Check out what Robin Shepherd, one of our long-standing members, was hiding in piles of cotton wool, balloons, bicycles, and boxes piled up in a corner of Machines Room… Robin turned it all into these swish demonstrations of a stylish new waterproof onesie! He has been busy fabricating this installation […] more »
Code Liberation workshop at Machines Room!
[youtube //www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrnxcHMG9Fo?rel=0&showinfo=0] Tiny alien friends that interact with your laptop by @_caroline6868 Such a great Saturday! Last weekend Machines Room hosted the final workshop in the Code Liberation series, a seven week collaboration between V&A, Machines Room, and Goldsmiths. The workshop was led by Phoenix Perry and driven by a great […] more »
Maker Mile, FabCity?
Fabrication according to conventional wisdom is where raw materials are turned into finished goods on a large scale. The image that comes to mind is of industrial buildings with smoking stacks on the brown belt of a regional city and shipping containers packed with batches of 1000’s meeting a global […] more »
DisruptDisability: Makers In Residence
We were excited to interview Molly Gavriel, member of the DisruptDisability team, to get an update on how the project is going – it’s come so far since they started their residency at Machines Room! Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practice […] more »
GUK: Makers in Residence
Meet our Makers in Residence GUK; an architecture practice based in Sicily, designing and creating handmade products. more »
Along the Maker Mile: Fix Our City at Machines Room!
So, Fix Our City seemed like it only happened yesterday! It’s still so fresh on all our minds here at Machines Room. The exhibition and events programme, part of the Maker Mile and London Design Festival, created quite a rich snapshot of a huge range of amazing projects which have […] more »
Jasmine Johnson: Maker In Residence
We caught up with Jasmine Johnson, who has just completed her Maker in Residence at Machines Room, to find out her thoughts and responses about the experience: MR: Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, and your practice and areas of interest? JJ: I am […] more »
Small Works: Supporting social enterprise, supporting your community
On 10th November 2016, Clear Village played host to a dynamic mix of community members, social entrepreneurs, housing providers and local government representatives. After kicking off the event with a “market” at Small Works Kings Cross, where attendees could get to know the social enterprises working from our Small Works […] more »
Precious Plastic Meetup 16.11.16
It’s autumn and time for our community project, Precious Plastic to wake up again after its summer pause. We have a shredder, of sorts, we can melt and we have an injection moulder, so it’s time to work out what we want to make and how to get there. Join […] more »