Machines Room is now hosting new residents Julien Vaissieres and Dylan Bahnan as they develop their project Plyset. We wanted to know more about their background and how the whole collaboration came to be: Can you tell us a bit about your backgrounds as makers, and your practice and areas of […] more »
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Last week we made the trek from east to west London to visit the new Design Museum. The museum has a permanent gallery Designer – User – Maker and we were thrilled to find photos of Machines Room illustrating the maker movement. The role of the Maker in the design process […] more »
Ruby Childs expands on her experience with Data Physicalisation, a key element in her Maker in Residence project here at Machines Room, and surveys some Data Physicalisation projects which inspire her. Data Physicalisation is the process of representing data in the physical world. We’ve seen a wealth of techniques in […] more »
Check out what Maker in Residence Ruby is experimenting with, and pick up some handy how-tos! Origami: Place in a Makerspace An Intro to Origami Origami is a beautiful traditional paper craft whereby we create folds known as mountains and valleys. Once folded, the paper forms a new shape. Read […] more »
We are excited to be hosting Ruby Childs, a new Maker in Residence at Machines Room. >more We had a little Q&A with her to find out what’s in store for her residency! Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practices […] more »
Another step in the right direction for our plastic recycling system: honing our bowl-making techniques! After playing around with different melting levels and moulds, we managed to press-mould some stacking bowls into existence! There was an entire Quality Street box used in the process… makes for a nice […] more »
The film documentation of Fix Our City is ready! If you missed the exhibition, check out what it was all about here. more »
Give someone a bespoke maker's gift - a laser cut birch plywood voucher for your choice of Machines Room activities. more »