Experience Design

In an era of uncertainty and increasing dependency on technology as a conduit for interaction, human connection is becoming more vital than ever before. Unboxed festival is launching in response to the public’s “huge appetite to get out again and stand next to other human beings”, and to celebrate the power of creativity to bring people together.

The ambitious programme includes 10 multi-site projects throughout the UK, with free events running across live and digital platforms, from now until October.

To find out more: https://unboxed2022.uk

Background to the festival and the projects: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/mar/01/unboxed-festival-launches-with-vow-to-get-britain-reconnected

Unboxed festival launches with vow to get Britain reconnected The controversial festival, hailed as a ‘once in a lifetime’ cultural event, opens with an immersive history of the universe, About Us, at Paisley Abbey

Wow almost a year on from our hiatus posting to the group - big thank you for staying onboard as we all navigated through the challenges and fast changing times. Last year the trend predictions were for the experience industry to grow across 2020+ and yet we were caught by surprise and it’s the digital industry that’s exploded and set to rise. In light of these changes, I’ve taken time to review and redevelop our Experience Design course to an online format, and excited to reveal we’ll be launching the first course from mid-April!

We're keeping the course limited to a small group, and will run it as an online classroom with 2 tutors teaching in person throughout, so you can collaborate with each other and we can provide more attention and direct feedback.

The updated modules include new content such as developing meaningful hybrid digital/live experiences, designing emotions, behavioral change models and multisensory design, alongside the latest research in science, such as psychology and neuroscience, and evolving practices from theatre and the arts are also included.

If you’re interested to develop your approach, expand your professional skills for future proofing your career, looking to explore new career paths, or simply would like to find out more, then feel free to send me a message on [email protected] and I can share more details with the course outline.

We hope to meet you and join together in creating new paths for the future of Experience Design.

Last weekend I ran a short course exploring different ways the senses can be used in design and art. Dialogue in the Dark exhibition has just opened as a sensory experience which invites you to go on a journey to discover what it is like to be blind. You are guided through a series of rooms in absolute darkness, assisted by trained blind guides, which are filled with sounds, flavours and objects. The aim is to create awareness, empowerment and empathy towards visually impaired people and discover how rich and complex their experiences of everyday life is.

Running at SPACE in Hackney, for more information and tickets see the link below.

Dialogue in the Dark | MARCH A sensory exhibition set in total darkness, designed to enlighten you and push you out of the comfort zone orienting you to a world without pictures. The concept of Dialogue in the Dark is simple: visitors are led by blind guides through dark rooms in which scent, sound, wind, temperature, and textu...

VAULT Festival is back! London’s annual underground arts festival returns for 8 weeks with hundreds of events, comedy, pop-up and immersive productions running in venues throughout Waterloo and the South Bank. Opening 28 January - 22 March, to look through the extensive and exciting programme, tickets and more information: https://vaultfestival.com/