September Jelly
A number of people felt that the end of the month was crammed with events so we have decided to move to the beginning of the month.
The next Jelly Liverpool will be on Thursday 2nd September 2010 at the Bluecoat. We’ll be there from 9am so come and join us….you never know who you might meet.
If you are interested then please add your name to the wiki along with a little bit about what you do. Alternatively you can confirm on Facebook. Signing up is just so we have an idea of numbers for the tea and coffee. If you forget to sign up then please feel free to pop along anyway.
Special thanks to the Bluecoat for sponsoring Jelly Liverpool.
Data is the new (s)oil?
Fascinating TED talk from David McCandless on the beauty of data visualisation and its increasing importance in a connected world. McCandless quotes Hans Rosling: “let the data set change your mind set”.
The Future of 3d Printing
While reading Scott Summit’s work on 3d printed prosthetics I stumbled across this video from the Singularity University. In this 50 minute lecture Scott discuss the current state of 3d scanning and 3d printing. Summit explores where we are heading and what we can achieve when we throw out the old rules of mass production and invent new tools that require new rules.
Digital fabrication examples part III
ATM Skimmer
The ability to create almost anything raises interesting legal and ethical questions. One example of the dark side of fabbing was identified recently by 3d printing service company i.materialise.
Digital fabrication examples part II – Art & Design
Art & Design
Street Clocks
Fluid Form is one of an increasing number of personalised product companies. Easy to use online tools allow the customer to design unique creations based on geographical data (maps, topography etc). Read more: http://www.fluid-forms.com/
Digital fabrication examples part 1 – Fashion & Architecture
Digital fabrication, or fabbing, is the name given to a range of techniques and technologies that can make physical things from your digital data. Create your design in your favourite 2d or 3d package then send it to one of a range of machines that can cut, machine, drill, or sculpt your design into a physical object.
Fabbing has been around for decades but recently cheaper and more powerful equipment has made it far more accessible to creative makers. The range of things that you can create with fabbing technology is increasing by the day. Here are a few of our current favourites.
Window on hidden truths?
Interesting post over at Creative Review re Data Visualisation. Features link to Newsnight’s recent piece on the subject (and in particular whether it helps articulate or distorts the message) with Kirsty Wark, David McCandless and Neville Brody.
See the infographic review of the designer’s respective performances here!
Example of data visualisation:
Jelly Liverpool 2
What is Jelly Liverpool?
Jelly Liverpool is a casual work-together. Anyone is welcome to bring their laptop and come work alongside other creative, fun people for the day.
Who is it for?
Jelly Liverpool is for anyone who likes the idea of working alongside inspiring, creative people in a warm and welcoming environment.
First Jelly Liverpool …
The first Jelly Liverpool took place at Static (off Berry St, Liverpool) on Thursday 29th July 2010. Those who normally work at home or independently in remote office premises found themselves working side by side with like-minded people. The coffee spot offered a great opportunity to mingle and those who vaguely know each other from the Liverpool circuit took the opportunity to speak to people and find out what projects they were working on.
The atmosphere at Static, were office space is regularly rented by some local and thriving SMEs, created an environment which stimulated a casual but great work ethic.
The format going forward will be to host a Jelly Liverpool on the last Thursday of every month. So put 26th August in your diary…..we’d love to encourage a lot more to attend and to spread the word wider in Liverpool to attract artists, graphic designers, or anyone else who works remotely or independently … the greater the range of attendees, the more interesting the Jelly Liverpool becomes … and who know what you might get from it? Come join us.
When and where the next JellyLiverpool?
Thursday 26th August 2010 (9-5pm). Venue TBC.
What do I need to bring?
Laptop, power leads, headphones and a smile!
What do I need to do next?
Nothing! Just drop in, have a chat and do some work!
If you really want to you can sign up over at http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyLiverpoolUK (but nobody will be offended if you don’t!)
Thinking Digital Videos
The videos of all the speakers at Thinking Digital 2010 have just gone up over at http://videos.thinkingdigital.co.uk/category/thinking-digital-2010-day-one/.
I have already written a little about a few of my favourite talks so check them out.
The one session I really wanted to write about in my previous post was a talk by Tom Wujec (I tried several times but I just couldn’t do it justice).
The video below is essential viewing for anybody interested in near future technologies and especially those interested in the future of digital fabrication.
Tom Wujec speaking at #TDC10 from Herb Kim on Vimeo.
All things ‘FAB’ at Open Labs
One of our key missions here at Open Labs@LJMU is to support individuals, students and micro SMEs in the digital and creative sector. We help them to identify new and emerging technologies and offer assistance in exploiting these new ideas.
Our first major project will be exploring the world of digital fabrication or ‘fabbing’ – the tools, techniques and processes that can turn your digital designs into physical objects in the real world.
