Comments for iShed http://www.ished.net a new venture by Watershed, to initiate, enable and support cross-sector collaborations and creative technology projects. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 Comment on Promoting Bristol at The House of Commons by Clare http://www.ished.net/2010/07/13/promoting-bristol-at-the-house-of-commons/#comment-57701 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:18:14 +0000 http://www.ished.net/2010/07/13/promoting-bristol-at-the-house-of-commons/#comment-57701 Hi Paula, thanks for the comment and useful input - can you add a link to the company you talk about? Hi Paula, thanks for the comment and useful input - can you add a link to the company you talk about?

]]> Comment on Promoting Bristol at The House of Commons by Paula http://www.ished.net/2010/07/13/promoting-bristol-at-the-house-of-commons/#comment-57695 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:35:36 +0000 http://www.ished.net/2010/07/13/promoting-bristol-at-the-house-of-commons/#comment-57695 Nicely put. We also have independent and original brand creators and innovative retail businesses created by Bristol design graduates. Let's not overlook that fashion is a creative industry responsible for considerable uk revenue and that fashion and lifestyle ecommerce has been one of the fastest growing digital industries in recent years. Still only run single handedly, this particular little micro brand with a following on five continents, was also "Made in Bristol" has been listed alongside Prada and Tiffany (and others) as 'best on the web'. Nicely put. We also have independent and original brand creators and innovative retail businesses created by Bristol design graduates. Let's not overlook that fashion is a creative industry responsible for considerable uk revenue and that fashion and lifestyle ecommerce has been one of the fastest growing digital industries in recent years. Still only run single handedly, this particular little micro brand with a following on five continents, was also "Made in Bristol" has been listed alongside Prada and Tiffany (and others) as 'best on the web'.

]]> Comment on Producing the future by playing the field – how we support new ideas by Clare http://www.ished.net/2010/07/05/producing-the-future-by-playing-the-field-%e2%80%93-how-we-support-new-ideas/#comment-57211 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:20:08 +0000 http://www.ished.net/2010/07/05/producing-the-future-by-playing-the-field-%e2%80%93-how-we-support-new-ideas/#comment-57211 Feedback from my presentation is that there wasn't enough examples of the work (fair point). So some examples/video/blogs from the network that make me excited: Igfest pervasive gaming festival: http://vimeo.com/7703695 AntiVJ projection mapping: http://antivj.com/desherence/index.htm Duncan Speakman's Subtlemobs: http://subtlemob.com/?p=11 Last Will and Testament - hybrid experience between real and computer-generated worlds" - http://vimeo.com/2445637 Hazel Grian's robot/daemon project: http://dshed.net/daemon Jay Kerry and Becca Gill - The Magician's Desk http://dshed.net/magic-and-all-ascribed-it and lots more at http://dshed.net/category/innovation-research Feedback from my presentation is that there wasn't enough examples of the work (fair point). So some examples/video/blogs from the network that make me excited:

Igfest pervasive gaming festival: http://vimeo.com/7703695
AntiVJ projection mapping: http://antivj.com/desherence/index.htm
Duncan Speakman's Subtlemobs: http://subtlemob.com/?p=11
Last Will and Testament - hybrid experience between real and computer-generated worlds" - http://vimeo.com/2445637
Hazel Grian's robot/daemon project: http://dshed.net/daemon
Jay Kerry and Becca Gill - The Magician's Desk http://dshed.net/magic-and-all-ascribed-it

and lots more at http://dshed.net/category/innovation-research

]]> Comment on Technology Strategy Board funded art and culture -led projects by Giles Lane http://www.ished.net/2010/06/09/technology-strategy-board-funded-art-and-culture-led-projects/#comment-54172 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:13:18 +0000 http://www.ished.net/2010/06/09/technology-strategy-board-funded-art-and-culture-led-projects/#comment-54172 Hi Clare, Proboscis received a TSB Feasibility Study Grant in September 2008 for "Diffusion Shareables: New Markets via 3rd Party Services" to research and develop a re-engineered prototype of the Diffusion Generator designed to allow 3rd parties to hook into its services (making Diffusion eBooks & StoryCubes) and offer them to their own users. We subsequently launched http://bookleteer.com in September 2009 and have been growing the service ever since. More details here : http://bookleteer.com/blog/ best, Giles Hi Clare,

Proboscis received a TSB Feasibility Study Grant in September 2008 for "Diffusion Shareables: New Markets via 3rd Party Services" to research and develop a re-engineered prototype of the Diffusion Generator designed to allow 3rd parties to hook into its services (making Diffusion eBooks & StoryCubes) and offer them to their own users.

We subsequently launched http://bookleteer.com in September 2009 and have been growing the service ever since. More details here : http://bookleteer.com/blog/

best,
Giles

]]> Comment on Theatre Sandbox Commissions - workshops announced by sensorinet http://www.ished.net/2010/03/24/theatre-sandbox-commissions-workshops-announced/#comment-45000 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:58:39 +0000 http://www.ished.net/2010/03/24/theatre-sandbox-commissions-workshops-announced/#comment-45000 Thanks Guys, this is exactly the opportunity I need to experiment and develop my ideas. Good luck to the whole project. anu kumar Thanks Guys, this is exactly the opportunity I need to experiment and develop my ideas. Good luck to the whole project. anu kumar

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