March 11, 2009 – 12:27 pm
During his recent UCA visit to Jiangnan University in China, MAKE’s Gary Clough had the opportunity to introduce the MAKE Research Cluster to students and academics at the university’s School of Design in Wuxi. Outlining the university’s research profile, he went on to present recent MAKE projects, including Repetition and Difference, opening up the [...]
October 26, 2008 – 2:00 am
This year’s MAKE lecture series drew to a close on Thursday evening with Richard Armiger of Network Modelmakers talking to students, staff and guests at UCA Rochester about his distinguished career in modelmaking. An alumni of the university, Richard talked openly about current changes in the industry, outlining his company’s projects past and present [...]
October 2, 2008 – 10:46 pm
Yesterday night saw the first leg of MAKE’s Repetition & Difference open at Keynes College, University of Kent in Canterbury. We also had the pleasure of launching the cluster’s first publication (published by the UKC) If all goes to plan we should have a digital version of the catalogue on-line at www.makemodels.co.uk within the next [...]
September 26, 2008 – 10:08 pm
Last night the MAKE Research Cluster welcomed the Icelandic architect and artist Einar Thorsteinn to speak at UCA Rochester. A good turn out, particularly from the university’s MA students, had the pleasure of listening to Thorsteinn recall, at times very personally, the fabric of his interests and ideas over the last 40 years, a period [...]
September 20, 2008 – 12:58 pm
The first event of this year’s MAKE Lecture Series kicked off on Thursday night, with students, staff and guests gathering to hear talks from Derek Flippance, of the Royal Engineers Museum, and Richard Holdsworth, the Museums and Heritage Director for the Chatham Historic Dockyards. Derek spoke with great passion about some of the rare models [...]
August 8, 2008 – 10:13 am
It gives me great pleasure to officially announce the speakers for this year’s MAKE Lecture Series. Bringing together both local and international speakers the talks this year will explore the use and presentation of analogue models in different practises. All lectures will start at 5pm in the Peter Williams Lecture Theatre, UCA Rochester.
Event 1: [...]
April 26, 2008 – 12:01 am
After 4 months of designing and building it’s great to have our new on-line research platform up and running. Built to house and record various MAKE research cluster activities, the platform will act as a resource and discussion board for on-going design and research projects, exploring the construction and use of analogue models in different [...]
