In April we hosted the making sessions of the innovative arts education program ModUAL run by Fred Deakin with Other Today and the Design Museum. ModUAL brings students from a range of disciplines, across UAL’s different campuses together for an intense 2-week design sprint aided by industry moguls. With the […] more »
At the end of March, we ran our first workshop in collaboration with the Science Museum and the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers. This was the first ‘making’ step in a long collaboration between the two historic Institutions. Machines Room will be helping them make their Scientific Instruments in […] more »
In honour of International Women’s day here at Machines Room I wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the most influential women working in design, both now and in the past. Too often women’s contribution to the field of design is overlooked. Even in today’s climate, a survey […] more »
We have started Small Works Big Ideas, our Islington-based social action programme which challenges young people to act on issues that they care about in their community and create solution driven projects. The programme is part of the Ambitious Communities programme commissioned by Islington Council. It launched in 2018 and […] more »
Credit: Tiina Azojan for Tallinn Design Festival Human Cities: Challenging the City Scale book launch We are delighted to announce that the final book of the Human Cities project- “Challenging the City Scale: Journeys in People-Centred Design”– has been completed, published and launched. On 13th September, we celebrated the joint […] more »
We'll be opening our doors for the first time in our new location as part of London Design Festival 2018 more »
Machines Room has joined the fabulous Containerville only 2 minutes walk from our old site. Our new address is Containers 54 and 55, 35 Corbridge Cresent, London E2 9EZ. We’ll be opening up for London Design Festival and you can check out the new set up. We’ve moved to an […] more »
Even in the final weeks of our location at MR, we haven’t stopped coming up with new projects and adventures! We’ve whipped up Local Manufacture, a prototype shop to sell products exclusively made by our members, which explore what it means to design and manufacture in a truly local sense. […] more »
After the recent launch of their business, new website, and new products, we though it was about time we caught up with Grain, a furniture making duo who are working wonders while on the Cohort programme at Machines Room. Read on to find out more! Can you tell us […] more »