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We’re in the Design Museum
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 »
Data Physicalisation
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 »
Ruby Childs’ Origami Experiments
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 »
Maker in Residence
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 »
Weeknotes 17/01/17: Experimenting with Precious Plastic
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 »
Fix Our City: the movie!
The film documentation of Fix Our City is ready! If you missed the exhibition, check out what it was all about here. more »
Give the Gift of Making!
Give someone a bespoke maker's gift - a laser cut birch plywood voucher for your choice of Machines Room activities. more »
Residency Opportunities for Jan & Feb 2017
We are accepting applications for residencies starting early 2017 You can join us from January as a six month professional resident. Residencies are intended for professionals who would use Machines Room as their main place of work and are here full time. The six month residency is primarily for prototyping […] more »