Archive for the ‘Making’ Category

Firestarters, funded and hosted by Google, curated by Neil Perkin, continues to deliver inspiration in spades. Or buckets, actually. A bucket holds more than a spade. Tonight’s event was about entrepreneurship, and featured David Hieatt (of Howies, The Do Lectures, … Continue reading →

It’s been a bit quiet on Plumpton Mornings of late.  Lots of excellent projects keeping me busy.  But whilst I regather thoughts and executions after December’s test auction, here’s an interim work… …there’s a charity raffle in Plumpton this weekend, … Continue reading →

You could consider this a follow up of sorts to the coffee post from yesterday… …but really it’s maybe just a wider statement of intent from Smithery. I was going to make it a long and fulsome one, but reading this … Continue reading →

Curtis & Emily at StanleyJames have been working on an excellent project with Windows Mobile, the creation of a book that’s an app developer kit. It’s an excellent approach; the expanse of white paper, in combination with the excellent stencil, I … Continue reading →

An interesting wee experiment first thing this morning… comparing three different types of coffee. The main reason is to test out the coffee I just received from eightpointnine.com, a new service that offers you the chance to blend your own coffee, … Continue reading →

Happy New Year, folks.  Hope you had a lovely break. 2011 was an excellent year here at Smithery.  Starting, for one.  Working on some brilliant projects with lovely people, for another.  And finding time and headspace to work on things … Continue reading →

—UPDATE— OK, as promised a test of a part of the voting platform.  This test will run until Wednesday evening at 6pm. HOW TO BID From any twitter account, tweet the following, precisely in this form: bid £XX.XX to @PlumptonMorning … Continue reading →

The Plumpton Mornings project, to raise money for UNICEF’s East Africa Famine Appeal, as part of the 50 / 50 project, continues apace. Read more here, if you don’t know about it. But in short – it will be a … Continue reading →

I spent last night designing the third iteration of Smithery business cards. (Moo has 30% off at the moment, so my inbuilt Scottishness accelerated the process). Each batch contains seven different designs. Whenever possible, rather than just give people a … Continue reading →

Been thinking a little about 3D printing, and the need for universal connectors so that all things should be augmentable by adding bits you print. So, for instance, you could get a fridge that doesn’t have set shelves, but just space for … Continue reading →