Category Archives: Futuremakers

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

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,