Machines Room fabricated a set of //www.opendesk.cc/ furniture on our ShopBot CNC for the RSA’s The Great Recovery project. … more »
Live Laserbugs test by So Kanno
Artist So Kanno will be testing out his laser bugs in the classroom this wednesday evening, pop by and see some awesome robots, pop by on Wednesday 6 – 9 to have a look! more »
Building the Precious Plastic recycling machines
We are building Dave Hakkens’ Precious Plastic machines! It’s a fantastic suite of 4 machines that start with shredding and then move through extrusion, injection and compression. The first stage is to build the machines – this is what they will look like… we hope! Then the next stage is […] more »
Weeknotes 15.04.16
We’re going to start writing weeknotes.. observing and documenting all the amazing things (as well as some of the mundane ones) that happen in a week at Machines Room On Wednesday night we had what seemed like hundreds of people here for Oscar Lhermitte’s Moon launch – the most accurate […] more »
Maker Library Showcase: Matt J Gilbert
Maker Library Maker in Residence Matt J Gilbert showcased the designs he has been making over the course of his time at Machines Room. Matt used the time to get ready for Milan Design Festival and quickly moved through prototyping to final product creation. For the showcase he displayed tests […] more »
Creativity Works: Fashion workshop
We really enjoyed hosting the participants of the Creativity Works Fashion Workshop. They came to Machines Room to learn how to design T Shirts and then returned a month later to showcase their designs in an exhibition for friends and family. >more more »
Maker Library Network think tank
The Maker Library Network held their global think tank here and connected in person at Machines Room and with participants from over 10 countries online. Ideas for the future of the programme were discussed and a new communications model for the network was piloted. more »
Community fundraising via Project Soup
Inspired by the success of the soup events in Detroit our friends at Small Works Kings Cross and Small Works Victoria have brought #PROJECTSOUP to London. Since its successful 2015 launch, we have raised nearly £5000 for local projects in Westminster & Islington. The concept for Project Soup is simple: + […] more »
Thoughts about Clear Village’s future – by Thomas Ermacora
As 2015 draws to a close, I would like to share a number of reflections on how I see Clear Village developing in the years ahead. The first theme I would like to touch on is the relationship between participatory design and technology. Until now Clear Village has been viewed […] more »