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  • This happened Rotterdam #14

    This happened Rotterdam #14

    We are happy to host another edition of this happened on Tuesday 27th of November at WORM. Doors open 19.30 and the talks will start at 20.00. Join us to discuss four inspiring projects: Michiel Kersteman – The unicorn prototype of the week Michiel is a Creative Technologist at Handmade Amsterdam, a product invention lab that creates both physical and…

  • This happened Rotterdam #13

    This happened Rotterdam #13

    We are happy to host another edition of this happened on Tuesday 18th of September at WORM. We start 30 minutes earlier from now on. Doors open 19.30 and the talks will start at 20.00. Join us to discuss discuss four inspiring projects, meet friends old & new and have a drink. We are proud to present:…

  • New organization – This Happened Rotterdam

    Hi! We are Sophie, Anna and Kees. After having organized This happened for many years here in Rotterdam, Pieter Diepenmaat and Adriaan Wormgoor have decided it’s time for a change. With pleasure we are taking on the challenge to take over. All of us have a background in Industrial and Interaction design from Delft University…

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  • Announcing This happened – Utrecht #20

    Announcing This happened – Utrecht #20

    The next This happened – Utrecht event is a special one: it is our 20th event! It will be held on monday evening at the HKU Akademietheater. We have three awesome speakers and will announce a fourth shortly. Kars Alfrink the founder of This Happened – Utrecht returns to the stage to talk about Ripple…

  • Announcing This happened Hamburg #5

    Announcing This happened Hamburg #5

    Keep the date:  Our 5th edition of This happened Hamburg will be held on friday evening, May 23rd 2014. The event will once again take place in the Saal of the Kulturhaus III&70 right in the heart of Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel: Kulturhaus III&70Schulterblatt 7320357 HamburgView on google maps Events page with complete speakers list and ticketing will be…

  • Announcing This happened – Utrecht #19

    Announcing This happened – Utrecht #19

    This happened – Utrecht is back! Our 19th edition will be held on monday evening, April 7, 2014 during and in collaboration with the adventurous festival of Tweetakt-Kaap at the good old HKU Akademietheater. The speakers: Marjolijn Ruyg talks about DDS 3.0: the transition of the now 20 year old De Digitale Stad from a…

  • Announcing Rotterdam #3

    Announcing Rotterdam #3

    After a special This happened IXD edition it’s back to WORM for the This happened Rotterdam #3. On Monday March the 10th we are proud to present the following killer projects for you to enjoy and discuss: Jildw Albeda (Kiss the Frog) will talk about “The captain’s logbook”, a magical interactive ships log crafted from paper…

  • Announcing London #16

    Announcing London #16

      Hello All, We are very much looking forward to seeing you all on Friday 14th March 2014 with our 4 speakers to look at the failures, tips and solutions that come with hands on making. You can buy your tickets from 28th February @1pm HERE   THE SPEAKERS:   Joe Smith – @joesmithdesign Co-founder…

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  • This Happened Bristol May 2013 – a little bit of magic

    This Happened Bristol May 2013 – a little bit of magic

    Hello all, After a bit of a break to re-group, This Happened Bristol is back, bringing a bit of magic and sparkle to spring. Our fifth event is on the 28th May at the beautiful Mauretania Bar and Lounge, the doors open at 6.30pm. We have a limited number of tickets so please do book early.…

  • This Happened Bristol 2013

    This Happened Bristol 2013

    We are busy planning the events for this year and will be doing three events on the following dates; Thursday the 23rd May, Thursday 26th September and another Christmas Special in the first two weeks of December. Talks will be following the same format as before and we are already talking to some great potential speakers and…

  • This Happened Bristol September 2013

    This Happened Bristol September 2013

    Interactive fragrance and digital brilliance in theatrical historical splendour: Our next event is on the 26th September. We will post more details in the next few days but with two incredible speakers confirmed so far, we would suggest snapping up some tickets: Dan Efergan, Creative Director of Digital at Aardman Animations: In early 2010 Aardman,…

  • Beat back to school blues with our autumn Bristol event

    Beat back to school blues with our autumn Bristol event

    Interactive fragrance and digital brilliance in theatrical historical splendour: Autumn is just around the corner, so how better to beat the back to school feeling than with some This Happened Bristol fun? We are back on September 26th in another amazing new venue, the Empire Theatre in Old Market. This Happened Bristol, 6.30pm, Thursday, 26…

