Join us for Maker in Residence Susanna Gibson’s breakfast showcase, marking the end of her residency at Machines Room. She’ll be introducing her research into sustainable materials for furniture making, such as mycelum and recycled plastic, and sharing some fascinating protoypes. Tuesday 11th July 9:30-11am Free coffee and breakfast! Tell […] more »
Last November, Machines Room took part in the Craft Council’s excellent biennial conference, Make:Shift, at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. It was attended by over 250 people and presented the work of 55 leading specialists, practitioners and experts from the fields of craft, design, science, engineering, technology, medicine and […] more »
Last night Machines Room was packed with people talking Hardware. CRL, London’s newest Hardware Accelerator, held an evening inviting applications to their second cohort of hardware startups. There was a really interesting discussion chaired by Mat Hunter with Alex Peet, CRL’s ex-Dyson Workshop Manager, and Matt Webb, ex Berg mentor […] more »
Good to Nature, Good to People, Good to Business: A Holistic Blue Economy is the Answer This unique introductory workshop is a roadmap for sustainable business based on the Blue Economy principles and made for everyone interested in saving the world: Students, Entrepreneurs, Start-Ups, Universities, NGOs. It is the first […] more »
Last week we hosted a day long workshop on Open Source Circular Economy led by Erica Purvis – people from a wide range of disciplines came together to develop practical ways of integrating the circular economy model into community spaces. Very useful for us as a makerspace which is on […] more »
Beyond the Pages: Recoded City Date: 9 June 2016 Time: 6:30PM Location: Machines Room, 45, Vyner Street, Hackney, London, E2 9DQSpeakers: Thomas Ermacora (Chair), editor of Recoded City: Co-Creating Urban Futures Lucy Bullivant, editor of Recoded City: Co-Creating Urban Futures Clementine Blakemore, WORKSHOP architecture Alastair Parvin, WikiHouse Petra Havelska and Igor Marko, Marko & PlacemakersBeyond the […] more »
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 »