Author: London

  http://gph.is/2iJmTuV Theme – #climateoptimist We’ll be hearing from artists, designers, scientists + makers of all kinds working on climate crisis projects in 15 min talks with a panel discussion and Q&A. This is a pilot test to see if there is an appetite in London for a NEW TALK SERIES with a more focused topic…

“How are artists using VR? How does their approach to ‘making process’ and ‘co-authorship’ compare to tech manufacturers and design agencies? What are the challenges and how do they overcome them? https://www.meetup.com/This-Happened-London/events/233123568/

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Guest curator Gyorgyi Galik will be in discussion with a panel of speakers on ‘The Power to Act: Exploring agency, design and participation in cities’. https://www.meetup.com/This-Happened-London/events/226339520/

We have 3 speakers sharing their making process, focussing on ONE project only and telling us what they learnt and mistakes along the way! 15 min talking and 15 min Q&A each. Hosted kindly by ustwo, product studio Speakers: Luke Sturgeon speaking about his CIID project Reflextion Reflextion is a toolbox for designers, a research method…

Theme: Building information systems for social good When: Sunday 27th September Where: V&A Museum, Level 3, ‘Lydia & Manfred Gorvy’ Lecture Theatre. Time: 12:30 – 14:30 Tickets: £5 from meetup.com For London Design Festival, Digital Design Weekend, we have the pleasure of co-curating This Happened with our friends at Provenance. In line with the theme of Civic Design,…

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Looking forward to seeing you for our next event, tickets are on sale already. We are still at the V&A but in a larger room, The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, with 270 capacity! Also the next few events will be on Saturday afternoons instead of the normal Friday night routine. We will be…

Friday, 14 March 2014 SCHEDULE: 18:30 Food and drinks before 19:00 Talks start 21:00 Finishes and we go to the pub SPEAKERS: Joe Smith – @makerversity Co-founder of Makerversity http://makerversity.co.uk/ Romain Meunier – @rom1london Maker and tinker http://romainm.com Di Mainstone – @DiMainstone Creator of The Human Harp Project http://www.humanharp.org/ Valentin Spiess – @iart CEO and…

We have 4 great speakers in the usual format, 10 minutes pecha kucha talks and 10 minutes Q&A. Sitraka Rakotoniaina Sitraka is currently a director at Nexus Interactive Arts. He specialises in designing objects, artefacts and devices as a form of storytelling to question and excite his user. Sitraka uses science as, “a fuel to…

Synthetic Futures #syntheticfutures #thlon #protein #LDF13 Exploring new materials that bridge the gap between science and art Join us for a round table discussion on Synthetic Futures with Rachel Wingfield, Lucy McRae, Rachel Armstrong, Yesenia Thibault-Picazo and our guest moderator, Olivia Solon. Organised by This Happened London and Protein in collaboration with the V&A Digital Programmes Team, this…

Tangible Technology Designers placing human interaction at the centre of digital processes Join us for a round table discussion on Tangible Technology with Usman Haque, Yuri Suzuki, Alex Fleetwood, Koby Barhad and our guest moderator Regine De Batty. Organised by This Happened London and Protein in collaboration with the V&A Digital Programmes Team, this event will…

Semitransparent Design – Color Tokyo! Live Color Wall Project Semitransparent Design Russell Davies, Matt Jones and Henry Holland  – Instorematic Simon Oliver of HandCircus – Rolando game Brendan Walker of Aerial – Thrill Laboratory Pixelsumo