closing event for Futuremakers, a ‘private view’ of sorts, but one that occurs at the end of the exhibition rather than its opening. Its guests were younger than normally expected too – staring from 4
New Curiosities Box Radio Show
Futuremakers is now over. It has been a great experience and have generated lots of new ideas and made several new links for the future. As a point of reflection, here is a radio show I was featured in talking
New Curiosities Box Radio Show
Futuremakers is now over. It has been a great experience and have generated lots of new ideas and made several new links for the future. As a point of reflection, here is a radio show I was featured in talking
Centrala across the media
Featured image source: @modern_clay In 2015, we designed Centrala, opening in the Minerva Works complex as one of many new independent arts organisations popping up in the Digbeth Area. Its diverse programme of performance, visual arts and music events brought
Centrala across the media
Featured image source: @modern_clay In 2015, we designed Centrala, opening in the Minerva Works complex as one of many new independent arts organisations popping up in the Digbeth Area. Its diverse programme of performance, visual arts and music events brought
Graphic Motif
‘Activities linked to construction are recorded in… techniques and materials, where the choice of materials is essential. It may be material in its natural state… but also that of recovered industrial material, reused, reworked, or used in an “inappropriate’ fashion, not in the way intended by industry.’
Graphic Motif
‘Activities linked to construction are recorded in… techniques and materials, where the choice of materials is essential. It may be material in its natural state… but also that of recovered industrial material, reused, reworked, or used in an “inappropriate’ fashion, not in the way intended by industry.’
The Exhibition Wall
The Exhibition Wall @ Futuremakers showcases a number of historical and contemporary examples of play as a process of design or building. Located in the Arena Gallery at mac, it is divided into three sections – each displaying the following artist
The Exhibition Wall
The Exhibition Wall @ Futuremakers showcases a number of historical and contemporary examples of play as a process of design or building. Located in the Arena Gallery at mac, it is divided into three sections – each displaying the following artist
A history of creative playgroups
“Play, I think, is related to creativity – the opposite to a heavy theoretical approach to things. Otherwise people are so keen to define their position and exclude others. It doesn’t work for me…. It started with play. Through play,
A history of creative playgroups
“Play, I think, is related to creativity – the opposite to a heavy theoretical approach to things. Otherwise people are so keen to define their position and exclude others. It doesn’t work for me…. It started with play. Through play,
Announcing the full team
We can now announce more information for the Futuremakers project, with the full team, participants and residency details. Futuremakers is an exhibition and participatory programme over the summer of 2017. Three makers-in-residence will occupy the Arena Gallery for six weeks
Announcing the full team
We can now announce more information for the Futuremakers project, with the full team, participants and residency details. Futuremakers is an exhibition and participatory programme over the summer of 2017. Three makers-in-residence will occupy the Arena Gallery for six weeks
!!! FUTUREMAKERS !!!
We are really excited to announce detail of our next major project…. In what is possibly our most complex collaborative project to date, we aim to inspire the next generation of designers and makers through the acts of Play, Make,
!!! FUTUREMAKERS !!!
We are really excited to announce detail of our next major project…. In what is possibly our most complex collaborative project to date, we aim to inspire the next generation of designers and makers through the acts of Play, Make,
AWARD WINNERS!!!
We are please to announce that the Knowledge Hub project has won the practice award at the National Urban Design Awards 2017, organised by the Urban Design Group. This is Co.LAB’s first official award and incredibly proud of the achievement. The
AWARD WINNERS!!!
We are please to announce that the Knowledge Hub project has won the practice award at the National Urban Design Awards 2017, organised by the Urban Design Group. This is Co.LAB’s first official award and incredibly proud of the achievement. The
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