Good to Nature, Good to People, Good to Business: A Holistic Blue Economy is the Answer This unique introductory workshop is a roadmap for sustainable business based on the Blue Economy principles and made for everyone interested in saving the world: Students, Entrepreneurs, Start-Ups, Universities, NGOs. It is the first […] more »
Maker Library Network Residents Start
Last week we welcomed 6 new resident makers into the Maker Library. 4 professional makers join us for six months; Ross Atkin, Helen Steer, Phoenix Perry & Rachael Wallach. Craig Dunlop has come all the way from Cape Town where he is Maker Librarian and director of WorkSpace maker space and starts […] more »
Weeknotes 21/6/16
Last week we hosted a day long workshop on Open Source Circular Economy led by Erica Purvis – people from a wide range of disciplines came together to develop practical ways of integrating the circular economy model into community spaces. Very useful for us as a makerspace which is on […] more »
9th June – Beyond the Pages: Co-creating urban futures for the 90%
Beyond the Pages: Recoded City Date: 9 June 2016 Time: 6:30PM Location: Machines Room, 45, Vyner Street, Hackney, London, E2 9DQSpeakers: Thomas Ermacora (Chair), editor of Recoded City: Co-Creating Urban Futures Lucy Bullivant, editor of Recoded City: Co-Creating Urban Futures Clementine Blakemore, WORKSHOP architecture Alastair Parvin, WikiHouse Petra Havelska and Igor Marko, Marko & PlacemakersBeyond the […] more »
London Creative Network Open Call – Application Deadline 26th June
OPEN CALL: Free Professional Development Programme for London-based creatives LONDON CREATIVE NETWORK is a new development programme for creative practitioners in London, run by SPACE, with Cockpit Arts, Four Corners and Photofusion. Cockpit Arts will support designer-makers through a rolling programme to develop new processes, products and services, underpinned by business skills and leading to a more sustainable practice. […] more »
15th June – Processing Playground classes!
We are very excited to be hosting Processing Playground course – come learn a really cool multi-use coding programme for anyone with a visual mind – book tickets here! more »
15th June – Blender classes!
Starting 15th June Machines Room is hosting classes on Blender – an extremely useful, open source software which can be used in all kinds of fabrication and animation! Book tickets here! more »
Free Bike Fixing 1st June!
The Dr Bike programme, part of Life Cycle UK, is visiting Machines Room – we will be hosting an experienced mechanic who will check over bikes and make simple repairs and adjustments to ensure they are in good working order, for FREE! Bring your bike! 1st June 5-8pm more »
Precious Plastic Meetup #2
Join us for the next Precious Plastic meetup, where we will set in motion the next phase of sourcing and building our very own plastic recycling system! Check out the inspiration, get involved and follow our progress! 1st June 6:30pm Free! more »