Stand + Stare have been working alongside web developers Fieldwork to create a bespoke conversational tool for Houses of Darkness that encapsulates the digital offerings related to the project.
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Following the success of ‘Reimagining the Diary’, we have now revised our Diary Toolkit to suit the needs of sixth-form students at Pates Grammar School in Cheltenham.
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We had a great celebration at Filwood Community Centre, Bristol last week to finish our Knowle West Tales interactive book-making project, using our Mayfly Photobooks app.
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We visited the National Railway Museum in York recently, in preparation for an exciting new gallery which will be opening in 2023 - Wonderlab: The Bramall Gallery. Stand + Stare will be creating a Conductive Wall for Wonderlab and so we wanted to check out the space, gather ideas and meet some very special project partners. We’ve also begun prototyping!
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Everyone has a story to tell but the concept of creating an autobiography can seem overwhelming - where to start? What to say that’s of interest to others? At Filwood Community Centre we’ve been working with local people to help them record their stories in their very own interactive book.
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It’s taken months of preparation to get here, scrambling our brains with the complications of movement of goods between England and Northern Ireland in the wake of Brexit.
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It’s such a great summer for me, travelling around the British Isles helping Ava to get acquainted with her new friends at WWT and find a home-from-home in her osprey nests.
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I’m just back from a brilliant couple of days at WWT Arundel, in the South of England where the team have been amazingly welcoming and the quaint castle town was sparkling in the summer sun.
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We are up the M6 towards Manchester this week as Barney and I are visiting WWT Martin Mere to meet their Learning Manager Chris Whitehead and install Generation Wild.
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Nest production for Generation Wild is in full swing and our fabricator Aron Duckworth has got a team on board to help in the workshop in Bristol.
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It’s been ‘all systems go’ for the Stand + Stare team as we are installing a brand new interactive visitor experience at WWT Slimbridge.
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Following Dr Lucy Kelly's drive to repurpose diary writing for 21st Century teachers, Stand + Stare have been a fundamental part of the research team, developing a toolkit of reflective practices aimed at supporting busy teachers to take time out for themselves and build up a routine of self-care that enhances their wellbeing.
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When the world stopped in March 2020, overcome by the coronavirus pandemic, Sarah and Helen were one of the first people to contact us saying “We honour our commitment to working with you and adapting this project to fit with the current situation”.
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As an interactive design studio, we have spent time over the past few months envisioning our future - focussing on what we are good at, what we love to do and also acknowledging where we can make improvements. (Image: Bex Rose, Watershed)
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It’s that time of year for reflection, the ‘round up’ of the last 12 months, and I can honestly say it’s been a great year for me, working with Stand + Stare in the Stroud studio and joining the Pervasive Media studio community in Bristol, as Stand + Stare’s Creative Producer. I love the variety of work I get up to as a Producer, and if variety is the spice of life, then there’s definitely been a piquant flavour to my year!
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The mottled concrete walls, cut by hand by half a dozen construction workers, are one of the many iconic features of the Barbican Arts Centre and Barbican Estate…
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