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Dezeen Awards 2021 architecture shortlist reveals world's best buildings

We are announcing the Dezeen Awards 2021 shortlists this week. Here are the 61 buildings shortlisted in the 12 architecture project categories.

All shortlisted architecture projects are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Dezeen Awards website, where you can find an image and more information about the project.

All shortlists to be announced this week

The interiors shortlist will be announced tomorrow, followed by the design shortlist on Wednesday, the sustainability and media shortlists on Thursday, and the studio shortlist on Friday.

Above: Guha in Jakarta, Indonesia, by RAW Architecture is shortlisted in the business building category. Top: Cinema Le Grand Palais, France, by Antonio Virga Architecte is shortlisted in the civic building category

The winner of each project category will be announced online in November. All ten winners will then go on to compete for the title of architecture project of the year.

Vote for your favourite project next week

For the second year running, Dezeen Awards is holding a public vote after the shortlist announcements, so readers can choose their favourite projects from 13 September onwards. Projects with the highest number of votes in their category will win a public vote award.

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Below is the full architecture shortlist:

Villa Fifty-Fifty by Studioninedots is shortlisted in the urban house category

Urban house

› Canning Street, Carlton, Australia, by Foomann › Fitzroy Bridge House, Australia, by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design › CH house, Hanoi, Vietnam, by ODDO architects › Macdonald Road House, Applecross, Australia, by Philip Stejskal Architecture › Mt Coot-Tha House, Brisbane, Australia, by Nielsen Jenkins › Villa Fifty-Fifty by Studioninedots

Browse all projects on the urban house shortlist page.

nCaved in Serifos, Greece, by Mold Architects is shortlisted in the rural house category

Rural house

› Xerolithi, Serifos, Greece, by George Sinas › Casa Ter, Baix Empordà, Spain, by Mesura › nCaved, Serifos, Greece, by Mold Architects › Setoyama, Shizuoka, Japan, by Moriya and Partners › Mazul, Oaxaca, Mexico, by Revolution

Browse all projects on the rural house shortlist page.

Punta Majahua in Guerrero, Mexico, by Zozaya Arquitectos is shortlisted in the housing project category

Housing project

› Baochao Hutong Mirror Yard, Beijing, China, by DAGA Architects › La Trobe University Student Accommodation, Victoria, Australia, by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects › Stone Garden - Mina Image Center and Housing by Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture › Agorahaverne: Ibihaven, Copenhagen, Denmark, by Tetris A/S › Punta Majahua, Guerrero, Mexico, by Zozaya Arquitectos

Browse all projects on the housing project shortlist page.

Ørsted Gardens in Frederiksberg, Denmark, by Tegnestuen LOKAL is shortlisted in the residential rebirth category

Residential rebirth

› Jūra Spot, Palanga, Lithuania, by JSC Šilta Šiaurė › Fitzroy Bridge House, Fitzroy, Australia, by Matt Gibson Architecture + Design › Quarter Glass House, London, UK, by Proctor and Shaw › Ørsted Gardens, Frederiksberg, Denmark, by Tegnestuen LOKAL › PONY, Brighton, UK, by WOWOWA

Browse all projects on the residential rebirth shortlist page.

Cinema Le Grand Palais in Cahors, France, by Antonio Virga Architecte is shortlisted in the civic building category

Civic building

› The Bodø City Hall, Bodø, Norway, by ALL › Cinema Le Grand Palais, Cahors, France, by Antonio Virga Architecte › My Montessori Garden, Ha Long City, Vietnam, by HGAA › House of Nature, Silkeborg, Denmark, by Revaerk › Antoine de Ruffi School Group, Marseille, France, by TAUTEM Architecture

Browse all projects on the civic building shortlist page.

Hall of Immortality at Longshan Cemetery in Henan, China, by Studio 10 is shortlisted in the cultural building category

Cultural building

› Baoshan WTE Exhibition Center by Kokaistudios › Yabuli Conference Center by MAD Architects › Babyn Yar Synagogue by Manuel Herz Architects › Hall of Immortality at Longshan Cemetery, Henan, China, by Studio 10 › PANNAR Sufficiency Economic and Agriculture Learning Center by Vin Varavarn Architects

Browse all projects on the cultural building shortlist page.

Nodi in Nya Hovås, Sweden, by White Arkitekter is shortlisted in the business building category

Business building

› Sanya Farm Lab, Sanya, China, by CLOU architects › Frizz23, Berlin, Germany, by Deadline Architects › Guha, Jakarta, Indonesia, by RAW Architecture › Imatra Electricity Substation, Imatrankoski, Finland, by Virkkunen & Co. Architects › Nodi, Nya Hovås, Sweden, by White Arkitekter

Browse all projects on the business building shortlist page.

Presence in Hormuz 2 by ZAV Architects is shortlisted in the hospitality building category

Hospitality building

› The Museum Hotel Antakya, Antioch, Turkey, by EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture › PokoPoko Clubhouse, Nasu, Japan, by Klein Dytham Architecture › Ziedlejas Latvian Spa and Wellness Resort, Krimuldas, Latvia, by Open AD › Vedana Restaurant, Phuong, Vietnam, by VTN Architects › Presence in Hormuz 2, Hormuz, Iran, by ZAV Architects

Browse all projects on the hospitality project shortlist page.

Helfštýn Castle Palace Reconstruction in Czech Republic by Atelier-r is shortlisted in the rebirth building category

Rebirth building

› Helfštýn Castle Palace Reconstruction, Czech Republic, by Atelier-r › Zvonarka Bus Station, Zvonarka, Czech Republic, by Chybik + Kristof › Gare Maritime Neutelings, Brussels, Belgium, by Riedijk Architects › Revitalization of Prague riverfront area, Prague, Czech Republic, by Petr Janda/brainwork › Art Barn, Devon, UK, by Thomas Randall-Page

Browse all projects on the rebirth project shortlist page.

Bio-Informatic Digester in New Jersey, USA, by Terreform ONE is shortlisted in the small building category

Small building

› Peach Hut by Atelier XI › Hill Country Wine Cave, Austin, Texas, USA, by Clayton Korte › The Olive Houses by Mar plus ask › Bio-Informatic Digester, New Jersey, USA, by Terreform ONE › Alive, Venice, Italy, by The Living

Browse all projects on the small building shortlist page.

Alpine Garden: Preserve Indigenous Culture and Native Plants in Lijiang, China, by Z'scape is shortlisted in the landscape project category

Landscape project

› Heito 1909, Taiwan, by ECG International Landscape Consultants › Haoxiang Lake Park, Shenzhen, China, by Elandscript › Sunac Yunyang In Huanan, Danyang, China, by Qidi Design Group › Back to the Neighbourhood: The Playscape, children's community centre, Beijing, China, by Waa › Alpine Garden: Preserve Indigenous Culture and Native Plants, Lijiang, China, by Z'scape

Browse all projects on the landscape project shortlist page.

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design in Georgia, USA, by The Miller Hull Partnership is shortlisted in the sustainable building category

Sustainable building

› Welcome to the Jungle House, Sydney, Australia, by CplusC Architectural Workshop › Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center, Kamikatsu, Japan, by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP › The Arc at Green School, Bali, Indonesia, by Ibuku › ciAsa Aqua Bad Cortina, Val Badia, Italy, by Pedevilla Architects › The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Georgia, USA, by The Miller Hull Partnership

Browse all projects on the sustainable building shortlist page.

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Сэйлорс-Снаг Харбор (Sailors' Snug Harbor)

Сейлорс-Снаг Харбор, известный как Культурный Центр и Ботанический Сад Снаг Харбор (Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden) или просто Снаг Харбор (Snug Harbor) — коллекция архитектурно ценных зданий XIX в. В парке, расположенном неподалеку от Килл-Ван-Кулл (the Kill Van Kull) на северном берегу Стейтен-Айленд в Нью-Йорк Сити.

Когда-то он был домом престарелых для моряков. Сейчас здесь находится городской парк площадью 340 000 м2. Часть зданий и территорий используется художественными организациями под предводительством Культурного Центра и Ботанического Сада Снаг-Харбор. Сейлорс-Снаг Харбор включает 26 зданий в стиле греческого возрождения, а также итальянского и викторианского стилей. Место считается ценным для Стейтн-Аленда и напоминанием о морском прошлом Нью-Йорка XIX в.

История

Снаг Харбор был основан к 1801 г. по завещанию нью-йоркского капитана Роберта Ричарда Ренделла, в честь которого назван близлежащий район Ренделл-Мейнор (Randall Manor). Ренделл оставил свой участок земли на территории между Пятой Авеню и Бродвеем и Восьмой и Десятой Улицами, чтобы построить заведение, где бы заботились о «престарелых, ушедших на пенсию» моряках. Открытие дома для моряков было отложено из-за споров между обездоленными наследниками Ренделла. Когда Сейлорс-Санг Харбор открылся в 1833 г., он стал первым заведением для ушедших на пенсию моряков в истории США. Сначала существовало одно-единственное здание, сейчас оно находится в центре из пяти сооружений в стиле эпохи греческого возрождения, внешне напоминающих храм и возвышающихся над набережной Нью-Брайтон (New Brighton waterfront).

Капитан Томас Мелвилль, ушедший на отдых морской капитан и брат Германа Мелвилля, автора книги Моби-Дик (Moby-Dick), управлял Снаг Харбор в 1867-1884 гг.

�� 1890 г. Капитан Густавус Траск, директор Снаг Харбор, построил церковь в стиле эпохи Возрождения, Мемориальную Часовню Ренделла (the Randall Memorial Chapel) и, наконец, музыкальный холл, оба выполнены по проекту Роберта В. Гибсона.

Около 1 000 ушедших на покой моряков жили в Снаг Харбор в период его расцвета в конце XIX в., когда сама организация входила в список самых богатых в Нью-Йорке. По оценкам Вашингтон-Сквер (Washington Square) ежегодные расходы на содержание дома составляли около 100,000 $.

В середине XX века Снаг Харбор начал испытывать серьезные финансовые трудности. В 1952 году массивная структура, Мемориальная Церковь Ренделла (Randall Memorial Church) из белого мрамора, пришла в упадок и была разрушена. С появлением системы Социальной Б��зопасности в 1930-х гг. были изменены требования для содержания пожилых людей; к середина 1950-х гг. здесь оставалось не более 200 человек. К началу 1960-х гг. приют, был перемещен в Си-Левел (Sea Level) в штате Северная Каролина.

К 1960-м гг. это место площадью в 336,000 м² приглянулось землевладельцам, выступавшим за сохранение имущества. Недавно сформированная Комиссия Достопримечательностей Нью-Йорк Сити (New York City Landmarks Commission) сделала шаг на встречу, пообещав сохранить оставшиеся здания, признав историческую ценность и добавив их в Национальную Регистрационную Книгу Исторических Мест (National Register of Historic Places). В последствие прошло несколько судебных споров, однако, в конце концов, историческая ценность была подтверждена вновь, и Снаг Харбор получил статус Национального Исторического Объекта в 1965 г.

12 сентября 1976 г. Культурный Центр Снаг Харбор был официально открыт для публики. В 2008 г. Культурный Центр Снаг Харбор и Ботанический Сад Стейтен-Айленд (Staten Island Botanical Garden) объединились в Культурный Центр и Ботанический Сад Снаг Харбор.

Архитектура

Пять сообщающихся зданий в стиле эпохи греческого возрождения считаются «самым амбициозным образцом классического возрождения в США» и «самым экстраординарным» комплексом греческого храма в стране. Здание С (Building C) 1833 г. является центром композиции, пять сооружений в стиле греческого возрождения, «формируют симметричную композицию на Террасе Ричмонда (Richmond Terrace), восьми колонный портик в центре и два шести колонных портика в каждом конце».

Административное здание 1833г., выполненное Минардом Лейфевером – «прекрасное» здание в стиле эпохи греческого возрождения с монументальным портиком в ионическом стиле, являющееся самой старой из сохранившихся работ архитектора. Оно было реконструировано впервые в 1884 г., обзаведясь «трехэтажной галереей раскрашенного стекла», и повторно уже в 1990-х гг.

