Mark Milne and I are just back from working with colleagues in Serbia at the magnificient Palace of Serbia. This is a 3 year project looking at how to engage creativity into Serbian University’s to release the potential for more collaboration and industrial innovation. More information about the IF4TM project here.
Interesting work from Barclays to set up a maker and entrepreneur space (Eagle Lab) in the bank premises at Brighton’s Preston Circus. Forthcoming workshops include ‘lean start up tools’ for entrepreneurs on 19th April.
‘Meeting of Design Students’ (MEDS) holds an annual design workshop which is hosted by a different country each summer. Bringing together 200 creative students from 30+ countries, MEDS offers a chance to learn, network, design & build… and, of course, party! https://www.facebook.com/MEDSengland/
Welcome back to Ben Freeman, and thanks for chatting to students today about work experience at Oset Bikes since graduation last year. Awesome!
Last years graduate Alex Matthams has won a Creative Pool Best of Product award, publicised widely in their 2016 annual (free download from here). Looking forward to seeing it in the shops Alex.
The Waterblade fits into a mixer tap and makes washing of hands both more luxurious and water efficient, and has won a UK innovation award. Company owner Nigel Bamford said: “At the time I invented the Waterblade I was working full time on a different business venture and did not have any spare time or design capacity. This all changed when I won an innovation voucher to work with Brighton University’s product design department. I now have international intellectual property protection for the Waterblade and we are actively exploring markets in the UK, Europe and globally.”
The village of Ditchling just to the north of Brighton may be small, but has a big connection with the Arts and Crafts movement. Currently on show at the village museum is the work of Johnstone and Gill in the formulation of the brand identify of the London Underground. Further into mid-Sussex, Standen House near East Grinsted is a good example of a house designed by and for the Arts and Crafts movement.
It’s International Ideas day today, apparently (unless you are a designer in which case it’s every day . . )
The University of Brighton is hosting a TEDx event this Saturday 12th at the Sallis Benney theatre. The theme is around serendipity (creativity, enterprise and innovation) and among the speakers is our own graduate Emily Brooke. Highly recommended if you can make it – http://www.tedxuniversityofbrighton.co.uk/index.html.