  • This Happened Bristol May 2013 – a little bit of magic

    This Happened Bristol May 2013 – a little bit of magic

    Hello all, After a bit of a break to re-group, This Happened Bristol is back, bringing a bit of magic and sparkle to spring. Our fifth event is on the 28th May at the beautiful Mauretania Bar and Lounge, the doors open at 6.30pm. We have a limited number of tickets so please do book early.…

  • Announcing This happened – Utrecht #18

    Announcing This happened – Utrecht #18

    Contrary to what you may have written on your calendars, the next Utrecht edition of This Happened will be on November 25. During this event, you can enjoy four talks about interaction design projects. The speakers are: Niels ‘t Hooft about De Verdwijners, who has decided to approach the writing of this book as a…

  • Announcing London #15

    Announcing London #15

    Hi This Happened-ers! Announcing our next event for Friday 20th December. We will have 4 speakers in the usual format, 10 minutes pecha kucha talks and 10 minutes Q&A. Our line up is: Tomomi Sayuda TWSU Sitraka Eidos You can buy tickets 2 weeks before the event as usual at 1pm 🙂 Thanks, see you…

  • Announcing Rotterdam #2

    Announcing Rotterdam #2

    After a lovely and packed first edition of This happened in Rotterdam, we are extremely excited to announce an action-packed second event in the evening of Thursday, September 26, 2013. The event will again take place in WORM in collaboration with Designplatform Rotterdam. What do we mean with action-packed lineup, you may ask? Well let…

  • Thlon X Protein X LDF 2013 – 2 days!

    Thlon X Protein X LDF 2013 – 2 days!

    Hi All, Keep 19th and 20th September in your diaries! This Happened London meets Protein to curate two afternoons of Round Table discussions as part of the London Design Festival 2013 exploring the overlap between science and art within interaction design. Hosted by the V&A it precedes the Digital Weekend, each discussion group having 4 table…

  • Announcing This Happened Utrecht #17

    Won’t you join us on the 8th of september! The This Happened – Utrecht team is proud to bring you four awesome speakers who will show you the making of of their wicked projects. The Speakers Marrije Schaake is a well known spider in Utrecht’s digital web. She will talk about a project that once…

  • Announcing Hamburg #4

    Announcing Hamburg #4

    We’re busy working on final details of the line up and really looking forward to see everyone on September 6th 2013! Check out the event page for all information and booking.

  • Announcing Utrecht #16

    Announcing Utrecht #16

    Another titillating event is coming your way on the 24th of June! The This Happened – Utrecht team is proud to bring you four awesome speakers who will show you the making of of their wicked projects. Lukas van Driel of Q42 will tell us about hue, an internet-connected personal lighting system they developed together…

  • This happened London is back

    Hi All, We are pleased to announce This Happened London has started back up! It will remain a free event thanks to the V&A’s continued support. This Happened started in London in 2007 by Chris O’Shea, Joel Gethin Lewis and Andreas Müller. They wanted to create their ideal event, looking at process and how interaction projects actually get made. The…

  • Announcing Rotterdam #1

    Announcing Rotterdam #1

    This is really happening… After Utrecht and Amsterdam, we are now bringing This happened to Rotterdam! Curated by Piem Wirtz, Pieter Diepenmaat and Ianus Keller, in collaboration with the Designplatform Rotterdam and Worm, we will kick off our talks about the making of… in the city best known for making ideas happen. We hope to see you all on Thursday, April 11 at the Boomgaardstraat 71. We just finished…

  • Announcing Amsterdam #5: 18 March 2013

    Announcing Amsterdam #5: 18 March 2013

    We have another great lineup for the 5th Amsterdam This Happened, which will take place on Monday March 18th, 2013.: Monobanda Monobanda – designers of interactive experiences for surprising locations – will talk about “Light on Wood“, a light installation on top of a centuries old boat in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. The installation responds…

  • Martin Roth

    Martin is the CTO of the fantastic RJDJ and inventor of sonic experiences. He talks about the inspiration experiences and process behind the development of the various marvellous apps and sonic experiences he has made.

