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InPlace

Ben Kindler — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:45:23 +0000

We have developed a new activity where we geographically map the locations of interactions within a community. Below are some images of it in action with the 9th & Bridge, arts community in Las Vegas. We created a 2.5 x 2.5 metre map where the group were ask to plot where they live, work eat and socialise.

A desert landscape.

Oliver Marlow — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:44:08 +0000

We’re back in Las Vegas, and it’s hot. 32 degrees and only May. In the shade however it’s wonderful. We’re preparing for Sunday and thinking about how our design approach needs to incorporate the outside, create shade, work with the desert landscape and maximise smart water usage. Unlike a lot of coworking spaces we’ve worked on it may be that here 40% is external space. How will those thresholds work? The transitions between the inside and outside? What will happen in those spaces? Really exciting questions for the community to engage with on Sunday.

Codesign in Las Vegas

Oliver Marlow — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:58:59 +0000

We’re heading back to Las Vegas next week to work with the Arts Community and the Downtown Project, sponsored by Zappos. We’re always iterating our tools and for this project we’ve developed some printed post it’s. There will be plenty of things to show from the events so stay tuned to the blog for more. It’s a huge and exciting project and we’re thrilled to be a part of it.

Chairs at the Festival Village.

Oliver Marlow — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:36:43 +0000

We’re using a lot of re-claimed and re-used material for the Festival Village. Not least from the myriad storerooms and forgotten corners of the Southbank Centre. Each item will be named after the place opens and you’ll be able to see the legacy of various pieces. If you’re in the know you’ll recognise these classic designs. Here on the right we’ve a chair remade for the 50 year celebrations for the Festival Of Britain, in the middle a chair we found in Rat City, a cavernous store below the Imax cinema, and on the left a chair saved from a big clear out that magically appeared after our Chair Hunt call out. Altogether, 70 chairs in these three classic styles. Thank you Miranda Terry for the picture. Continue to stay in touch with the project and come down if you’re free.

The Festival Village Website

Oliver Marlow — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:14:41 +0000

The website and blog for the Festival Village has been updated with all the event information, design packages and blog roll for the design evenings and comake days as we crank up the energy for our 28th May launch. Stay in touch with the project here and if you’d like to get involved please sign up for a Saturday Workshop. Have a look at the themes via teh design packages if there’s something in particular you’d like to learn about or just come along. There’s plenty going on!

The Cariola base.

Oliver Marlow — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:22:02 +0000

Based on the design of a wheelbarrow, very effective in managing weight and movement elegantly and easily the Cariola is a mobile meeting and skype booth. Here we see just the base, the structure is to come. Cariola is Italian for wheelbarrow by the way and a beautiful word. We’ll show you more as the other elements are finished.

The first co-design workshop at Festival Village

Oliver Marlow — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:08 +0000

Thanks to all who came on Saturday. We had a full house with an amazing range of input and experience. Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre came by and was impressed with the atmosphere and energy of the room. It’s worth hearing her talk about the Festival of the World.

A sneak image preview of some data from Ask the Space, as always working brilliantly. On Thursday we’ll be looking at the rhythms of the space and exploring the day in the life. The event is full now but join the Facebook group and email us at festivalvillage@southbankcentre.co.uk if you’d like to get involved. There a lot more to come!

The co-design activity blind lead

Oliver Marlow — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:28:53 +0000

For saturday’s design event at the Southbank we’ll do the activity Blind Lead amongst many others. A team directs a blindfolded participant through a scenario in the space via walkie talkie, leaving a trace of coloured string. Great at exploring spatial narrative, areas of congestion and understanding flow without the visual. It’s also great fun. Here’s a workshop we did in Sicily at the end of last summer.

Festival Village Launch

Oliver Marlow — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:34:01 +0000

We launched the Festival Village on Wednesday with over 120 people attending. A diverse range attended, from architects and stencil artists to Southbank Volunteers and staff. If you couldn’t make it, please go here to look at the Give Get activity we did, to see what the project can offer you and what you could do in return. We’re preparing for the Co-design Day on February 18th and we’re looking forward to seeing you there. We’ll begin designing the space, looking at amongst other things the aspirations of the space, spatial narrative, and look and feel. We’ll be prototyping directly in the space too, modelling and testing activity and location. It’ll be a lot of fun.

Southbank Centre’s Festival Village

Oliver Marlow — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:43:23 +0000

As London celebrates the 2012 Olympics, TILT, LYN and the Southbank Centre are inviting artists from around the UK and the world to participate and collaborate. Our new space, the Festival Village, will be at the heart of the festival. An experimental social space for the Festival of the World created through co-design and co-making. It will be a place where artists, partners, participants and staff can socialise, connect, and relax.

Please come along to the launch on the 25th January to find out how to get involved. Please follow the project on Facebook and Twitter