News

• 9th September, 2014

  Changes at Berg

  Announced today, some big changes at Berg.

• 22nd May, 2014speaking

  BIMA Breakfast Briefing

  Spoke at a BIMA Breakfast Briefing about the impact of the some of the tools currently available to Makers.

• 21st June, 2013BERG
  speaking

  This Happened #14

  Spoke at This Happened at the V&A about some of the joys and trials experienced in getting Little Printer to market.

• 30th March, 2012exhibition

  Cylinder at Laboral

  Cylinder is being shown as part of the Visualising Sound exhibition at Laboral in Asturias from 30th March until 25th June.

• 30th January, 2012awards
  electronics
  exhibition
  installation

  Shade: Designs of the Year

  Shade by Simon Heijdens is nominated in the 2012 Designs of the Year. During the initial development I provided some higher-than-usual-voltage electronics support.

• 19th January, 2012interview
  speaking

  Sensor Sensibility

  Last year I was interviewed about interaction design and using Arduino by Seth Shostak for the Big Picture Science podcast. The whole episode and an excerpt are now online.

• 28th November, 2011Crafts 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.

• 1st November, 2011physical
  rapid prototyping

  FRSTEE with RIG

  In collaboration with RIG London, FRSTEE makes it possible to buy your very own Datadecs inspired snowman, in time for Christmas!

• 21st May, 2011BERG
  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.

• 19th April, 2011conference
  speaking

  Future Everything

  I'll be participating in the Post Craft panel discussion at this year's Future Everything on the 13th of May.

• 13th January, 2011electronics
  installation
  lighting
  physical

  HIGH…LOW

  Putting the finishing touches to an 8 metre tidal display for Shona Kitchen at Deptford Creekside, London.

• 21st December, 2010design
  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.

• 29th September, 2010electronics
  installation
  lighting
  physical

  Bus-tops

  A bright three days spent getting the Bus Tops team up and running with the LED screens for their 2012 installation.

• 9th June, 2010exhibition
  games
  Science Museum
  software
  video

  Who Am I?

  Busy installing two new exhibits with Robson & Jones for the redevelopment of the Science Museum's Who Am I? gallery, due to open at the end of June.

• 18th March, 2010conference
  filmit
  Helen Hamlyn Trust
  schools
  speaking

  Open Futures Conference

  A great couple of days was had at the Open Futures conference hearing from some of the children involved and Prof. Sugata Mitra.

• 18th September, 2009exhibition
  installation

  Screen Worlds

  Opening at ACMI in Melbourne the Screen Worlds gallery includes Colour Wheel, a new exhibit developed with Robson & Jones.

• 14th September, 2009conference
  design
  speaking

  TEDx Sheffield

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

• 14th September, 2009conference
  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.

• 20th August, 2009education
  filmit
  online
  schools
  speaking
  video

  i-Design 09

  I'll be discussing filmit as part of a panel at i-Design09 on 24th September.

• 16th August, 2009physical
  press
  print
  toys

  tapTap in Thinking: Objects

  tapTap has found it's way into Tim Parson's Thinking: Objects, Contemporary approaches to product design.

• 14th July, 2009physical
  schools
  sound
  workshop

  Singing Sock Puppets Workshop

  Worked with Matt Brown and students at the Brit School as part of his Singing Sock Puppets workshop. Take a look at their project blog.

• 8th May, 2009music
  performance
  speaking

  Future of Sound 09

  I'll be performing with the Beatbox and other systems at The Sage Gateshead on 23rd May as part of the Future of Sound 2009 tour.

• 5th May, 2009exhibition
  music
  writing

  Takeaway Festival 4

  Going to press now is "Play and Display: Designing Musical Interfaces", the catalogue essay for the 4th Takeaway Festival of DIY Media 19-21 May 2009, at the Dana Centre, London.

• 3rd April, 2009speaking

  Thinking Digital 2009

  I'll be presenting some music toys at the Thinking Digital University, part of Thinking Digital on the 13th of May at The Sage Gateshead.

• 29th January, 2009filmit
  Helen Hamlyn Trust
  online
  schools
  video

  filmit India Festival

  300 children attend the filmit India festival in Delhi organised by our partners, INTACH.

• 30th October, 2008electronics
  Science Museum
  sound
  toys
  workshop

  Midi Scrapyard Challenge

  A one day workshop working with Jonah Brucker Cohen's Midi Scrapyard Challenge at the Dana Centre ended with some great pieces from the London Tigers girls group.

• 29th September, 2008electronics
  exhibition
  sensors

  Microsoft Interactive Canvas

  Worked with AllofUs to develop a robust sensor system for the Microsoft Interactive Canvas.

• 17th September, 2008sound
  speaking

  Future of Sound / D3

  Speaking as part of Martyn Ware's Future of Sound event at Digital Design Day.

• 19th June, 2008BBC
  electronics
  schulze & webb

  Olinda

  Development complete with Schulze & Webb resulting in 4 working prototypes for the BBC's Olinda project.

• 17th March, 2008music
  soundtrack
  video

  Sound for Wonderland

  A short soundtrack composed for SHOWstudio's Wonderland film.

• 16th January, 2008exhibition
  luxembourg

  Volumes, Luxembourg

  Cylinder exhibited as part of Volumes, an exhibtion at the Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg until 6th April, 2008

• 18th December, 2007Barcelona
  exhibition
  processing
  sound

  Palau Robert, Barcelona

  Exhibit creation for the lagranja designed exhibtion celebrating 50 years of the Esade business school.

• 23rd November, 2007exhibition
  Science Museum
  sound

  Launchpad opens

  Visitors can play with Vibration Station, a permanant exhibit derived from the Beatbox as part of the revamped exhibit space.

• 11th April, 2007commission
  exhibition
  sound
  toys

  tapTap commission

  tapTap recieves a commission for the SoundWaves Cybersonica 07 exhibition at Kinetica, London, 17th May - 29th June.

• 10th February, 2007exhibition
  Science Museum
  sound

  Sound for pickledonion’s Escape.

  Sound design for Escape and 2 other exhibits for the Science of Spying, for pickledonion

• 10th August, 2006mobile
  sound

  Nokia

  Just finished working with Nokia on a sound design research project with the Insight & Innovation dept.

• 23rd June, 2006architecture
  bartlett
  exhibition
  processing
  schools

  Creating an Ecology Exhibited

  Creating an Ecology exhibited at the Bartlett School of Architecture Show.

• 24th April, 2006BBC
  exhibition
  installation
  video

  BBC Beyond Broadcast Now

  Networked video comments system made for the BBC's Beyond Broadcast Now exhibition. Visitors could record messages which were relayed to a series of screens.

• 20th October, 2005press

  Make 04

  Beatbox featured in the made on earth section of Make 04 magazine in an article by Chris O'Shea

• 21st January, 2005exhibition
  fabrica
  lisbon

  Cylinder exhibition

  Cylinder exhibited at Fabrica Features Lisbon, Portugal.

• 10th September, 2004press

  IdN Special 04

  tapTap & other projects featured in IdN Special 04: The Art of Experimental Interaction Design