Все пять знаменитых рядов сооружений в стиле эпохи греческого возрождения индивидуально зарегистрированы, так же как и 131-летняя часовня, которая была реконструирована как учебный и концертный зал; дом у входа в Итальянскую Террасу Ричмонда (the Italinate Richmond Terrace gate house, 1873г.) обнесен железным забором XIX в., скрывающим от взора все прилежащие сооружения, а также Здание С и часовню.Сооружения расположены на ландшафтной территории и окружены специально разработанным железным забором XIX в. Неподалеку находится «красивый» цинковый фонтан 1893 г., изображающий бога Нептуна, и не так давно замененный копией. Согласно Нью-Йорк Таймс «Он расположен в центре, на ракушке, поддерживаемый морскими монстрами и с поднятым трезубцем. Струи воды бьют из центра фонтана и из металлических букетов с коралловыми лилиями.

Культурный Центр и Ботанический Сад Снаг Харбор

Культурный Центр Снаг Харбор (Snug Harbor Cultural Center) и Ботанический Сад Стейтен-Айленд (Staten Island Botanical Garden) являются некоммерческой организацией, обслуживающей Сейлорс-Снаг Харбор. Их первоочередная цель «работа, управление и развитие помещений, известных как Сейлорс-Снаг Харбор в качестве культурного и образовательного центра и парка». В 2005 г. он попал в список 406 художественных нью-йоркских и культурных институтов, получивших часть 20-миллионого $ гранта от Корпорации Карнеги при поддержке мэра Нью-Йорка Майкла Блумберга. В 2006 г. доходы и расходы бесприбыльной организации составили около 3,7 миллионов $, а активы на конец года – около 2,6 миллиона $. Он является резиденцией для Ассоциации Детского Театра Стейтен-Айленда (the Staten Island Children's Theater Association, SICTA), которому первоначально покровительствовали такие актеры, как Нолан ДеБауэр. Также здесь располагается Музыкальная Консерватория Стейтен-Айленд (Staten Island Conservatory of Music).

Ботанический Сад Стейтен-Айленд (Staten Island Botanical Garden)

Ботанический Сад Стейтен-Айленд содержит такие пространные сады, как Белый Сад (The White Garden), разбитый по образцу знаменитого сада Вита Саквиль-Уэст (Vita Sackville-West) в Сиссингхерсте; Секретный Сад Конни-Гретц (Connie Gretz’s Secret Garden) с замком, церковью и окруженным стенами потаенным садом; и Китайский Школьный Сад Нью-Йорка (The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden), самый настоящийкитайский сад в стиле знаменитых садов Сужоу (Suzhou).

Ньюхауз Центр Современного Искусства (Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art)

Основанный в 1977 г., Ньюхауз Центр Современного Искусства выставляет работы местных и международных художников. Центр, где также проводятся выставки художников-резидентов, имеет общую выставочную площадь в 1 400 м2.

Морская Коллекция Нобла (The Noble Maritime Collection)

Дворянская Морская Коллекция – музей с особым акцентом на работах художника Джона А. Нобла (1913-1983 гг.). Нью-Йорк Сан (The New York Sun) назвала коллекцию Нобла «драгоценным камнем среди нью-йоркских музеев».

Детский Музей Стейтен-Айленд (The Staten Island Children's Museum)

Детский Музей Стейтен-Айленд располагает сменяющейся коллекцией, где представлены экспонаты, выполненные руками детей.

Музей Стейтен-Айленд (The Staten Island Museum)

Институт Стейтен-Айленд по Искусству и Науке (the Staten Island Institute of Arts - Sciences) планирует открыть художественный музей в современном здании с полным климат контролем в стенах одного из пяти знаменитых сооружений Снаг Харбр. Основанный в 1881 г. как Естественнонаучная Ассоциация Стейтен-Айленда (Natural Science Association of Staten Island), институт временно располагает музеем недалеко от Сент-Джордж (St. George), где проводятся выставки, посвященные естественной истории и искусству и истории Стейтен-Айленд.

Художественная Лаборатория (Art Lab)

Художественная Лаборатория – школа изобразительного и прикладного искусства, основанная в 1975 г. и организующая художественные выставки-инструкции.

Мьюзик-Холл (Music Hall)

Мьюзик-Холл – аудитория на 850 мест. Мьюзик-Холл открылся в июле 1892 г. кантатой «Розовый Майден» ( The Rose Maiden ), куда пришло 600 резидентов, рассаженных на обычных деревянных скамейках, а 300 мест на балконах были заняты опекунами, руководителями и их гостями. http://newyork.kiev.ua/gid-po-gorodu/dostoprimechatel-nosti/seilors-snag-xarbor-sailors-snug-harbor.html А дальше по дороге прикольный Shakers bar в окружении шиномонтажных мастерских со старыми покрышками используемыми для украшения старых заборов, как в россии.

#Sailors' Snug Harbor #Art Lab #Music Hall #The Staten Island Museum #Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden #Shakers bar #бар #коктейли #bar #Staten Island #new york #нью йорк #стайтен айленд

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REMIX THE MUSEUM goes monthly at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

CALLING ALL 13-25 YEAR OLDS! Drop-in and mix up the Museums collection in this series of workshops run every last Saturday of the month in the Brighton Museum Lab.

No previous experience necessary, just come along and have a go at creating your own animation or Gif. Bring your own smartphone if you have one, but equipment is also provided.

Each month will have a different theme and focus.

First session starts 25th November 2-4pm If you live in Brighton or Hove it's free. http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/brighton/plan-your-visit/admission-charges/

#sheepfilms #brighton youth film festival #brighton museums #remix the museum #young people

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Come and explore the varied and exciting chocolatey delights in London! As the third-largest consumers of chocolate in Europe, we Brits take our sweet treats seriously! Whether it comes steaming hot in a mug or in a solid bar, flavoured with the latest must-have ingredient or just pure chocolate, everyone from Buckingham Palace to the streets of Soho and beyond is eating chocolate. During your chocolate getaway, you will explore the capital’s top addresses and taste the most daring of flavours!

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10 ways to dive into the London chocolate scene

Visit the chocolate museum

Opened in March 2013 by Isabelle Alaya, French chocolatier and creator of the Mélange Chocolate brand, the Chocolate Museum in London is a haven for chocolate lovers. By bringing together a wide variety of museum pieces – including posters, cooking utensils and ancient artefacts – the museum allows you to dive headfirst into the world of chocolate and learn more about its origins. The museum also organises a number of workshops and tastings to set your taste buds tingling! The Chocolate Museum, 187 Ferndale Road, Brixton, London SW9 8BA

Take a specialist course with MyChocolate

Want to learn to make chocolate-based cocktails? How about truffles or your own sweet treats? This is what MyChocolate, a London business specialising in organising chocolate workshops, can offer. In a relaxed atmosphere, you will learn how to work with delicate chocolate. The courses are designed for everyone, from complete novices to those with existing confectionary-making skills. MyChocolate 10C Branch Place, London N1 5PH

Discover the historic Menier Chocolate Factory

First opened in 1870 on the South Bank, for many years the Menier Chocolate Factory was an important London-based outlet for the French brand, Menier. Listed as an historic monument, the factory was converted into a 180-seat theatre in 2004. Although chocolate has not been produced here since, those interested in its history can still make a pilgrimage and enjoy a show in the converted theatre at the same time! Menier Chocolate Factory 53 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU

Have a cup of decadent hot chocolate at Chin Chin Labs...

Although they’re best known for producing cutting-edge ice cream using molecular cooking techniques, Chin Chin Labs in Camden have a secret weapon: their hot chocolate! Made using artisan chocolate, it comes topped with a gigantic helping of lightly caramelised vegetarian marshmallow. Indulgent and irresistible! Chin Chin Labs 49-50 Camden Lock Place, London, NW1 8AF

... or try the almost obscene caramel hot chocolate at Said!

At the other end of the spectrum, Said which is the oldest Italian chocolatier, offers up a hot chocolate that is just as pleasing to the eye as it is to the palate from its Soho workshop: the caramel hot chocolate. Presented in a cup covered in dark chocolate on one side and caramel on the other, its powerful and devilishly decadent flavour sets it apart from the rest. Difficult to resist! Said dal 1923 41 Broadwick Street, Carnaby, London W1F 9Q

Try darker-than-dark chocolates at Charbonnel & Walker

London chocolatiers since 1875, Charbonnel & Walker is one of the UK’s oldest brands. A very traditional confectioner, the shop has remained a key player in the capital’s chocolate scene year after year. Their secret? The finest dark chocolate as well as exceptional champagne truffles. They’re so delicious, you won’t be able to resist! Charbonnel & Walker One, The Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond St, Mayfair, London W1S 4BT

Wake up your taste buds at Montezuma’s

Compared to other chocolatiers, Montezuma’s have a much more modern and quirky approach when it comes to their flavours. Founded in 2000 by two chocolate-addict lawyers, they offer bars in unusual flavours such as orange & geranium, chilli & lime and even caramelised sesame & sunflower seed. Montezuma’s Chocolates 8 Market Street, London E1 6DT

Live out your wildest chocolate dreams at Choccywoccydoodah

As inventive as their name suggests, Brighton-based chocolatier Choccywoccydoodah made its name through its kitsch creations, rococo-style cakes and ornate chocolate flowers. In their London store, their gallery-style “Bar du Chocolat�� invites you to sample their chocolate delights and can always be accompanied by a tasty milkshake or hot chocolate. Imaginative and delicious! Choccywoccydoodah 30-32 Foubert’s Place, Carnaby, London W1F 7PS

Bite into one of Philip Neal’s Buddhas

Known as one of the best chocolatiers in London, Philip Neal offers luxurious and often unusual creations. In his Chiswick shop, you will find chocolates in the shape of Buddha, stilettos, theatre masks and even bars which depict the Kama Sutra. After you’ve sampled the truffles and chocolate squares, you’ll want to move onto the more unusual designs! Philip Neal Luxury Chocolates 43 Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick, London W4 1RG

Taste excellence at William Curley

Luxury pastry chef and master chocolate maker, William Curley is a big name in chocolate, not only in London but around the world. He excels in producing high-quality traditional chocolates as well as more unusual combinations. In our opinion, no chocolate lover will be able to resist temptation and just walk past the window! R Chocolate London 198 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London SW1W 8UN

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Chocolate... as described by great chefs: “Chocolate is a unique product. You can be incredibly creative with it and experiment in many areas such as: cakes, pastries and desserts.” -William Curley, chocolatier and pastry chef, four-time winner of “Britain’s Best Chocolatier” Spotlight on: Paul A Young and the secret of his success Having fallen into chocolate-making almost by accident, the chef Paul A. Young is known today as one of the leading figures in the global chocolate world. However, his road to success wasn’t easy. Having gained experience as a pastry chef, he initially ventured into the world of industrial cooking. After working for Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury’s, he then decided to move into the chocolate business in 2006 by opening his own shop in London. Then came the real success! Developing quintessentially British flavours, such as Marmite chocolate and Port & Stilton truffles, he is considered one of the most inventive chefs on the planet. Amazing! The Cadbury Creme Egg: a British chocolate institution Invented in 1923 by Cadbury, these eggs filled with fondant creme are a lot more than just Easter chocolate: they are a real national treasure! This egg-shaped milk chocolate full of white and yellow fondant creme delight is extremely popular at Easter. Having previously reached sales of over 200 million units each year, sales of Creme Eggs fell in 2016 when Cadbury’s new owners, American food giant Kraft, decided to change the recipe. Yes – you can’t meddle with an institution such as this without the British public noticing!

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Container Art Collective is a collective of Seven Artists and Lecturers from UCA Canterbury.

Ian Bottle, Evelyn Bennet & Chris Rutter, John Dargan, Andy Malone, Rob McDonald and Tania McCormack.

We are united in our interests in the book as an object. It’s tactile form, it’s playful nature, the way a viewer interacts with it, and ultimately, it’s accessibility.

