Electro insects, ready-to-wear synths and algo rave in London
A titanic program for an extraordinary festival. On September 20-30, London celebrated Unconscious Archives, a festival at the crossroads of arts, music and DIY.
by Elsa Ferreira
Alex Newson brings the makers to the London Design Museum
“Designer Maker User”, the exhibition of the new Design Museum, tells the story of manufactured production, from the pre-industrial era to the era of digital crafts.
In London, makers face gentrification
How is the maker scene doing in the largest city of the European Union? Makery made the rounds of the digital fabrication spaces, less fablabs than makerspaces.
Apple and John Deere fight “right to repair” bill in the U.S.
In the United States, industry and consumers come face to face on a “right to repair” bill. Eight states are considering the legislation.
The Restart Project wants to fix toasters all the way into schools
Since 2012, the Restart Project has been meeting several times a week in London to fix objects together instead of throwing them away. Report from Camden.
Budding in the shadow of Teamlab in London
The exhibition is brief. Three rooms, height projects. Until March 11, the Pace gallery in London presents "Transcending Boundaries" from Teamlab. Small island of digital nature.
70 mini fablabs will open soon in India
70 mini fablabs are set to be built in the next 9 months with the support of the Indian government in Kerala, South India.
Destroy the BBC Tower digitally
Imagine a “DIY and inventive destruction” in animation from a 3D model: “White Noise” magazine calls for a project around the BBC East Tower, which will be soon destroyed for real.
Open 2017: strength will lie in the unity of cooperative platforms
February 16 and 17, the 2017 Open conference took place in London, gathering a hundred or so militants of commons, cooperativism and open source.
Look Mum No Computer, portrait of a musician 100% maker
He plays synth on his bike, turns Trump into a toupeed Furby and everything he touches into a musical instrument. In London, Makery met Sam Battle, aka Look Mum No Computer.
Hack Brexit presents its first fact-checking and dataviz tools
One month after Brexit, there was Hack Brexit, a hackathon to create tools that counteracted misleading political campaigns. Six months later, the collective presents two prototypes.
Sexy Cyborg: “The maker community is for privileged white people”
She has a flat stomach and a full brain. In Shenzhen, Naomi “Sexy Cyborg” Wu makes infinity mini-skirts and translucent “blinkinis”. Interview with the “lady maker”.
Europe considers a robot tax
Europe is pondering robots. On January 12, members of the Committee on Legal Affairs met to discuss regulations for robotics to be adopted by the European Union.
Will the dynamic house ever see the light of day?
A house that adapts to seasons and opens like a flower. The nice idea of London architects became viral… 7 years later. But still not real. Meeting with the creators of “D*Dynamic”.
With “Fear And Love”, the Design Museum questions our future
For its reopening, one had to hit hard. Therefore, it is on fear, love, hope and doubt that the first exhibition of the Design Museum in London relied on. Quite a program.
Matt Webb invents the machine that distributes books like coffee
Bot breeder and connected objects specialist, Matt Webb is a tireless creative person who refuses the maker label. His latest project: a book distributor based on recommendations. Meeting.
Europe: almost one million euros to inspire makers
For Erasmus+, EU finances a €984,865 program to promote exchange between industry players, universities and maker communities to develop open fabrication and design.
At the first Sex Tech Hack, a hackathon on sexuality in London
On December 17 and 18, at Goldsmith University, in Great-Britain, took place the first hackathon to thwart the relations between sex and technology. Report.
Bathing in sci-fi in a London underground car park
A hundred artists explore the themes of science fiction and space with a DIY and dystopian aesthetic inside a car park in London. Pictures of “Big Deal No 7”, an exhibition at Q-Park in Whitcomb Street.
In London, Saraceno summons its community of atmosphere hackers
On November 26 and 27, the artist Tomás Saraceno brought together researchers from the most prestigious universities in the world for a hackathon unlike any other. Objective: invent the Aerocene era.