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Design Research Study Brings Conclusive Results
After hearing the millionth expensive study 'proving' facts like 'alcohol could be bad for your health', I thought it was about time we founded our own study to prove something that has never been proven before, putting our name on the design map.
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Posted By: Terence
03 June 2010
Art by flashmob!
The Chorlton Arts Festival kicks off in a couple of weeks, celebrating its tenth year of arts in South Manchester. This not-for-profit organisation provides a great platform for local artists.
One of which is BREAD. Consisting of both Bristol and Manchester based artists Ruth Essex, Kate Moran and David Boultbee, Bread use light and open source technologies with a strong social focus to create works which gently ask you to stop for a moment and take in your surroundings in the hope that you'll notice something new. Flashlight invites the Chorlton community to combine forces and illuminate their neighborhood with 1000 lanterns. It's art by flashmob!
In the run up to the event, A3 flyers are being distributed throughout Chorlton. The flyers are printed with instructions so that they can be folded into a lantern. A light kit comprising a battery, LED light and clothes peg is available from the Festival shop in Chorlton Precinct which is placed inside the lantern to make it glow.
When participants buy their light kit, their email address is collected. On the day of the event they will be contacted to ask them to bring their lantern to a specific place at a specific time. There are seven sites throughout Chorlton, how they're used will be dependent on uptake.
It all sounds pretty interesting. Why not grab a flyer and a light kit and join in!?
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Posted By: Matthew
10 May 2010
Ready to take the test
On May 23rd I’m taking part in the Ultimate Holding Company’s latest immersive art intervention - “Exam”. It’s a new commission for the Queer Up North Festival 2010, developed by artists Joe Richardson and Jai Redman and explores power, education, politics and queer culture at a crucial time in an entertaining and thought-provoking experiment.
Ultimate Holding Company is a radical visual arts collective based in Manchester. They’ve done some fantastic though-provoking work in the past - whether it’s recreating Guantanamo Bay in Moss Side (This Is Camp X-Ray, 2003) over 10 days or being permanently tattooed with an endangered species alongside 100 others (extInked, 2009).
Understandably the details of Exam are being kept strictly under wraps before we’re allowed in to experience the piece. I can’t wait!
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Posted By: Matthew
06 May 2010
Bourn on Google Streetview!
Google quietly rolled out quite a few new places on Streetview last week. One of the many areas to have been included in the update is that of the area around the Bourn Design studio here in Heaton Chapel.
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Posted By: Terence
25 January 2010
Bored dog
Decided to come in on Sat morning and do some admin work. Our dog 'Dale' (we got him from Rochdale) came along but he looks as bored as me.
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Posted By: Mark
16 January 2010