As a group of artists from different disciplinary backgrounds our common interest is in developing ideas through examining what a book can be or represent, from sequential narrative to sculptural form.

Our books are handmade, generated from diverse processes and materials either creating limited editions to one off pieces.

The Collective or members of the collective regularly show at

LAB Whitechapel Gallery.

Pages International Artist Book Event Leeds.

The PAGES New Voices collection Touring Exhibition: ROAR, Rotherham, Doncaster Art Gallery & Museum.

Boekie Woekie in Amsterdam.

PRINTed Barcelona.

Ink, Paper, Print, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne.

Doverodde Book Arts Festival in Denmark.

Lutyens and Rubinstein in London,

lmnop in Brighton.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts USA.

The Scottish Poetry Library.

Members of the Collective have also initiated and curated

Hand Made and Bound London

All Inked-Up Artist Book International Event Kent 2017

Books from the collective are in collections at The V&A, The Tate, The British Library, Book Art Bookshop in London, Marc Jacobs ‘Bookmarc’ in London, Paris, New York and L.A.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Library, UAL Library, UCA Library, Arts University Bournemouth Library. Plymouth University Library. UWE Library. The Alternative Book Fair London, Iwona Blaswick – director of the Whitechapel Gallery.

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STUDY ABROAD

Come join the London Information Session TODAY at 3pm in the AIMM Conference Room, AIMM 302!

For non-science majors, this course fulfills your Liberal Learning Requirements for lab science and global. Many topics will be presented, from sculpture and dyes to photography, textiles, stained glass and paper making.

Some heights of the trip include visits to museums, galleries, public art venues, street art sites, Olympic Site, Kew Gardens, Frogmore Paper Mill, Fox Talbot Museum and Village, Brighton Beach and Bath.

Below is a list of study abroad scholarship opportunities offered by the college. Go to the CGE web site for a list of other scholarship opportunities. https://cge.tcnj.edu/students/scholarships/

Henry Ahrens Scholarship – Art and Art History Students Stephen Persche and Caitlyn Ryan Persche Fund for International Study – Good Academic Standing and Need Based TCNJ Access to Education Abroad Scholarship – Need Based Mahoney-Meriwether Study Abroad Fund Scholarship – Academic Promise and Need Based

If you are unable to attend the session but would like more information, contact: [email protected]

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Magnitude and Direction, Issue #41 | 6 Sep 2019

Hardware, Prototyping, and Fabrication

The Mobius Flex is both an elegantly simple work of electronics art, as well as an ingenious use of a flexible PCB. 🛸 The Curiosity rover's wheel's have taken quite a beating in the time it's been driving around the Martian surface. Take your files LITERALLY everywhere you go, with this implantable mesh network device. I appreciate how open-sourced this is, but I think I'll pass on implanting this in my forearm.

Software and Programming

From the MIT Tech Review: You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality. Well, isn't that lovely? How do you turn your macbook (or any laptop, for that matter) into a touchscreen for about $1? I'll give you a hint, computer vision is involved. This video of Bill Hader turning into the people he's impersonating is one of the most jarring things I've ever seen, and also the scariest deepfake-produced video I've ever encountered. Perhaps you've heard me say this here before (you have), but AI-driven fake news articles are getting uncannily good at writing to any prompt and we're going to start to have a really hard time identifying fake news, videos, etc. unless we're really paying close attention. Still don't believe me? Try making a fake article yourself.

Science, Engineering, and Biomedicine

🥃 What do you do with an artificial tongue? Taste whiskey to make sure it's not counterfeit, of course. 🔴🔴 According to popular lore, you can predict the weather based on sky color. The saying typically goes, “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.” The saying has been around in various forms for a long time, and the reason it’s lasted so long is that it actually works (at least in certain parts of the world), as XKCD artist Randall Munroe explains with words (and cartoons) in the New York Times. ➕➕🧑➕🤴 It turns out that having a few extra husbands can be a good way to weather tough times. Apparently we've had the idea of a harem backwards this whole time.

Mapping, History, and Data Science

The Version Museum may be the easiest museum in the world to visit, seeing as you can get there right from the device you're reading this on right now. What does this Version Museum exhibit? The old versions of some of the world's most influential websites. (It really does feel like a "only 90s babies will remember..." article - crazy how much has changed in the just under a quarter century.) ‍ Here's a design guide for the flags of all the US states, which explains but doesn't quite justify why some of these designs were chosen. ⚰ Since it is my birthday today, I'll also continue a long-running social media tradition here and share my deathclock. Do you live in The Midwest?

Events and Opportunities

Maybe my channels to find out about upcoming events and opportunities have just increased, because we've got another jam-packed section in this edition of M&D:

Friday 9/6 I'd like to say Nanotech NYC scheduled their next nanonite happy hour in honor of my birthday, but I don't think Jacob or the other organizers know when my birthday is! (Although they do now.) At any rate, NYC's nanotech community (practitioners and enthusiasts alike) will be getting together at Clinton Hall in east Midtown.

Monday, 9/9 Small science gets a big showcase at Nano Day at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. Learn about some of the most exciting nanotechnology research and innovations coming from the NYC area and meet other technologists working in the field.

Monday, 9/9 Innovation Forum New York is co-hosting a workshop with NYU Biolabs on fundraising for biotech startups, a topic of utmost importance to entrepreneurs in the life sciences. The workshop will provide valuable insights for all interested in starting their own company or considering work at a startup.

Tuesday, 9/10 The NYC Emerging Healthcare Technology meetup is holding their next event for anyone interested in creating websites for Healthcare

Tuesday, 9/10 The Accelerating BioVenture Innovation 12-week entrepreneurship training program kicks off at Cornell Med. The program is focused on building teams and business plans around patented technologies from Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University.

Wednesday, 9/11 Ingredient Intelligence startup (and M&D darling) See Thru is holding the first panel discussion in their Straight Talk series, aimed at unpacking emerging trends at the intersection of beauty, science, and technology. The first topic: what does it mean to be "transparent" in the digital age, where consumers are more educated on products than ever?

Wednesday, 9/11 Scientists, researchers, cartographers, artists, and everyone in between will be gathering together at Peculier Pub for the next SciArt mixer.

Friday, 9/13 The Nanotech NYC meetup hosts Kendra Krueger, the founder of 4LoveandScience, a research and education platform that inspires new modes of working and learning in a complex world. An electrical engineer with nanotech experience in academia and the photonics industry, Kendra is also a trained facilitator in mindfulness, sustainable design and social justice.

Some other upcoming events to keep on your radar...

Wednesday, 9/18 LiveIntent is hosting their first tech happy hour at their office in lower Manhattan. The event promises to be a great opportunity for New York tech professionals to network, share ideas, meet our team, and learn all about LiveIntent and how their re-imagining email. There will be food, beer and wine provided, along with video games and board games available!

Friday, 9/20 The Aspen Institute Science & Society Program and the Institute for Systems Genetics at NYU Langone Health are co-hosting InspireScience, a symposium inspiring scientists to create a more outward-looking culture through communication, engagement, and innovation. Scientists of all levels are welcome to this special event focused on community building through communication and outreach.

Tuesday, 9/24 Join NYDesigns for a tour of their 5,000 square foot fabrication facility and learn about how you can make use of all the impressive equipment there at their upcoming open house.

Tuesday, 9/24 Join GeoNYC and Doctors Without Borders for a special map-a-thon to fill in missing geospatial data for underserved regions in order to provide international and local NGOs and individuals with the data they need to better respond to crises.

Wednesday, 9/25 Coming off their 1st birthday party, the NYC JLABS crew is taking a short break for the summer but will be back in September for their next Innovators and Entrepreneurs mixer.

Wednesday, 9/25 The RobotLab meetup's September event focuses on the good, the bad, and the ugly of Industry 4.0 and autonomous manufacturing.

Thursday, 9/26 It's been touched on in previous Existential Medicine events, but the next science seminar collab between New Lab and JLABS dives deep into the revolutionary, and sometimes controversial technology of CRISPR. Use code "NewLab2019" to unlock the event registration.

Saturday, 9/28 Admission is just the swipe of a metro card for the Parade of Trains at the Brighton Beach station. Vintage train cars from all periods of the subway's history will be on display, as well as taking passengers on short trips around south Brooklyn.

Tuesday, 10/1 The next stop on Ogilvy's healthcare innovation pop-up series takes them to Hudson Yards, where they're teaming up with the HITLAB and SAP.iO Foundry for an event that will focus primarily on the female and underserved health innovators who are disrupting healthcare today.

October 11-16 Innovation Week at Mount Sinai. What started as just the SINAInnovations conference is now a week's worth of activities dedicated to bringing New York's biomedical innovation communities together. Here's the full lineup:

Friday-Sunday, 10/11-13 Mount Sinai Health Hackathon. The 4th annual Mount Sinai Health Hackathon will be an exciting 48-hour transdisciplinary competition focused on creating novel technology solutions for problems in healthcare. This year’s theme is Artificial Intelligence – Expanding the Limits of Human Performance.

Tuesday, 10/15 Careers & Connections 2019. October may feel far away, but I promise you it's not and you'll want to be sure to mark your calendars for GRO-Biotech's next big event, the Careers & Connections mini-conference and networking event, held concurrently with emerging healthcare technologies conference, SINAInnovations.

Tuesday & Wednesday, 10/15-16 SINAInnovations Conference. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is hosting its eighth annual SINAInnovations conference around the theme of Artificial Intelligence. A range of talks and panels will focus on the explosive growth of AI in our society and in particular in medicine, featuring international thought leaders across the range of relevant domains.

Saturday, 10/26 The Future of Care conference is back at Rockefeller University featuring some of the latest breakthroughs in clinical care and the innovators helping shepherd them from bench to bedside. Apply to attend the conference by September 6th.

Tuesday, 10/29 Join Columbia Nano Labs for their annual Industry Day conference. Learn how you can use and leverage the Nano Labs facilities, hear from a panel of entrepreneurs who have done just that, and listen to faculty and technical experts discuss the way these sophisticated tools contribute to cutting-edge research. (Yes, this was rescheduled from the originally planed date of 9/5.)

Friday-Sunday, 11/8-10 For 36 hours on November 8-10, HackPrinceton will bring together 600 developers and designers from across the country to create incredible software and hardware projects. They'll have swag, workshops, mentors, prizes, games, free food, and more.

Map of the Month

When we hear about the 2-3 Celsius increase in temperature that's going to set us on path to irreversible environmental changes, it often sounds like it's still a ways off. As this map from the Washington Post shows, that future is already becoming a reality in some parts of the US.

Odds & Ends

"Jay Street and needless to say... ...Metrotech"

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VoiceOver – From participatory artwork to product for care organisations and older people [1 Nov 2018]

VoiceOver is an urban scale communication infrastructure – a hyperlocal social radio – that everyone in a community can listen in on and contribute to, lighting up their windows as they join the conversation.

VoiceOver started as participatory artwork In 2016, in East Durham, UK. VoiceOver East Durham was commissioned as part of East Durham Creates, one of 21 Creative People and Places projects nationally, funded by Arts Council England, produced by Forma Arts and Media. We worked with groups of people who lived in geographically dispersed towns without a good broadband penetration The community was crucial in creating, recruiting and expanding the network of participants. The content in this intervention was purely generated by the community. Participants became deeply engaged with people they didn’t know through VoiceOver: playing music to each other, organising dinners and sharing personal stories, even telling jokes and bedtime stories to neighbourhood children.

In 2017 we worked with Furtherfield, a digital arts gallery and community lab which neighbours Park House who worked with a group of residents who lived in a tower block in Finsbury Park. Many of them had moved to London from other countries, and even though they lived next door to each other, had never had an opportunity to talk to their neighbours. The operational model (e.g. how the programme is generated and run, who pays and maintains for the service. etc.) was co-created with the local community organiser. As a result VoiceOver was quite different from our first deployment. In this intervention, the local community organiser, writer and director Christine Entwisle curated the programme for the community, with the aim to create conversation between community members. VoiceOver was crucial in bringing residents closer together and create a sense of community. VoiceOver Finsbury Park, co-commissioned by the Museum of London and Thirteen Ways for City Now City Future, was documented in an exhibition open to the public at the Museum of London from February 12 to April 15, 2018.

