Peter Timms, Internship Experience 2008
Proboscis Internship Experience May-June 2008 I stumbled across the Proboscis website while searching for creative organisations that worked across disciplines and this is certainly something that...
View ArticleSensory Threads: new developments
Over the past few months we have been developing new wearables and improvements to the Rumbler for Sensory Threads, which we successfully tested working together last week. The new wearables are based...
View ArticleGraffito
Inspired by the underground 80s hip hop scene, Graffito pays homage to guerilla street art and turns it into a celebration of pop culture on a massive scale. Graffito hands over the VJs canvas to the...
View ArticleHazem Tagiuri : First experiences at Proboscis
Hello, Haz here. I’ve been asked by Giles and Alice to write about my first impressions of Proboscis and my experience of working here as a Creative Assistant for the last fortnight, under the Future...
View ArticleTangled Threads
Tangled Threads consists of a storyboard in the form of a Diffusion eBook, that reflects upon the different projects and aspects to which Proboscis has delved into. You can download a copy of the eBook...
View ArticleSecond Impressions – Mandy Tang
Wow, it’s already time for me to write about my second impressions huh? If you’re wondering, it’s Mandy here! I started in July as a Creative Assistant for Proboscis, it’s been five months already!!...
View ArticleOutside The Box – Progress
Outside The Box is a project inspired by the Love Outdoor Play campaign, which supports the idea of encouraging children to play outdoors. We brainstormed about possible games children could play and...
View ArticleSecond Impressions – Hazem Tagiuri
Hello again. Since writing about my initial experiences of working at Proboscis, I’ve been working on various projects, primarily with bookleteer and the blog. Contributing regularly since Karen Martin...
View ArticleOutside The Box – First Full Draft
Outside the Box StoryCubes It took a bit longer than planned, but the set of cubes for Outside The Box have reached the first prototype stage! (Applauds) It took a lot of energy to meet the deadline...
View ArticleFinal Reflections – Hazem Tagiuri
Creative Assistant (6 Month Placement, Future Jobs Fund July 2010-January 2011) Before starting my placement here, I had only vague notions of a career in writing, knowing I would inevitably employ my...
View ArticleFinal Reflections – Mandy Tang
Creative Assistant (6 Month Placement, Future Jobs Fund July 2010-January 2011) It’s time to reflect on the past 6 months as the Future Jobs Fund placement has now come to an end, it really went by...
View ArticleOutside The Box eBooks
Take notes, draw maps, make sketches, stick things in, scribble away! (Drum rolls) Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present the finished eBooks! The eBooks are part of Outside The Box and were created...
View ArticleDrawing for Agencies of Engagement
Recently the Proboscis team have been working with the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies (CARET) and Crucible at the University of Cambridge on a collaborative research project....
View Article3 days in Pallion
This week just passed Alice, Haz and myself have been running some co-design workshops with local community members in Pallion, a neighbourhood in the city of Sunderland, and with Lizzie Coles-Kemp...
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