design

• 28th November, 2011 / news Crafts Council
  design
  education
  speaking

  House of Commons briefing

  I'm speaking at a breakfast briefing on the importance of making in design for the launch of the Crafts Council's Crafting Capital report.

• 21st May, 2011 / news BERG
  design
  electronics

  BERG

  I've joined BERG as a Hardware Producer & Designer. I'll be running their product prototyping projects amongst other exciting things three days a week.

• 21st December, 2010 / news design
  electronics
  exhibition
  installation
  physical

  Shade

  Having completed work on the electronics design, Shade by Simon Heijdens opens at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of their Hyperlinks exhibition.

• 14th September, 2009 / news conference
  design
  speaking

  TEDx Sheffield

  I'll be joining RIG and tinker to speak at TEDx Sheffield on the 16th September.

• 14th September, 2009 / news conference
  design
  music
  speaking

  Interesting 2009

  I gave a brief (and somewhat jetlagged) history of the piano keyboard at Interesting09 on the 12th September along with many interesting people.