In 2018, VoiceOver Brighton, in collaboration with artist Emma Frankland, commissioned by Brighton Digital Festival, saw twenty-five members of Brighton’s trans (including non binary) community invited to archive their thoughts and feelings using VoiceOver, record and upload thoughts, poems, songs or anything that they wanted to share with the rest of the group. Each week there was a moment of communal listening for participants, where the VoiceOver radio boxes broadcast a 30 minute audio performance made exclusively for them by a trans artist, including Travis Alabanza, Ren Steadman, Morgan M Page and AllSorts Youth Project. The result of this deployment was an exhibition as part of Brighton Digital Festival in the fall 2018.

Each time VoiceOver’s participatory communication infrastructure is rolled out in a community it ends up quite different from the last time. Evolving from a spectacular event to a more sustainable project with a long-term impact.

This year (2018), we became more aware of the issue of social Isolation and loneliness in older people from various conversations with councils. The main challenge is how can we reduce loneliness for older people, who are currently digitally excluded, using technology that is inclusive, accessible and intuitive?

We’re now looking to apply VoiceOver to such challenges, for a number of reasons:

It focuses on hyperlocal context and new connections: In contrast to the products currently available in the market – that only maintains the existing relationships that the owners already have – VoiceOver helps participants to establish new connections with their peers and like-minded people in their very community and feeling more connected to their carers and community organisers

It does not require a broadband: Home assistants usually need a broadband connection which often are restricted in rural area. VoiceOver Social Radio comes with built-in SIM card that make use of the 3G network (rather than being dependent on 4G or broadband) it ensures that even the most isolated people in rural areas can become part of the social network and have access to digital technology.

It is easy-to-use: VoiceOver has very simple interface, there is no touch screen and there is only one button to press making it easy to use even by those uncomfortable with technology.

It is co-designed with the community: Its radio programme and contents are curated by the local community organiser based on local needs.

During the process of researching this area, in order to understand the context, we had a number of conversations with local care organisations, both charities and commercial organisations. As a result of the feedback, we are now looking to provide VoiceOver Social Radio to community care organisations that need to:

Reach out to older people who can’t leave their home and currently can’t access the organisations’ services.

Make a difference by providing a new way of allowing older people to communicate with each other from their own homes.

We are planning soon to conduct a series of community engagements and tests with communities in different parts of the UK, in order to validate that VoiceOver can tackle the challenges of social isolation and loneliness.

We are looking for community partners to try out VoiceOver in their communities. If you think VoiceOver Social Radio can benefit your organisation in any way, please get in touch.

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#umbrellium voiceover social radio community finsbury park brighton eastdurham isolation loneliness care olderpeople #blog

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Workplace Student Review

Here is a little blog from Grace who worked with us recently: (Grace is pictured above in the World Stories Gallery, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery)

During the last three months, I have been completing a placement in the World Art section at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. I currently study History of Art and Design at the University of Brighton, and my placement was part of a ‘Behind the Scenes’ module, which focuses on gaining experience working within museums and galleries. World Art was something that I had never really studied before, so I was really intrigued to see what the department was like.

A main task I was working on was scanning and uploading a large collection of photographs from the World Art collection. Through scanning them to create a digitised image, and then uploading them onto the museums database, I was enabling a huge range of images to become accessible to more people, who would now be able to see them, and their corresponding details, through Asset Bank. Although this task took a very long time, it felt good to know that hundreds of photographs from the collection were now not stuck in a box, but out for people to see and access! For a few weeks I was working in Museum Lab, part of Brighton Museum, that enables the public to engage with the curators and staff who are working there, by opening up their working space to the public. It was really interesting to see how many museum visitors really immersed themselves in the practical elements of the museum.

Doing my placement at the museum has benefitted my degree studies greatly; I now have a greater insight into how museums are run, and how important the digitisation of collections, and improving accessibility is. I have also gained a greater appreciation of just how much work is put in by all the museum staff to ensure the museum is a place that is accessible to all. The practical skills I have also gained, such as handling collections, and experience with the museums database, will also prove extremely valuable in the future. Most of all, my placement has made me realise how much I would like to continue working within museums after I have finished my degree.

Grace Roberts, University of Brighton student, Spring 2017.

I’d like to thank Grace for all her help during the 8 weeks she worked with us in World Art. We were hugely grateful for her time and effort in digitalising a collection that was long overdue. She demonstrated great enthusiasm and picked up learning the systems really quickly. Thank you so much and well done!

Steve Kisko, Collections Assistant, World Art, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.

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ANA BROTAS (b. 1990, PT)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes Head, shoulders, knees and toes And eyes and ears and mouth and nose Head, shoulders, knees and toes

Body of work interested in material and aesthetic manipulation in order to tell stories. The constant search to find appropriate forms of storytelling has led to the experimentation of a wide range of mediums, consistently embracing a playful discourse that connects art with a social and ecological context.

EDUCATION

2016

.Managing the Arts: Cultural Organizations in Transition – Goethe-Institut, Lisbon (Portugal)

2015

.Initial Pedagogical Training for Trainers – Espiralsoft, Lisbon (Portugal)

2010-2013

.BA Hons Fine Art - Goldsmith University of London, London (U.K.)

2009-2010

.Art & Design – Diploma in Foundation Studies- Central Saint Martins, London (U.K.)

.Website Design in CSS e HTML - London College of Communication, London (U.K.)

2008-2009

.Cinema Studies (Screenwriting, Filmmaking and Production) – ESTC, Lisbon (Portugal)

.Digital Photography - Portuguese Institute of Photography, Lisbon (Portugal)

2005-2008

.Level 4 Qualification in Audiovisual Communication - Escola Artística Antonio Arroio, Lisbon (Portugal)

.Black and White Photography Techniques - Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (Portugal)

EXHIBITIONS

2018

.The Soil we live of - Group Global 3000, Berlin (Germany)

.Obras dos Residentes IV - Oficina Cultural do IPVC , Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

.You certainly have a particular gift for fables - Goldmali Gallery (Netherlands)

.Natura Sapiens - Ibirapi Contemporânea, Lisbon (Portugal)

2017

.Marinar - Galeria Quarto Interior, Lisbon (Portugal)

.Closer Than Ever - Gallery MOMO, Cape Town (South Africa)

2016

.Tirar os Três - Galeria Quarto Interior, Lisbon (Portugal)

2015

.Sound International Photo Exhibition - ArtiKA Festival, Karlovac (Croatia)

.Martelinhos de São João - Pal��cio das Artes, Fábrica de Talentos, Porto (Portugal)

2014

.Telephone Game - Satellite Press Collective, New York (U.S.A)

.Zero - Fort Gallery Space, Sesimbra (Portugal)

2013

.Goldsmiths Fine Art Degree Show - Goldsmiths University of London (U.K.)

.Fresh - Dulcinea Art Gallery (Italy)

2012

.Scan.it - Gallery40, Brighton (U.K.)

.Salt & Bread - Godsbanen and Aarhus Center for Visual Art (Denmark)

.Re-Imagine: Ourselves - Winter Festival of New Art, Music and Poetry, New York (U.S.A)

2011

.Hello Stranger - The Pharmacy of Stories, London (U.K.)

.Fourth take away NX - New cross, London (U.K.)

.State of Sculpture – Central Saint Martins, London (U.K.)

VIDEO ART SCREENINGS

2018

.Under the Subway Video Art Night:

.JCC Harlem Institution (New York, U.S.A.)

.Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània (Valencia, Spain)

.Verbeke Foundation (Kemzeke, Belgium)

.Taller Gorria Gallery (Havana, Cuba)

.Cervantes Institute (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

.AVSD Audiovisual Sem Destino, Art Institute UFRGS (Porto Alegre - Brasil)

2017

.Eye’s Walk Digital Festival (Ermoupoli -Greece)

2011-2014

.Waterpieces Contemporary Art & Videoart Festival (Riga – Latvia)

.Shams – The Sunflower (Beirut – Lebanon)

.Arte Video Roma Festival 2011 (Rome – Italy)

.Ares Film & Media Festival (Siracusa – Italy)

.ExTeresa Arte Actual (Mexico City – Mexico)

.Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco (Mexico City – Mexico)

.Centro de las Artes San Luis Potosi (S.L.P. – Mexico)

.International Videoart Festival Camaguey (Camaguey – Cuba)

.ISA University of the Arts Havana (Havana – Cuba)

.CeC Carnival of e-Creativity (Bhimtal/Uttabakhand – India)

.Meta House Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh – Cambodia)

.Budapest International Short Film Festival (Budapest – Hungary)

.Athens International Video Art Festival (Athens – Greece)

.Miden Videoart Festival (Kalamata – Greece)

.International Digital Film Festival (Ionian – Greece)

.Arab Media Lab, Digital Marrakech (Marrakech – Morocco)

.Cinema Perpetuum Mobile (Minsk - Belarus)

.Urban Culture and Fire Festival (Minsk – Belarus)

.Goethe Institute Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (Bangkok - Thailand)

.Generation Loss Festival (Manila - Philippines)

.Action International Short Film Festival (Prokuplje – Serbia)

.Anemic Festival of Independent Film and New Media (Prague - Czech Republic)

.FONLAD Digital Art Festival (Coimbra - Portugal)

.8th Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Manizales – Colombia)

.ARTchSo Video Festival (Rennes - France)

.Museum of Contemporary Art Now & After Festival (Moscow – Russia)

.XI International Video Festival (Kansk – Russia)

.Polytechnical University (Valencia – Spain)

.VideoBabel Festival (Cusco – Peru)

.National Cinematheque (Quito – Ecuador)

.Art:Screen Festival (Orebro – Sweden)

.FIVA Videoart Festival (Buenos Aires – Argentina)

.EuroShorts Film Festival (Gdansk – Poland)

.Videoholica Festival – (Varna – Bulgaria)

KNOWLEDGE SHARING

2018

.Guest Lecturer (Seminário Zero | Conferências na Comuna) – Salão Nobre da Câmara Municipal, Fundão (Portugal)

.Guest Lecturer (Project Presentation Meetings Vol.1) – SKLAD Tabacco City, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

2017

.Guest Lecturer (Partilha de Experiências) – UniNorte Empreende, Manaus (Brasil)

.Guest Lecturer (Artistic Education Seminar) - M_eia University, Mindelo (Cape Verde)

2014-2017

.Audiovisual Communication Teacher - Escola Artística António Arroio, Lisbon (Portugal)

COMMISSIONED WORK

2017

.Interactive Performance design – commissioned by Sydney Opera House, Sydney (Australia)

2016

.Dear DTLA outdoor billboard design – comissioned by WeTransfer, Los Angeles (U.S.A.)

2013

.In-room murals design - commissioned by ACE Hotel, London (U.K.)

ART RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2018

.Interactivos? Lab - Silo Arte e Latitude Rural, Serrinha do Alambari (Brasil)

.Luzlinar - Realidades Submersas | Projecto Pontes, Fundão (Portugal)

.Adata AiR programme - European Capital of Culture 2019, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

.FIGAC - International Forum of Artistic and Cultural Management, Viana do Castelo (Portugal)

2017

.LabVerde - Art Immersion Program, National Institute of Scientific Research, Amazon Rainforest (Brasil)

2012

.Fringe Award – Deptford X London’s Foremost Contemporary Visual Arts Festival, London (UK)

.People’s Prize and Panel’s Commendation – Camberwell Arts Festival, London (UK)

PUBLICATIONS

2018

.Obra/Artifact #5 - Multilingual (U.S.A.)

.Superstition Review #21 - launching at the Piper Writer’s House in Phoenix (U.S.A.)

.Barzakh Magazine #10 - Spring 2018 Planning the Escape (U.S.A)

.Portfolio #14 - A5 Magazine (U.K.)

2017

.Novelty Magazine #10 - Spinning Stories (U.K.)

