This Wednesday you are invited to the Kickstarter Launch Party for the Crane Lamp, designed by Matt Gilbert and made in Machines Room more »
Disrupt Disability
How can we make wheelchairs more adaptable, customisable, and look more appealing to wheelchair wearers? more »
Q&A with Salome Bazin
Salome is one of our newest Makers in Residence, and she is working on quite a few exciting, groundbreakingly interdisciplinary projects. We chatted to find out more about what’s in store for her residency: Can you tell us a bit about your background as a maker, your practice and areas […] more »
Coco Sato’s ‘Electro Origami’
Coco Sato is an award-winning Japanese artist based in the UK. Her work uses origami to change the way people see the world. The next part of the world she will be working in is here at Machines Room, as our newest Maker in Residence. Coco is best known for […] more »
Online Volunteer Credits!
We've just added some great new features to the website, check them out! more »
Mushrooms, Boat Beds!
Susanna Gibson is a maker who has been involved at Machines Room for a long time now, and starting as a Maker in Residence is yet another fascinating chapter in her time here! We caught up to see what she has in store for the residency. Can you tell us […] more »
Hello Shenzhen Update
It has been over a month since Machines Room said goodbye to our Hello Shenzhen Maker in Residence, Kang Cheng, but far from being a final farewell, the exchange programme has proven to be only the start of what we hope will be a long-term collaboration between our East London makerspace […] more »
Meet Zaynab Hamdi
We caught up with Zaynab Hamdi, who is currently crowdfunding her first product Letter Connector, an Arabic language teaching tool. She developed her product at Machines Room over the first year of her membership here. Help support the launch of the product here! Can you tell us a bit about […] more »
Grow food in the city – IKEA growroom
Want to grow local food? Bring Nature back to the city? You need a Growroom! Space 10, supported by IKEA have released Open Source plans for this fantastic large wooden sphere with walls made of planters – in essence it creates an outdoor room, with walls made of plants. Full […] more »