The website for Birmingham’s Future Gaming Conference 2011 is now online. Call for speakers is also out: application deadline is 1st April 2011.
Archive for February, 2011
Future Gaming Conference 2011
11 Feb 2011 at 07:02
David Haden
Birmingham, Creative industries, Gaming
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Blood & Bone China
Trailer for a new vampire series, Blood & Bone China, filmed and set in Stoke-on-Trent… Reminded me of a (true) old news item… “In Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in 1973, one Demetrius Myiciura died from choking on a clove of garlic. He was found in his home surrounded by salt, garlic and crucifixes all intended to stave […]
Bums on seats at BIAD
Is your bum comfy? Does that affect your learning? Comfy bums-on-seats are the subject of a public lecture and a foyer exhibition at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) on Tuesday 1st March 2011, at 6pm… “This exhibition showcases a new range of seating for education and documents the design and development stages of […]
Drawn from life
Giles’s famous cartoon Grandma.
Gamer Camp call
Birmingham City University is now inviting West Midlands game-making talent to apply for its Game Camps. Learn how to make videogames on one of BCU’s three Camps. These are: Gamer Camp Nano (make a game for the Apple App Store) which runs from 4th to 29th July 2011; Gamer Camp Mini (develop and publish PSP […]
‘Bac to the future’ for 14-18s
The ‘top’ universities are set to issue a warning to potential undergraduates: don’t study “Media Studies, Art and Design, Photography” if you want to get a place at the likes of Oxford and Cambridge. You might get away with just one of those, but no more. Well, I’m pretty sure that most potential entrants already […]
Pashley passions
BIAD design students work to create new accessories and a new look for a famous Midlands bicycle brand…
The Future of Local Media
03 Feb 2011 at 00:06
David Haden
Birmingham, Creative industries, Reading
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Pete Ashton has posted a summary of his recent excellent series of articles on the Future of Local Media.
Google Art Project
Just launched, Google Art Project. Use Google Maps / Street View technology to view the collections of 17 of the world’s top art galleries.
Mars – new work by Kahn & Selesnick
01 Feb 2011 at 12:39
David Haden
Artist(s), neu-real, Photographers
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New work by Kahn & Selesnick, Mars: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea. Published as a Blurb POD book.
City of Shadows
Photos from the book City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948, featuring photographs of people brought into the police station at Sydney, Australia. Full online archive here.
NESTA’s Next Gen report – out now
01 Feb 2011 at 11:50
David Haden
Creative industries, Gaming, Teaching
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NESTA’s final Livingstone/Hope Report is available online, titled as Next Gen (PDF link, 5Mb). “The [videogames and FX] industries suffer from an education system that doesn’t understand their needs. This is reinforced by a school curriculum that focuses in ICT on office skills rather than the more rigorous computer science and programming skills which high-tech […]