.LV 17 Catalogue – launching at Galeria Vermelho in São Paulo (Brasil)

2016

.Mystical Jouneyers Jounal– London Art Mob (U.K.)

.United Projects Newsletter Issue X – Monthly Art Magazine (International)

2015

.FStop Magazine Issue #73 - Bi-monthly Photography Magazine (U.S.A.)

.Ismology Magazine - Contemporary Art and Culture Magazine (France)

.FStop Magazine Issue #70 - Bi-monthly Photography Magazine (U.S.A.)

2014

.Serendipity Magazine- Annual Multimedia Art Magazine (Greece)

2012

.ITCH magazine #10 - Creative Expression Journal (South Africa)

.Young, Fresh and Relevant #2 - Art Writing Journal (U.K./Germany)

.Hesa Inprint- Art and Design Billingual magazine (Finland)

PRESS

2018

.Plovdiv Press - Cultural Article about the Adata AiR Meetings Vol.1 (bg)

.What Could a Stone Hide? - Interview for the Goldmali Gallery (eng)

.Jornal I - Daily Newspaper Article about Natura Sapiens Exhibition (pt)

2016

.ACE Hotel blog - Interview for the DTLA project (eng)

.La Canvas – Cultural Guide Article about the DTLA project (eng)

.PSFK arts & culture - Cultural Guide Article about the DTLA project (eng)

.The Flaneur - Cultural Guide Article about the DTLA project (eng)

2013

.P3 Jornal Público - Art & Culture Newspaper Article about Scan.it Exhibition (pt)

.Art Licks - Visual Culture Article about the Goldsmiths Fine Art Degree Show (eng)

2012

.VIP VideoChannel Interview Project - Interview for the International Video Festival Platform (eng)

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Designers Australia 2021 Awards Winners

Designers Australia 2021 Awards Winners, DIA News, Best New Architecture

Designers Australia 2021 Awards Winners News

12 August 2021

Australian Interior Design Awards 2021 Winners

Design Institute of Australia releases groundbreaking Designers Australia 2021 Awards

Outstanding shifts in design by Bates Smart, DesignByThem, Monash University XYX Lab, and Edward Linacre.

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) — Australia’s peak national design body, released the inaugural recipients for its Designers Australia 2021 Awards. The final winners out of a shortlist of seventy-four across the country, reflect the designer’s ability to make a strong contribution to a better world and include three national winners, a President’s Award and thirty-one awards of Merit. The awards, a first for the industry, identify Australia’s preeminent designers and studios, calling attention to the individual/s and their distinguished design processes as much as the outcome.

Bates Smart for Gandel Wing, Cabrini:

Bates Smart for Gandel Wing, Cabrini was awarded the ‘PLACE’ category winner, while DesignByThem for DL Range by Gibson Karlo and Dion Lee received the winning ‘USE’ award. Monash University Department of Design XYX Lab for HyperSext City won ‘INTERACT’, and product designer, artist and mentor Edward Linacre received the President’s Award.

DIA’s Designers Australia 2021 Awards are the culmination of months of evaluation, development and revisions. They are different in their categories and criteria to most of the design awards currently offered in Australia. The three groundbreaking cross-disciplinary design categories would have previously been categorised by traditional design disciplines such as industrial, interior, graphic, digital, product, environmental, textile, fashion, and many more.

DIA President Gavin Campbell FDIA said: “Since 1948, the Design Institute of Australia has been committed to nurturing and empowering designers. It is pleasing to see the culmination of these awards, responses in design shifts while also creating a platform for our collective future. The winning recipients and awards of Merit have all in their way embraced ethical, diverse and sustainable processes through collaborative and professional practice. Their projects are a testament to their values and entrepreneurship, and it’s our responsibility to identify and support them as design leaders and to demonstrate the value of design to the broader community.”

Bates Smart for Gandel Wing, Cabrini:

Shining a light with a new focus on Australian designers and their award winning responses to current community challenges.

Awards jurors, and internationally renowned Dutch trend forecasters and design educators Lidewij Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano also commented: “The Cabrini Malvern Hospital extension by Mark Healy the studio director of Bates Smart truly encapsulates our times; from the importance the medical sector plays in our lives to designing social spaces with wellbeing in mind. The new Gandel Wing’s natural finishes, rounded edges and neutral palette illustrate the power of buildings that can heal us. Considered lighting and attention to detail therefore become critical to care. The comforting interiors have been so thoughtfully reimagined that we thought it was a sustainable hotel concept — now that’s somewhere one should check-in! It’s time that hospital and hospitality go hand in hand.”

Tuba Kocaturk, awards juror, and professor of integral design said: “The DL Range by DesignByThem presents a timeless process of experimentation with form and materials which brings together functional and purposeful production techniques from fashion and industrial design, translated into an innovative marriage of comfort and inspirational design.

“The Monash University’s design, the HyperSext City, presents a series of interaction platforms where the design transcends being merely a product, but rather becomes a research and a communication platform, which informs, raise awareness and continually involves its users/audience in the evolution of the displayed content. Both projects are a testament to the changing role and position of design, moving from the traditional concept of a tangible product through to orchestration of new interactions and experiences.“

PLACE winner — Bates Smart for Gandel Wing, Cabrini identified for their exemplary approach to design by focusing on wellness and human-centred healthcare. Gandel Wing was praised as a place in partnership with nature and technology, encouraging healing rather than simply treating disease. The architects were honoured for responding to the hospital’s evolving needs by comforting the lives of many.

USE winner — DesignByThem for DL Range by Gibson Karlo collaborates between founders and industrial designers Sarah Gibson and Nicholas Karlovasitis and Australian fashion designer Dion Lee. The key objective of this project was to promote cross-disciplinary design by creating a unique body of work merging fashion and industrial design principles.

INTERACT winner — Monash University Department of Design for HyperSext City use design as an intersecting mediator, educational and collaborative tool giving voice to community members. The University’s XYX Lab was commended for its investigative exhibition encouraging and empowering people to comprehend and imagine complex issues together.

President’s Award — Multidisciplinary designer, artist, student mentor and former DIA Graduate of the Year recipient Edward Linacre applauded for his contribution to the profession, and commitment to diversity and equality across cultures, gender and race. He is a partner at Copper Design, which resides within Mycelium Studios, a co-working hub and place where designers coexist and learn from each other.

Industry leading jurors include Alessandra Baldereschil, Susanna Bilardo, Lisa Cahill, Gavin Campbell, Lidewij Edelkoort, Philip Fimmano, Marcus Fairs, John Gertsakis, Dr Rafael Gomez, Peta Heffernan, Fenella Kernebone, Tuba Kocaturk, Dr Scott Mayson, Nicole Monks, Lorenzo Palmeri, and Quan Payne.

The winning recipients, and the awards of Merit, are listed below. A link to the Designer’s Australia 2021 Awards ceremony can be found here

Designers Australia 2021 Awards jurors include Alessandra Baldereschil, Susanna Bilardo, Lisa Cahill, Gavin Campbell, Lidewij Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano, Marcus Fairs, John Gertsakis, Dr Rafael Gomez, Peta Heffernan, Fenella Kernebone, Tuba Kocaturk, Dr Scott Mayson, Nicole Monks, Lorenzo Palmeri, and Quan Payne. The awards sponsors are Dulux Acratex and Woods Solutions.

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PLACE category winner, representing the spaces we live, work, and play Bates Smart for Gandel Wing, Cabrini

PLACE Awards of Merit: -Billard Leece Partnership and Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Susan Wakil Health Building -Comunitl for Davidson -Cox Architecture for Parmelia Hilton Hotel -Cox Architecture for Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ -Cox Architecture and Neeson Murcutt + Neille for Australian Museum Project Discover -Danielle Brustman for Brighton Street Early Learning -DesignInc Adelaide for DesignInc Adelaide Studio -Elenberg Fraser for Market Lane -Latitude for SBB -Mata Design Studio for Applecross Residence -Mycelium Studios for Mycelium Studios -Naomi Milgrom Foundation and Glenn Murcutt for MPavilion 2019 -Phillips/Pilkington Architects for Gunditj Mirring Keeping Place -Russell & George for Sarah & Sebastian -Skeehan Studio for Canberra Glassworks Shop -studio-gram for The Guardsman -Walter Brooke & Associates and Genesin Studio for iTL -Walter Brooke & Associates and Hecker Guthrie for EOS -Woods Bagot for Central Park Tower Refurbishment -Zwei Interiors Architecture for body of work

USE category winner describing things we use DesignByThem for DL Range by Gibson Karlo and Dion Lee

USE Awards of Merit: -Cobalt Design for KeepCup Thermal Cup & Press Fit Lid -DesignByThem for August Lounges by Gibson Karlo -Hare + Klein for Bridge Table -JamFactory for Solute Pendant Light -JDT Design for LEGO 3D printed Spinner -Naomi Milgrom Foundation and BoardGrove Architects for MPavilion 2020 Stool Dolly -Skeehan Studio for NAVE Collection -Yellow Goat Design for H2O

INTERACT category winner depicting what or who we interact with -Monash University XYX Lab for HyperSext City

INTERACT Awards of Merit: -Black Squid Design for A-Lure Gin -Ian Wong for 100 Objects & I-CONIC -United Studio for Markr

President’s Award -Edward Linacre for contribution to the profession

25 May 2021

Australian Interior Design Awards 2021 Shortlist

Design Institute of Australia releases groundbreaking Designers Australia 2021 Awards

Australian Interior Design Awards 2021 Shortlist

Images courtesy of DIA

Place representing the spaces we live, work, and play:

Bates Smart for Gandel Wing, Cabrini;

Cox Architecture for Transurban Workplace;

Cox Architecture for Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ;

Cox Architecture for 2 Market Street Lobby;

Cox Architecture for Australian Museum Project Discover;

Cox Architecture for Eagle Workplace;

Glenn Murcutt for MPavilion 2019;

Ohlo Studio for Dune House;

Phillips/Pilkington Architects for Gunditj Mirring Keeping Place;

Stephen Varady Associates for Nasteski Apartment;

studio-gram for Fino Vino restaurant, Adelaide, South Austrlia;

studio-gram for Hotel Indigo;

Walter Brooke & Associates for EOS by SkyCity;

Woods Bagot for Central Park Tower Refurbishment;

Zwei Interiors Architecture for body of work – pictured, Citizen.MDW:

Burgmann Anglican School – Early Learning Centre: photo : Anne Stroud

ACMI Renewal: photo : Shannon McGrath

The Mercy Centre Mater Private Hospital Townsville: photo : Andrew Rankin

Rouse Hill Childcare, New South Wales: photo : Ross Honeysett

Spring Bay Mill – The Banksia Room, Tasmania: photo : Samuel Shelley

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Indigo Slam, NSW, by Smart Design Studio: photo : David Roche

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Charalambides share exclusive track “True Love” from forthcoming album Tom and Christina Carter, announce tour

