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Charles Hadcock FRBS studied fine art at the Royal College of Art, London specialising in sculpture and in 2008 was made a fellow of the RBS. Hadcock’s monumental sculpture reflect his interest in geology, engineering and mathematics, and are enriched by references to music and poetry. Because of his abiding interest in engineering and industrial…
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They downed over a million soft drinks and scoffed nearly as many Bath buns, but most of the six million people who trooped into the Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park to visit the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in the summer of 1851 were drawn there by prize exhibits…
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How to sustain making in Lancashire: Facilitated and led by Jonathan Ball Post-festival workshop to inform FOM 2018 and initiatives to sustain making in Lancashire – aimed at stakeholders, makers, festival partners and other relevant strategic stakeholders. Date: Thursday 11 May tbc Venue: UCBC (Blackburn College) The outcome of the workshop will be a number…
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Kate Hills – Make It British, Adam Mansell – UKFT, Vanessa Podmore –previously at Burberry, (Patrick Grant/David Collinge/John Spencer tbc) Make it British host a round panel discussion about 21st Century textile manufacturing Time: 2-4pm (tbc) Date: Thursday 4 May Venue: Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery Tickets: £6 / £4 Concessions & Creative Lancashire/Creative Industries Federation/Make it British…
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An internationally acclaimed designer and innovation specialist working with the world’s top brands Simon recently joined Edge Hill University as a Professor of Innovation and Associate Dean of Enterprise and Employability. Simon Bolton graduated from the Royal College of Art as a product designer and gained a PhD from the Business School at Manchester Metropolitan…
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Jonathan is an independent designer who has built his career on using the practice of human-centred design to help organisations achieve new levels of innovation. He began his career in product design, where he designed a diverse range of consumer products, from toys to toilet seats to industrial products for the oil, fishing and forestry…
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Eddie Kirkby is a multi-disciplinary engineer who graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a 1st class honours degree in Mechatronics. While studying for his degree, he spent a year as a manufacturing engineer at Vauxhall Motors. He spent some time lecturing and performing research at the university before completing his PhD there in the field…
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