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Books & Print Sandbox projects announced!
The wait is finally over. We are delighted to today announce the successful Books & Print Sandbox projects. As if you don't already know, Books & Print Sandbox will explore books as historical,...
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The Past is Over: Sandbox begins
Last week, as the Books & Print projects were finally announced to the world, the teams gathered at the Pervasive Media Studio for the first time, to find out what 'being in a Sandbox' actually...
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When is a book not a book?
We are now a few weeks into Books & Print Sandbox and the projects have been quick off the blocks to put our 'Making things Fast' preaching into practice. Our Sandbox business mentor, Mark Leaver,...
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The stuff translation is made of...
There have been a couple of noticeable themes for me in this week’s blogs from the projects. The first is the growing awareness in many of the teams of their place within a tradition of telling stories...
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From thinking to making...
Sitting down to write my (almost) weekly round up of the project blogs I can't help but notice something. There aren't as many. If I didn't know the teams better, this might worry me a little but...
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Storytime for Books & Print
Yesterday was our second Sandbox workshop (not including our two day kick off meeting) and it was a cracker. The enthusiasm, energy and real engagement of the teams and advisors is just fantastic. We...
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In our first meeting with the project teams, Mark and I talked about the several stages of opening up and focussing down that we anticipated they would experience and how this would impact on their...
View ArticleAn inspiring week with the teams
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I get a real kick out of the sense of community which has developed in and around our Books & Print Sandbox projects. This was brought home to me again...
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The end of the beginning...
Well that is it; our final workshop is done and dusted. There is still a lot to do of course. I will spend the next month working with the teams to put the finishing touches to their prototypes,...
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Books & Print on Film
Today we publish eight films that tell the stories of our Books & Print Sandbox projects.The films reflect the sparkling diversity and hard work of a group of people with more talent, ideas and...
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Books & Print Sandbox: industry insight
To mark REACT's support for Media Futures' conference Publish! New adventures in innovation and the offical end of the sandbox, today we publish some of the learning from our R&D:Image in content:...
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Books&Print Sandbox at The Library of Birmingham
As part of the new Library of Birmingham's opening activities, some of the participants of Books&Print Sandbox are participating in Volume on 5 December.Image in content: Key image: Excerpt: As...
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When is a book not a book?
We are now a few weeks into Books & Print Sandbox and the projects have been quick off the blocks to put our 'Making things Fast' preaching into practice. Our Sandbox business mentor, Mark Leaver,...
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The stuff translation is made of...
There have been a couple of noticeable themes for me in this week’s blogs from the projects. The first is the growing awareness in many of the teams of their place within a tradition of telling stories...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From thinking to making...
Sitting down to write my (almost) weekly round up of the project blogs I can't help but notice something. There aren't as many. If I didn't know the teams better, this might worry me a little but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Storytime for Books & Print
Yesterday was our second Sandbox workshop (not including our two day kick off meeting) and it was a cracker. The enthusiasm, energy and real engagement of the teams and advisors is just fantastic. We...
View ArticleThe bit when things go wrong...
In our first meeting with the project teams, Mark and I talked about the several stages of opening up and focussing down that we anticipated they would experience and how this would impact on their...
View ArticleAn inspiring week with the teams
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I get a real kick out of the sense of community which has developed in and around our Books & Print Sandbox projects. This was brought home to me again...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The end of the beginning...
Well that is it; our final workshop is done and dusted. There is still a lot to do of course. I will spend the next month working with the teams to put the finishing touches to their prototypes,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Books & Print on Film
Today we publish eight films that tell the stories of our Books & Print Sandbox projects.The films reflect the sparkling diversity and hard work of a group of people with more talent, ideas and...
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