You know what you’re in for when you see the words “Christina Carter” or “Tom Carter” on a new slab of vinyl or coded disc. The odds are good that you’re in for a treat of a listen, and the goods are going to be an odd treat, so the listen will stick with you for a long time. When you have the two names together, returning with their first Charalambides album in many years, you know the treat is going to reek of quality. The sweet smell of finesse is all over the welcome return of Charalambides. The latest from Tom and Christina Carter is entitled, simply, Tom and Christina Carter, and it hits all eager ears on October 12 via Drawing Room Records. Available digitally and as a double LP(!), Charalambides’ Tom and Christina Carter was recorded in Houston in 2017, sans edits or overdubs, allowing the duo’s “spontaneous songs to remain absolutely unadorned.” If this ace news wasn’t enough, we have the great pleasure of premiering a track from the forthcoming album today called “True Love.” Years back, when others were trying to say something big, Charalambides were making you think and feel something big, every time out (which seemed like every couple of weeks). Carter and Carter’s latest has the same beautiful, dippy warmth, moving with such freedom that you can’t help but give all your attention to the album’s story unfolding before your ears. Speaking about the loose incantation “True Love”, Christina Carter addressed its creation, in relation to the instinctual “feeling” intended and the unexpected “thinking” that resulted: Two ideas were important for the songs that made it to this album: rhythm and repetition, not necessarily together…This particular track (“True Love”) was recorded in the last of three recording sessions. Tom pushed this song to be rhythmic. I just tried to keep an open mind and ride on top of it and feel instead of think. Later it came to me that I was thinking along with feeling. I was thinking about that mysterious period of my life, early adolescence, when I was so afraid but also brave and so many things were about to be made to happen. Pre-order the album here and listen to “True Love” below while you scan the tracklist and scrutinize the duo’s upcoming tour schedule. Odd are you’ll find the goods more than a treat. Charalambides: Tom And Christina Carter by Charalambides Tom and Christina Carter tracklisting: 01. Runaway 02. True Love 03. Midnight 04. Life and Death 05. Gone 06. Proper Charalambides live: 09.28.18 - New Orleans, LA - Allways Lounge 09.29.18 - Birmingham, AL - TBD 10.01.18 - Lexington, KY - 21c Museum Hotel 10.02.18 - Columbus, OH - Dirty Dungarees 10.03.18 - Detroit, MI - Trinosophesue 10.04.18 - Chicago, IL - The Owl 10.05.18 - Louisville, KY - Cropped Out at American Turners Club Rd. 10.07.18 - New York, NY - Artist Space 10.08.18 - Washington, DC - Rhizome 10.09.18 - Philadelphia, PA - Vox Populit 10.10.18 - Greenfield, MA - Root Cellar 10.11.18 - Montréal, QC - Vitrola 10.12.18 - Toronto, ON - Array Space 10.13.18 - Cleveland, OH - Mahall’s 10.14.18 - Toledo, OH - Robinwood Concert House 10.15.18 - Milwaukee, WI - Boone & Crockett 10.16.18 - Madison, WI - Arts and Literature Lab 10.18.18 - Iowa City, IA - Trumpet Blossom Cafe 10.19.18 - St Louis, MO - Schlafly Tap Room 11.09.18 - London, UK - Café OTO 11.24.18 - Brighton, UK - The Rose Hill http://j.mp/2L8e32d

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Wikispaces: Youth Services Librarianship - Makerspaces

(Wikispaces is closing down over the course of 2018. It’s not clear if the information collected there will be archived in any way, so I’m copying pages here for safekeeping! Hopefully I can make the copies interlinked the way the originals are, but it will take time. c: Be advised: Some links may lead to deleted or inactive webpages.)

Makerspaces

(Last revision: Nov 24, 2013)

Overview

What Is a Makerspace? Have you ever envisioned a library where, “Kids gather to make Lego robots; teens create digital music, movies, and games with computers and mixers; and students engineer new projects while adults create prototypes for small business products with laser cutters and 3D printers” (American Libraries, 2013, pg. 44)? Well, many libraries are offering places called “makerspaces,” which are “part of a growing movement of hands-on, mentor-led learning environments to make and remake the physical and digital worlds. They foster experimentation, invention, creation, exploration, and STEM learning” (Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2012, para.1). Makerspaces are also known as, Fab Labs, Hackerspaces, Makelabs, Digital Media Labs, DIY Spaces, Creative Spaces, or Tech Shops. Makerspaces are comprised of or include "a continuum of activity that includes “co-working,” “hackerspace,” and “fab lab”; the common thread running through each is a focus on making rather than merely consuming" (Colegrove, 2013, pg. 3). They can,“be embedded inside an existing organization or standalone on its own. It could be a simple room in a building or an outbuilding that’s closer to a shed. The key is that it can adapt to a wide variety of uses and can be shaped by educational purposes as well as the students’ creative goals” (Behen, 2013, pg. 72).

Makerspace Tools and Materials

Makerspaces can include but are not characterized by:

Workshop or Workspace

Digital Fabrication Equipment (3D Printers, 3D Scanners, Laser Cutter, Laser Engraving, Vinyl Cutter, CNC routers, etc.).

Digital Media Software and Open Source Software Applications (Adobe Photoshop, Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) Programs, etc.).

Open Source Hardware Software (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.).

Electronics and Computers (Robotics, microcontrollers, etc.).

Textiles and Fiber Arts

Different Types of Machines (Embroidery, Espresso Book, Knitting, Laminating, Milling, Sewing, Routing, Stitching, and many more types of machines).

Power Tools (Drill, Jig Saw, Orbital Sander, Table Saw, Belt Sander, Drill Press, etc.).

Metalworking Tools

Welding Tools

Woodworking Tools

3D printers -- printers which produce 3D models from a digital file, generally out of plastics (Abram, 2013).

3D scanners -- scanners which create digital models of physical objects that can in turn be "printed" using 3D printers ("Makerspace," n.d.).

Laser cutters -- machines which have the ability to accurately cut or etch materials from a digital file ("Makerspace," n.d.).

Arduino -- microcontroller boards that have the ability to read input from sensors, control outputs like lights or motors, and connect to computer software (“What is Arduino?,” n.d.).

Raspberry Pi -- affordable computers no bigger than a credit card that plug into monitors and keyboards (“FAQs,” n.d.).

The Educate to Innovate Initiative and Maker Corps

In 2009, President Obama launched the initiative, “Educate to Innovate” (Schulman, 2013). The President said, "I want us all to think about new and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering, whether it's science festivals, robotics competitions, fairs that encourage young people to create and build and invent—to be makers of things, not just consumers of things" (Obama 2009).

From the “Educate to Innovate” initiative came, “The Maker Education Initiative’s” Maker Corps. Maker Corps was created to “empower young adults, makers themselves, to become role models and to help them inspire others in their communities to involve more children in making” (Thomas, 2012b, para.3). In the summer of 2013, The Maker Education Initiative introduced a Maker Corps pilot program. The Mission of this program is that, “Maker Corps will create teams of young makers who can share their enthusiasm for making and their love of learning with younger children and teens, offering support and encouragement that helps introduce them to science and technology in a personal way" (Thomas, 2012a, para.1).

Some of the “Maker Corps Mentors” from this year’s (2013) pilot program include: Arizona State University College of Technology and Innovation (Mesa, Arizona), Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Girl Scouts of Central Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland), LevelUP Teen Makerspace (Chicago, Illinois), the Children’s Museum of Houston (Houston, Texas), Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI-Portland, Oregon), The Exploratory (Los Angeles, California), The Da Vinci Center for Innovative Learning (Stockton, California), the New York Hall of Science, (Corona, New York), the Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn, Michigan), and many more (Davee, 2013, pg. 1). The goals of the Maker Corps program are to:

“Provide opportunities for makers to gain leadership skills, increase confidence and build career readiness skills” (Maker Corps, 2013, pg. 1).

“Expand the network of maker mentors and community leaders” (Maker Corps, 2013, pg. 1).

“Expose more youth and families to creative problem-solving through making” (Maker Corps 2013, pg. 1).

“Expand the capacity of youth-serving organizations to serve their communities in maker-oriented projects” (Maker Corps, 2013, pg. 1).

Why Libraries and Makerspaces?

Many public, school, and academic libraries have decided to join the “Maker Movement.” By joining the movement, libraries are providing their patrons with opportunities to experience by building, constructing, developing, and working on projects with others in their community and with those who share similar or mutual interests. Makerspaces in libraries can:

“Foster play and exploration” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Facilitate informal learning opportunities” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Nurture peer-to-peer training” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Work with community members as true partners, not as users or patrons” (Britton, 2012).

“Develop a culture of creating as opposed to consuming” (Britton, 2012, para. 3).

“Reorient the library towards greater user engagement, collaborative creative activity, and participatory learning” (Bailey, 2012, para. 4).

“Position the library as a place of building, inventing, and doing instead of a static location of consumption and acquisition” (Bailey, 2012, para. 4).

“Cater to a particular type of library patron: inventors, artists, entrepreneurs, crafters and youth groups. The technology used in these workshops can revolutionize the manufacturing process, allowing designs and creations that can be modified to suit individuals in ways not possible with mass production” (Newcombe & Belbin, 2012, para.5)

“Help cultivate creative interests, imagination, and passion by allowing students to draw upon multiple intelligences” (Wong, 2013, pg. 35).

“Embrace tinkering, or playing, in various forms of exploration, experimentation and engagement, and foster peer interactions as well as the interests of a collective team” (Wong, 2013, pg. 35).

Examples of Makerspaces in Academic Libraries:

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- The Labs (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

North Carolina State University- Open Hardware Makerspace (Raleigh, North Carolina)

North Carolina State University- The Hunt Library Makerspace (Raleigh, North Carolina)

Stanford University- FabLab@School (Stanford, California)

Stanford University- Transformative Learning Technologies Lab (TLTL) (Stanford, California)

The Library As Incubator Project (Madison, Wisconsin)

The University of Mary Washington- ThinkLab (Fredericksburg, Virginia)

The University of Michigan- 3D Lab (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

Valdosta State University- Odum Library MakerSpace (Valdosta. Georgia)

Examples of Makerspaces in Public and School Libraries:

Allen County Public Library- The Maker Station (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Chattanooga Public Library- 4th Floor Makerspace (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Chicago Public Library- CHIPUBLIB MAKER LAB (Chicago, Illinois)

Cleveland Public Library- TechCentral (Cleveland, Ohio)

David C. Burrow Elementary School Media Center- Makerspace (Athens, Georgia)

Detroit Public Library- HYPE Makerspace Teen Center (Detroit, Michigan)

Fayetteville Free Library- FFL Fab Lab (Fayetteville New York)

Madison Public Library- Library Makers (Madison, Wisconsin)

New York Public Library- NYPL Labs (New York, New York)

Northern Onondaga Public Library- LibraryFarm (Cicero, New York)

Oak Park Public Library- Idea Box (Oak Park, Illinois)

Rangeview Library District: The Studio at Anythink Brighton (Brighton, Colorado)

Rangeview Library District: The Studio at Anythink Wright Farms (Thornton, Colorado)

Sacramento Public Library- I Street Press (Sacramento, California)

Salinas Public Library- Digital Arts Lab (Salinas, California)

Skokie Public Library- The Digital Media Lab (Skokie, Illinois)

St. Louis Public Library- Creative Experience Digital Makerspace (St. Louis, Missouri)

Tacoma Public Library- StoryLab (Tacoma, Washington)

Westport Public Library-Makerspace (Westport, Connecticut)

YOUmedia Lab-Chicago Public Library (Chicago, Illinois)

YOUmedia, Learning Labs, and Anythink Library District

Some makerspaces simply provide a space for people to come and tinker. Others provide digital media equipment for people to utilize in the creation of a variety of projects. One example of this is the YOUmedia network (www.youmedia.org). “YOUmedia are spaces where kids explore, express, and create using digital media. YOUmedia’s core philosophy is that youth are best engaged when they’re following their passions, collaborating with others, and being makers and doers, not passive consumers…YOUmedia are transformative spaces—and catalysts—for new kinds of thinking about libraries, museums, and community centers. The sites are open, flexible, and highly creative, with inspiration zones, production zones, and exhibition labs where youth ‘hang out, mess around, and geek out.’ YOUmedia connects three realms of learning—peer groups, interests, and academics—in deliberate ways. One of the most important aspects is that they connect learning directly back to school, careers, and other realms” (“About”).

YOUmedia started in Chicago, and is expanding in different ways across the country. One branch of YOUmedia is the Learning Labs Project, which began in September 2010. It is “an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...in answer to President Obama’s ‘Educate to Innovate’ campaign, which called on public and private sector partners to work together to improve America’s student participation and performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)” (“Locations”). With a series of grants, the IMLS and the Foundation are working to set up 30 Learning Labs in libraries and museums across the country.