  • First event in Bristol

    Well we got there in the end our first event is on and we are all excited, we have some great speakers and a superb venue. We think this could be the start of something special. This Happened Bristol is a series of events focusing on the stories behind interaction design. This first event is on…

  • Bristol #1

    Bristol #1

    Videos Josh Eggleton Josh Eggleton Talks About Dining Design from This Happened Bristol on Vimeo. Adam Spiers Adam Spiers Talks About The Question from This Happened Bristol on Vimeo. Sam Hoey Sam Hoey Talks About Mimosa from This Happened Bristol on Vimeo. Speakers The event will bring together 4 speakers:  robotics researcher Adam Spiers, Sam…

  • Announcing Bristol #4 Christmas Shin Dig

    Firstly tickets still left for the 29th; http://thishappenedbrs-nov29-2012-eorg.eventbrite.com/ for some great speakers http://test.thishappened.org/events/bristol-3 We are also having a christmas shin dig with our friends at the Bristol Interaction Graphics Lab so go grab yourself some tickets for that as well; http://thishappenedbrs-dec4-2012.eventbrite.com and http://test.thishappened.org/events/bristol-4-christmas-shindigs

  • Announcing Bristol #3

    The reboot for the third event is on. Join us on the 29th of November at the Atrium Cafe in Arnos Vale Cemetery, the doors open at 18.30pm. The event will bring together 3 great speakers. Get your tickets at; http://thishappenedbrs-nov29-2012.eventbrite.com/ and find out more on the event page; http://test.thishappened.org/events/bristol-3

  • Bristol #4 Christmas Shindigs

    As a fantastic Christmas shin dig This Happened Bristol and the great folks at Bristol Interaction and Graphics Labs are holding an open lab where you lucky folks can come and see some brilliant projects, devices and research whilst meeting the people behind them. It will be a relatively relaxed affair without any formal talks and some aperitifs during and…

  • Announcing Utrecht #15

    For the next This Happened in Utrecht We will be given a look behind the scenes of 4 awesome projects, namely: – Leonard Verhoef (@leonardverhoef) talks about the Dutch Railways ticket vending machine (aka NS Kaartautomaat). – Onno Faber (@ogtfaber) talks about the Ding Dong App, which is getting very popular. – Joris van Tubergen…

  • Bristol #2

    Bristol #2

      Videos Martin Roth Martin Roth Talks About Interaction, Music and RJDJ from This Happened Bristol on Vimeo. Tom Lawton Tom Lawton Talks About Bubble Scope from This Happened Bristol on Vimeo. Lesley Seymour Lesley Seymour Talks About Design in Groups for Sustainability from This Happened Bristol on Vimeo. Speakers Martin Roth CTO of the…

  • Announcing Amsterdam #4

    Announcing Amsterdam #4

    We are happy to announce that the line up for our next event in collaboration with the Brakke Grond in Amsterdam is complete with Ief Spincemaille speaking about Lightmap. The fourth edition on Monday December 17, will present a mix of Dutch and Flemish interaction design projects. The other speakers are: Sara Kolster about Promised Land Mike Lee about Lemurs Chemistry…

  • Bristol #3

    The reboot for the third event is on. Join us on the 29th of November at the Atrium Cafe in Arnos Vale Cemetery, the doors open at 18.30pm. The event will bring together 3 great speakers. Get your tickets at; http://thishappenedbrs-nov29-2012.eventbrite.com/ Tine Bech Tine Bech is a visual artist and researcher working with interactive installations and public…

  • Announcing Amsterdam #3

    Announcing Amsterdam #3

    We are happy to announce our next event in collaboration with the Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. The third edition on October 15, will present a mix of Dutch and Flemish interaction design projects. Please join us for what will surely be a special evening. Speakers confirmed so far:  Matt Cottam on Chrome Web Lab and Jeroen Uyttendaele with Dewi de Vree…

  • Utrecht goes to Hamburg

    With a new team we just finished the 14th edition of This happened – Utrecht with a very good vibe. You’ve got to change to stay the same! The speakers were great and varied, the audience was lovely and inquisitive and the nice weather provided for drinks on the terrace until midnight. This happened –…

  • Full speaker list for Hamburg #3 announced

    Full speaker list for Hamburg #3 announced

    We just added Anna Mentzel, Franziska Hübler and Jeremy Tai Abbett to the speakers list for This happened Hamburg #3. Really looking forward to see you all on September 14th.

  • Announcing Utrecht #14

    Great succes! We’ve just finalised the speakers for the 14th This Happened in Utrecht, and we’re super excited. On the 10th of september you can learn more about the ‘making of’ of these fantastic projects: It was all over the news: Bart Jansen turned his cat, Orville, into a quadcopter. He’ll explain the process behind…

  • Get your Tickets for Hamburg #3 now

    Ticketing for Hamburg #3 started, get your free ticket here: http://de.amiando.com/thHH3.html

  • First speakers for Hamburg #3 are confirmed.

    Lukas Höh and Daniel Dormann will present “Kreek“, Dirk Linke will talk about the “BMW-Magazine” iPad app and Daniel Scheibel tells us how to make a giant interactive bear! More speakers will be anounced soon…

  • Announcing Hamburg #3

    We’re busy working on final details of the line up and really looking forward to see everyone in September 14th 2012! Check out the event page for all information and booking.

  • Announcing Amsterdam #2

    The first This happened in Amsterdam was a great succes so we are happy to announce that we will continue our collaboration with Brakke Grond. The second edition on June 11, will present a mix of Dutch and Flemish interaction design projects. Please join us for what will surely be a special evening. Speakers line-up:…

  • Utrecht #13 lineup complete

    We’ve just added the final speakers to our lineup for Utrecht #13. Carolien Teunisse and Bram Snijders will talk about RE:, a fascinating projection mapping project. The other speakers are Bob Gussenhoven on Arcrane & Sloopvogels, Christian Boer on Typeface Dyslexie and Adriaan de Jongh on Fingle. We’re fully booked but you could still try…

  • Announcing the 13th and final Utrecht edition

    Right on the heels of a wonderful first Amsterdam edition, we’re pleased to announce the next This happened – Utrecht. Our thirteenth edition takes place on Friday, March 30. This is a special edition for us for several reasons: One is that we are kindly hosted by Tweetakt Festival, for whom Kars has curated a…

  • Speakers lineup for this happened Hamburg #2

    The speakers lineup is up.

  • Additional Amsterdam #1 speakers confirmed

    Earlier today we sent out an email announcement to our Netherlands mailing list. In it we already mentioned one additional speaker: Edo Paulus (NL) who’ll talk about SonOrb. The program for Amsterdam #1 is completed by Claire Warnier of Unfold (BE) who will present on Kiosk. All details are available at the event page.

  • Announcing Amsterdam #1

    After running over ten events in Utrecht, we are now bringing This happened to Amsterdam. In collaboration with Brakke Grond, our first edition will present a mix of Dutch and Flemish interaction design projects. Please join us for what will surely be a special evening. Speakers confirmed so far: Tim Knapen (BE) on Godmode and…

  • Announcing Hamburg #2

    We’re busy working on final details of the line up and really looking to see everyone in March 2012 at a great new location! Check out the event page for all information and booking.

  • Videos for Utrecht #10 up

    We’re slowly but surely working to get our backlog of talk videos online. Number ten was kind of special for us, not only because it was, you know, our tenth edition, but also because we were lucky enough to have This happened founder Chris O’Shea over to present Hand From Above. The other talks were…

  • Hanging out with Bernie DeKoven

    Hanging out with Bernie DeKoven

    In preparation for This happened – Utrecht #12 at the Playgrounds Festival in Tilburg we had a very nice serendipitous encounter with fun theorist and author Bernie DeKoven on Google+ hangout. I asked him if he was willing to say something to our audience (keeping up our tradition of guest appearances) and he more than…

  • Getting ready for Utrecht #12

    Sonia Collari completes #12 lineup We are busy with the final preparations for Friday and can announce that the lineup for the upcoming edition at Playgrounds Festival is complete. Our fourth speaker Sonia Cillari talks about Sensitive to Pleasure, a performative electric-field sensing and sound environment. Get a spot on our guest list The event…

  • Videos for Utrecht #9 are online

    So earlier this week we published the videos of This happened – Utrecht #9. Roel Wouters, Vlambeer, DUS Architects and John’s Phone… This was back in February but boy were they great. Numbers 10 and 11 will follow shortly!

  • Announcing Utrecht #12

    We’ve put up details for our next Utrecht event. We’re taking This happened on the road with this one, all the way to Tilburg for the excellent Playgrounds Festival. We’re still putting the finishing touches on the line-up but have three great speakers confirmed so far. Have a look.

  • New website

    Today is the launch of the new website for This happened. Whilst it may not look so different from the previous site, there have been various visual tweeks, but all of the work has gone on behind the scenes. The last website was made up of static files, but the new website has a content…

  • Announcing London #10

    Announcing the programme & booking information for London #10

  • Report on London #9

    This report was written by Camilla Grey of Moving Brands, originally posted on their blog here. Many thanks! Last night, MB’s Design Director (and original wearer of the Three Wolf Moon t-shirt) Campbell Orme spoke at London’s latest This Happened event in Whitechapel. Also speaking was James Wheare, creator of TwitShift – a bot which…

  • New organisers of This happened London

    This happened started in London in 2007 by Chris O’Shea, Joel Gethin Lewis and Andreas Müller. We wanted to start our ideal event that would cater to our interest as designers and practitioners, looking at process, how interaction projects actually get made. The London event has become very popular, with tickets being booked up within…