The Studio at Anythink Wright Farms (www.anythinklibraries.org/thestudio), a branch with the Rangeview Library District in Thornton, CO, is a recent addition to the Learning Lab initiative. In 2012, Anythink was awarded a $100,000 grant from IMLS and the MacArthur Foundation to build a digital lab. Built in the spring of 2013, The Studio has three sound-proof rooms (one of which is a recording studio), a green screen, video equipment, and the full Adobe Creative Suite. The idea behind The Studio is to fill teen’s technological needs and help them become contact creators. “At The Studio, it’s not just about what you do, but who you will become. We partner creative community members with teens to help push their creativity to new bounds. These creation labs are places where teens are connected with tools to express their creativity – whether they want to be performers, designers, filmmakers or sportscasters” (“The Studio”). With help from the Tween/Teen Guides (librarians), and the Artists in Residence, teens can learn 21st century technology skills, experiment with a variety of equipment, and fuel their interests.

In the recording studio, which can be used for two hours at a time, teens can record their voices and/or music, make podcasts, sports casts, voiceovers, and create their own beats. This room comes equipped with a computer with Garage Band editing software, a MIDI keyboard, microphones, and a guitar.

The recording studio

Next to the recording studio is a green screen, where teens can experiment with lighting techniques, and take pictures or record images with digital cameras available for check out. There is a nearby editing station where they can upload their videos or images, and substitute the green screen with whatever background they want – stationary or animated. Editing software available to them includes the Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, and the iLife Suite. They can also incorporate their creations from the recording studio into their final product.

Green screen

Computers for editing photos and videos

The Studio also includes graphic design and photo editing software, and two other sound-proof rooms, which can be spaces for video gaming, karaoke, and quiet places for studying. There is also an extra large Windows Surface that teens can use for web browsing, music, news feeds, and apps.

Surface Pro table top

Sound proof study rooms

Anythink, along with libraries and museums across the country, applied for this grant in a nationwide competition, and was one of the first 12 recipients of the grant. The other 11 locations (four museums and seven libraries) for learning labs included:

San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco, California)

Howard County Public Library (Columbia, Maryland)

St. Paul Public Library (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, Missouri)

New York Hall of Science (New York, New York)

Columbus Metropolitan Library (Columbus, Ohio)

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (Portland, Oregon)

Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Nashville Public Library Foundation (Nashville, Tennessee)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, Texas) (Institute “21st Century”)

A second round of grants added learning labs to:

Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas)

Madison Children’s Museum (Madison, Wisconsin)

Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California)

Science Museum of Virginia Foundation (Richmond, Virginia)

University of Alabama/Alabama Museum of Natural History (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

Rochester Public Library (Rochester, New York)

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

City of Lynn, Massachusetts (Lynn, Massachusetts)

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Parmly Billings Library Foundation, Inc. (Billings, Montana)

Pima County Public Library (Tucson, Arizona)

Poughkeepsie Public Library District (Poughkeepsie, New York) (Institute “New Grants”).

The Maker Movement

Even if a library can’t afford or doesn't have room to have a designated “makerspace,” there are other ways to get involved in the Maker movement. The Maker movement doesn't just include makerspaces, but all kinds of maker opportunities.

When looking into the Maker movement, Maker Media is a good name to know. Maker Media has been the driving force behind the Maker movement, beginning with the first publication of MAKE Magazine in 2005 (“Maker Media,” 2013). Maker Media produces the Maker Faire and Makezine, an online zine that offers makers project ideas, as well as Maker Shed, an online store that sells kits and other supplies for makerspaces.

Not having a “space” for your “Makerspace” doesn’t mean you can’t contribute to the Maker movement. For instance, a “Pop up Makerspace” is a temporary makerspace set up in an alternative location, like a classroom (Houston, 2013). Mobile makerspaces, which are able to be moved easily to and from a space and probably lower tech, are always an option (“Teen Makerspaces,” 2013). Makerspaces don’t have to have high tech tools like 3D printers. They can get started with as little as a few craft supplies and a rolling cart.

Another alternative is for a library to get involved in a Maker Faire. Touted as the “Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth,” the Maker Faire is an annual celebration of the Maker movement (“Maker Faire,” 2013, para. 1). Maker Faires allow makers to share their creations and let others know about the Maker movement. Traditionally, the main Maker Faire is located in the Bay Area, as that is where the Faire started in 2006 (“Maker Faire,” 2013). But since the Maker movement has spread, so have Maker Faires, with a “World Maker Faire” taking place in New York City and “Mini Maker Faires” popping up around the world (“Maker Faire,” 2013). Mini Maker Faires are getting more popular as the Maker movement spreads. Even Urbana-Champaign, IL holds its own Mini Maker Faire to showcase makers in the community.

It is also possible to involve a local maker group, many of which have popped up around the country (i.e., Makerspace Urbana in Urbana, IL). Getting a community group involved in the library’s efforts may draw in extra interest, especially if they are well known.

Resources

Directories of Active and Operating Makerspaces Throughout the World

Hackerspaces Meetup Groups List

Hackerspaces Wiki

Labs, Fab Foundation Directory

Maker Community Groups

Maker Education Initiative Directory

Maker Faires Around the World List

Makerspace Directory

Makerspaces Meetup Groups List

MIT Fab Lab List

Mobile Makerspace Directory

National Tool Library Google Group

TechShop Locations

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation- Learning Labs Project Location Directory

The International Fab Lab Association: List of Fab Labs

The Maker Map- Find or Locate Maker Resources

The National After School Science Directory

Tool Lending Libraries Directory

YOUmedia Location Directory

Makerspace Project Ideas, Videos, and Tutorial Sites

Adafruit Learning Systems has tutorials on topics such as, how to use “Arduino,” and “Raspberry Pi.” It also provides project ideas, tools, trinkets, and so much more.

DIY.org allows members to share with others what they create. It also contains a variety of different projects and challenges.

FabLab@School Blog provides makerspace and project photos, videos, project ideas, tutorials, resources, and more.

Howtoons- “D.I.Y. Comic Website.”

Instructables has illustrated “DIY” guides on a variety of topics, such as, “Make an Electronic Music Box Powered by Arduino.”

K-12 Digital Fabrication Labs Discussion Group is a K-12 forum that discusses different “Digital Fabrication” topics.

Make It @ Your Library provides librarians with “Maker” project ideas.

Make It @ Your Library in partnership with the American Library Association and Instructables has launched a new website makeitatyourlibrary.org, which provides librarians with project ideas and resources.

Make: Makezine.com-"Contains a collection of projects, video, blogs, and so much more for makers and hackers."

Make: Projects contains a collection of different project ideas, such as “Make a Disney- Inspired Changing Portrait With a Raspberry Pi.”

Make: Videos contains a collection of how to make videos, such as “Star in a Jar.”

Makerspace.com contains a collection of how to make projects.

Sparkfun contains tutorials on many different categories, as well as, curriculum pages that presents educators, parents, students, etc. with curriculum “presentations and handouts.”

Teens Turning Green contains DIY programming ideas created by teens to encourage sustainable, healthy living.

The Exploratorium (San Francisco, California) provides different activities, videos, and more.

The Exploratorium’s Tinkering Studio contains different project ideas and a listing of past “events, workshops, and more.”

How to Start a Tool Lending Library

Tool Library Toolkit via Sharestarter provides a how-to guide on starting your own tool lending (or any other lending) library.

Grants, Scholarships, and Crowd-Sourced Fundraising Sites For Makerspaces and Makers

Grant Sites

Cognizant Technology Solutions- Making The Future U.S. After-school and Summer Program Grants

DARPA

Lego Children’s Fund

GCAA Makerspace Grant Program

Grants for Makerspace Schools

PG&E- Bright Ideas Grant

STEMgrants.com

STEM Grants and Resources

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)- Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation-Learning Labs In Libraries And Museums Grant

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)- List of Grant Applicants

Scholarship Sites

Cognizant Technology Solutions- Making the Future U.S. College Scholarship Program for MakersING Unsung Heroes: Education scholarship for innovated classroom projects

Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity

MindGear Labs

Crowd-Sourced Fundraising Sites

Crowdfunder

Crowdrise

GoFundMe

Indiegogo

Kickstarter

RocketHub

Budget and Funding Articles and Blog Links

Garcia, L. (2013). 6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace. Edudopia.

Hlubinka, M. B. (2013). Funding School Makerspaces. Make.

Hlubinka. M. B. (2013). Stocking up School Makerspaces. Make.

Mt. Elliott Makerspace. (2013). "Make A Makerspace".

Print and Electronic Resources

Books on Makerspaces

Anderson, C. (2012). Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. New York: Crown.

Frauenfelder, M. (2005). Make: Technology on Your Time. Sebastopol, CA: Dale Dougherty/O'Reilly Media.

Gabrielson, C. (2013). Tinkering: Kids Learning by Making Stuff. Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media

Hatch, M. (2013). The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.

Honey, M., & Kanter, D. (2013). Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators. New York, NY: Routledge.

Kemp, A. (2013). The Makerspace Workbench: Tools, Technologies, and Techniques for Making. Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media, Inc.

Lang, D. (2013). Zero to Maker: Learn (Just Enough) to Make (Just About) Anything. Sebastopol, CA : Maker Media, Inc.

Martinez, S. L., & Stager, G, (2013). Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom. Torrance, CA: Constructing Modern Knowledge Press.

Preddy, L. (2013). School Library Makerspaces: Grades 6-12. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

Roberts, D. (2010). Making Things Move : DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists. New York : McGraw-Hill

Roslund, S., & Rodgers, E.P. (2013). Makerspaces. Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing.

Books on Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Baichtal, J. (2013). Arduino for Beginners: Essential Skills Every Maker Needs. [S.l.] : Que Publishing.

Margolis, M. (2011). Arduino Cookbook. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media.

McComb, G. (2013). Arduino Robot Bonanza. New York : McGraw-Hill.

Monk, S. (2013). Raspberry Pi Cookbook. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media.

O’Neill, T., & Williams, J. (2013). Arduino (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Makers As Innovators). Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing.

Partner, K. (2013). Raspberry Pi for Beginners. [S.l.] : Dennis Publishing.

Richardson, M., & Wallace, S.P. (2012). Getting Started with Raspberry Pi (Make: Projects). Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly Media.

Severance, C. R., & Fontichiaro. (2013). Raspberry Pi (Makers As Innovators: 21st Century Skills Innovation Library). Ann Arbor, MI: Cherry Lake Publishing.

Electronic Resources

Makerspace. (2012). High School Makerspace Tools & Materials. O'Reilly Media.

Makerspace (2013). Makerspace Playbook. O'Reilly Media.

Makerspace. (2013). Makerspace Playbook: School Edition. Maker Media. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US.

Young Makers. (2012). Maker Club Playbook. O'Reilly Media.

Additional Web Resources

ACRL TechConnect Blog

Arduino.cc

ALA Online Community- Digital Media Labs

ALA Online Community- Makerspaces

Creative Commons

Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century

Fab Central

Hackerspaces Wiki

Institute of Museum and Library Services- Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums

Learning Labs In Libraries and Museums Resource Information

Library as Makerspace Blog

Libraries & Maker Culture: A Resource Guide

MAKE magazine

MakerBot.com

Maker Faire.com

Maker Media.com

Maker Shed

Makered.org

Makerspace.com

Makerspaces and the Participatory Library- Facebook group

Makezine.com

Mt. Elliot Makerspace

Open Education Database (OEDb)- “A Librarian’s Guide to Makerspaces: 16 Resources”

Raspberry Pi.org

ShopBot Tools

SparkFun Electronics

Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning Blog

Teen Makerspaces @ Your Library

The MakerBridge Blog

Thingiverse- "Digital Designs for Physical Objects"

Young Makers.org

YOUmedia Network: Reimagining Learning in the 21st Century

References

Abram, S. (2013). Makerspaces in Libraries, Education, and Beyond. Internet@Schools, 20(2), 18-20.

“About.” The YOUmedia Network. Web. 14 Nov. 2013 www.youmedia.org/youmedia-network

Anythink: A Revolution of Rangeview Libraries. (2013). Anything Brighton Awarded Grant to Design Teen Makerspace. Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://www.anythinklibraries.org/news-item/anythink-brighton-awarded-grant-design-teen-makerspace

Bagley, C. (2012) What is a Makerspace? Creativity in the Library. ALATechsource. Retrieved on November 10, 2013 from http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2012/12/what-is-a-makerspace-creativity-in-the-library.html

Bailey, J. (2012). From Stacks to Hacks: Makerspaces and LibraryBox. Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://metro.org/articles/from-stacks-to-hacks-makerspaces-and-librarybox/

Batykefer, E. (2013). The Youth Maker Library. Voice Of Youth Advocates, 36(3), 20-24.

Behen. L.D. (2013). Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology: Connect with Today’s Teens. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited.

Britton, L. (2012). Making Space for Creation, Not Just Consumption. Library Journal. Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/10/public-services/the-makings-of-maker-spaces-part-1-space-for-creation-not-just-consumption/

Colegrove, T. (2013). Editorial Board Thoughts: Libraries as Makerspace?. Information Technology & Libraries, 32(1), 2-5.

Davee, S. (2013). Celebrating Our Maker Corps Mentor Class of 2013. Maker Education Initiative: Every Child A Maker. Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://www.makered.org/tag/maker-corps/

Education Innovator. (2013). Maker Education Initiative. Retrieved on November 9, 2013 from http://blog.nwp.org/educatorinnovator/partners/maker-education-initiative/

FAQs. (n.d.). Retrieved November 24, 2013, from Raspberry Pi website: http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

Garcia, L. (2013). 6 Strategies for Funding a Makerspace. Edudopia. Retrieved on November 11, 2013 from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/6-strategies-funding-makerspace-paloma-garcia-lopez

Graham, R. (2013). Bring Back Home ec! The Case for a Revival of the Most Retro Class in School. Boston Globe. Retrieved on November 19, 2013 from http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/10/12/bring-back-home/EJJi9yzjgJfNMqxWUIEDgO/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw.

Hlubinka, M. B. (2013). Funding School Makerspaces. Make. Retrieved on November 11, 2013 from http://makezine.com/2013/09/05/funding-school-makerspaces/

Hlubinka, M. B. (2013). Stocking up School Makerspaces. Make. Retrieved on November 11, 2013 from http://makezine.com/2013/08/21/stocking-up-school-makerspaces/

Houston, C. (2013). Makerspaces @ your school library: Consider the possibilities!. Kentucky Libraries, 77(3): 26-28.

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Institute of Museum and Library Services. (2012). Talking Points: Museums, Libraries, and Makerspaces. Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/Makerspaces.pdf

Kroski, E. (2013). A Librarian’s Guide to Makerspace: 16 Resources. Open Education Database (OEDB). Retrieved on November 8, 2013 from http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/a-librarians-guide-to-makerspaces/

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Ordering of the Print

Visiting exhibitions in galleries and museums over the past few months has help me analyse what materials work best with certain prints or finishes along with lighting conditions, scale and type of space you are displaying your work in. Even though architectural professionals such as Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre had use frames for their work when exhibited at the Tristan Hoare Gallery in October/November 2017, I personally felt it would have been better if they didn’t. Seeing their work like this allowed me to decide that this option wasn’t for me and that the only suitable option was to print onto aluminium as this replicates the industrial materials to create authenticity and connections throughout.

The only problem printing to this size and mounting options is the cost as it is quite expensive to print and mount in this way. I had previously printed onto aluminium in the second year Photography & the Gallery module where my work consisted of three A2 images. This cost quite a lot more than I had hoped as the original company I had decided to print with messed up the order which meant they wouldn’t arrive in time for the exhibition even though I ordered them three weeks prior. This meant I had to get them printed with a different company which was considerably more but if I didn’t do this then I wouldn’t have had any work on the wall.

To avoid the same problem happening again, I decided on my layout and the image I was going to print early to give myself enough time to get my work printed and allow extra time in case any problems did occur. As I had decided that I was going to print one A0 print which would be mounted or printed directly onto aluminium, I needed to find photographic printing companies who offer this service. The main factors that will help me decide on the company I will be using are:

• Cost • Choice of materials • Feedback/reviews • Turn around times of production and delivery

After searching for various companies in the UK and Europe, I decided to look Spectrum Photographic and Bonusprint / Albelli in more detail as these are the two companies I am considering using for printing.

Spectrum Photographic

Spectrum is a professional imaging lab specialising in high quality fine art and photographic printing, as well as archival mounting. They are located in Brighton and only a two-minute walk from the train station. They are known for their high quality printing and have produced work for many professional photographers including Tom Wood. They specialise in archival mounting, fine art and photographic printing, and offering Giclée and C-type printing alongside a range of museum and exhibition quality services. I have used Spectrum Photographic in the past for a previous exhibition on my Foundation Degree course where I had printed onto aluminium at A2 size. Even though this was quite costly, I couldn’t fault the prints at all which made up for the cost.

As they offer a wide range of printing formats such as various photographic or fine art paper which can be mounted onto aluminium, I decided to phone them up and discuss what type of paper would be best for my type of images and if that paper type would be suitable for aluminium. They mentioned that due to the images I want to display is quite vibrant and contrasty, it would be best to pick C-type printing for the aluminium. To gain more information in what type of paper this is, I looked on their website.

Digital C Type Printing Services

Photographic C-type prints are made by exposing light onto colour paper, which is then developed and washed using traditional photographic techniques. Wet developed as with traditional photographic printing, our processors are equipped with an extra wash stage to increase the archival stability of your prints. Exposed by a high resolution digital printers this process offers the artist the quality and archival properties of a photographic print with the creativity and consistency that can only be achieved from a digital process. Other great aspects include:

• Continuous tone printing • Fuji Professional Crystal Archive papers • Easy to use colour managed system • Fast turnaround • Choice of mounting options

As this is a colour process, black & white images can print with a slight warmth or coolness. Whilst this is not always the case, they recommend printing B&W images through the Giclée process, onto either the Innova Semi-Matte, or Innova Ultra Smooth Gloss. These two papers in particular give lovely rich neutral blacks. This is something that I do not need to consider as the print will be in colour, but this is something I would definitely had to consider if I did use the images in black and white along the industrial feel especially with medium or large format cameras.

As there are various C-type printing papers, I have included a list below.

Crystal Archive Matt - Professional archival Resin Coated colour paper with a Matt finish – the first choice for exhibition prints. Crystal Archive Lustre - A slightly stippled surface gives this Resin Coated paper a Semi-Matt finish, with deep blacks and more forgiving on fingerprints. Crystal Archive Gloss - A very good base white – as with all our Resin Coated Fuji papers, giving punchy colours, great for those high impact shots. Duratran - Images printed onto Duratran film have an translucent base designed to be back-lit, making them perfect for light boxes. With superb clarity, colour saturation and deep blacks. C-type technical specifications

Process is fully colour managed to recognise embedded Adobe ’98 and sRGB profiles ensuring accurate printed colours every time.

Chromogenic Silver Halide Photographic Process

Printer: 50” ZBE Chromira

Maximum Print Size: 1254 mm x 4000 mm

Optimum input resolution: 200-300 dpi

Output: RGB continuous tone – equivalent to 4000dpi

Archival Life expectancy: up to 56 years on Display – 100 years Dark Storage

After further discussions on the phone of what C-type paper I should use, they recommended C-type matt as this is a good choice for exhibition printing and will be harder for light to reflect off them, for example from spot lights on the work which is used in Borough Road Gallery and most other galleries.

Mounting

When choosing how to mount a photograph certain factors need to be considered, such as how long will it be displayed for or how it will be attached to the wall. It is important to consider these as somebody might enquire about wanting to buy your print, so it is key that the quality is there from the start. I have included a screenshot of the factors along with if the mounting options are suitable for that factor.

From looking at the table that Spectrum provide on their website, we can see that the use of aluminium for mounting the photographic work will be very suitable. Due to its strength, the work is resistant to bowing, which can happen with with foamboard over a duration of time. It can be used for short or long term display and also it is archival, which means it will last for a very long time if it is looked after. Due to its weight, strong Velcro would probably not hold the work in place on a wall without the risk of it falling over a duration of time, which would damage the print and be unable to use again. They provide wall fixings with the work to enable to hang. This works on a batten wall fixings.

Split batten fixing

The split batten fixing consists of using MDF and is approximately 9mm will give the impression of your artwork “floating” from the surface of the wall. One set of battens are fixed to the back of the print, and the second set of battens are screwed to the wall. The image is then hung by slotting the battens on the back of the MDF into the wall battens.

This process of fixing the work to the wall is a simple yet effective idea as it enables you to screw a small piece of wood into the wall and simply place the image that has the batten attached to the back over the top and slot into the place. The cantilevers in the wood will help secure the print in place and avoid the work falling if I was to use strong Velcro or a material. Also, the batten doesn’t need to be exactly in the right position as the image can be moved along a few centimetres each way.

Cost

From considering the options and advice I have received, I have listed the cost below.

A0 (1189 x 841) C-Type Fuji Matt print = £70.64 A0 (1189 x 841) Aluminium panel with MDF split batten fixing = £139.05

Sub Total = £209.69

Total with 20% Student Discount = £167.75

As you can see the image I want mounted onto aluminium with battens is very expensive.

Delivery / Turn Around Time

For this type of prints, this will take slightly longer than normal photographic prints due to the time it takes to mount the work onto the aluminium. They have said it will take around 7-10 days for the images to be produced. As I am looking to print several weeks in advance, this will not be a problem to receive the work on time.

Bonusprint /Albelli

Bonusprint or previously know as Albelli is a subsidiary of Albumprinter BV, one of the largest European photo book suppliers active in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Albumprinter has its own production facility in the Netherlands where production takes place for the entire European market. I decided to research into this company due to being recommended by a friend that had previously exhibited and had used them to display his images. On seeing his work, I found that they were of a good quality and were of a professional standard and suitable for a gallery context. Bonusprint also regularly offer percentages off their products so this will also save me a considerable amount of money depending on what offer is on the time of order.

Mounting

Albelli aluminium prints are 3mm thick and consists of three solid layers to form the mount. The thickness help keeps the print strong and solid to avoid bowing. It is UV and weather resistant and suitable for hanging indoors or outdoors.

Hanging

For hanging the print, Bonusprint provide a free, pre-attached suspension system. This system allows you to hang your print at one suspension point and plastic cushion pads make sure your photo hangs parallel to the wall. For the biggest sizes which are larger than 50 x 70cm, a metal frame is attached to the back of your aluminium, free of charge to hang your print. This ensures the large formats sit firmly on the wall. Both systems are completely invisible from the front and don’t create any holes in your print. This also creates a floating look to the piece on the wall. As I will be printing larger than 70x50cm, the large subframe will be provided to support my image on the wall which will be fixed by two hanging screws which are screwed into the wall for strength.

Hanging System up to 60x40cm Hanging System larger than 70x50cm

Cost

As I am looking at printing at A0, the nearest size they have is 120 x 80cm which is as close to the size as possible. I have included the cost below.

120 x 80cm print mounted onto aluminium with subframe = £149.99.

50% promotional code = £74.99

Delivery cost = £6.99

Total cost = £81.98

Production / Delivery Time

Bonusprint aim to delivery your print within 6-8 working days, not including weekends or bank holidays which is very good as the work is being processed and delivered from Netherlands. This should be enough time if I was going to order through them for my print.

Review

On looking at their feedback, they are rated 9.2/10 from 4485 reviews, which is very good. This shows that their product and overall service is good. They also offer 100% satisfaction guarantee, so if I wasn’t happy with the quality of my print, I could receive a re-print of the product or a full refund. This is good to know as some companies do not offer this.

Evaluation

From researching both companies, I feel that they both produce very good products. This is due to me previously ordering through Spectrum for a previous exhibition and also seeing Bonusprint’s products from a friend. They both are of professional standard and will be suitable for the gallery context which will help the work be appealing to the viewers. After considering both companies for a long time, I have decided that I will order through Bonusprint due to the large cost difference. Even though I was veyr happy witht he service and quaity of the work form Spectrum, it is not feesable for me to spend that much especially when I am ordering my photo book through Blurb. I have included the cost for the print below.

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