@designinf.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary research group and master’s programme at UoE exploring design from, with and by data.
We are delighted to welcome Sarah Calmus to @designinf.bsky.social this evening, for an Artist Talk to mark the launch of Uisge, seven screen film currently showing on #InspaceCityScreens on Potterrow
📅 TODAY, Thurs 12 Feb
⏰ 18:00-20:00
📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton St
🎟️ FREE registration: edin.ac/4pLmeFR
Join us for the next Design Informatics Research Seminar where Stephanie Lamprea and Robert Laidlow talk about the process of creating Ecstatic Visions, a new album of work for voice and electronics!
Seminar details:
📅 Thurs 19th Feb
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 Inspace / Teams Webinar
🎟 edin.ac/3OjQn0V
REMINDER: Design Informatics Seminar with Michelle Westerlaken at 4pm today, online and broadcasting in @inspacegallery.bsky.social
Seminar details
📅 Thurs 5th Feb [today]
⏰ 4 – 5pm
📍 Inspace / Teams Webinar
🎟 Free registration: edin.ac/4c4znFO
Join us tomorrow where Michelle Westerlaken will present her findings from a four-year project, exploring creative data practices with an ecological community with ecosystem data at large corporations
📅 Thurs 5th Feb
⏰ 4–5pm
📍 Inspace/Teams Webinar
🎟 edin.ac/4c4znFO
Design Informatics Research Seminar Series is Back! 📢
We are delighted to announce our upcoming Research Seminar Series, open to anyone, and taking place at the University of Edinburgh kicking off this Winter/Spring.
More Information about the series: edin.ac/4kmCQ4U
REMINDER: Felicity Hammond: END-OF-LIFE SERVICE
Join us for this playful event marking the imagined end of Artificial Intelligence through a funeral procession and early-evening wake
📅 Thurs 29 Jan 2025
⏰ 16:30-17:00 [Procession]
📍 Stills
⏰ 17:00-20:00 [Wake]
📍 Inspace
🎟️ link edin.ac/4qhI0Rv
Photo montage of orange cabling, orange and blue plastic in an industrial setting, imagery from Felicity Hammond: V4: Repository exhibition currently on show at Still Edinburgh overlayed with orange glowing text: END-OF-LIFE Service
Up Next at Inspace 📢
We are delighted to launch Felicity Hammond: END-OF LIFE-SERVICE public event taking place at the end of this month!
📅 Thurs 29 Jan 2025
⏰ 16:30-17:00 [Procession]
📍 Stills, 23 Cockburn St
⏰ 17:00-20:00 [Wake]
📍 Inspace, 1 Crichton Street
🎟️ edin.ac/4qhI0Rv
A free poster boards displaying children’s drawings behind a table with colouring materials
I have a little stall at the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Doors Open Day today! I’m sharing some early research around children’s views of AI at school. Come say hi if you’re around!!
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All the updates on the exhibition and its underlying research will be on the website:
🔗 crea-tec.weebly.com/authenticity...
Image credit: Chris Scott
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social @designinf.bsky.social
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We are delighted to share the latest edition of our Newsletter to kick off the new academic year, which features our hiring opportunities, upcoming programming and more.
Read the edition here ➡ edin.ac/3W9TrgJ
Sign-up here for the newsletter🔗https://forms.office.com/e/ZrqT88ryZN
Thank you to everyone who visited Authenticity Unmasked! Over 10 days, nearly 600 visitors explored how AI is reshaping our sense of authenticity and trust.
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Join us at the 2025 Edinburgh festivals!
We are thrilled to support exciting events in three of the city’s major festivals: Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Edinburgh Art Festival!
Read more about our supported events ⤵️ edin.ac/40WccXZ
An AI-generated 3D print. It is white, includes human heads, animal parts, and other shapes, lit from below.
Artist sitting on floor next to exhibit of a kite
Two people lookng at a video screen of the Scottish landscape
Lively artworks exploring the current use and future possibilities of artificial intelligence feature in two new exhibitions:
Tipping Point is at @inspacegallery.bsky.social until 31 Aug, and Authenticity Unmasked is at the Informatics Forum until 17 August: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/art-sho...
Chris will also perform on 18 August:
📅 Mon 18 Aug 2025
⏰ 5:40– 6:40pm
📍 Stand 4, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
🔗 www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2562/...
@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
Poster of Children's Money on 5th August at 11:15am
Chris Elsden from DI at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social reveals kids’ attitudes to money from piggy banks to pocket money apps at 2025 @edfringe.bsky.social The Provocateurs.
📅Tue 5 Aug
⏰11:25am–12:25pm
📍 Stand 2, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
🔗 thestand.co.uk/fringe/2536/...
Nicola will also perform on 13 August:
📅 Wed 13 Aug 2025
⏰ 11:25am– 12:25pm | Ticketed
📍 Stand 2, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
🔗https://www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2551/the-provocateurs-voices-of-hope-no-location-no-location-no-location
@edincollegeofart.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Poster of no location, no location, no location! on 4th August
In @edfringe.bsky.social DI Manager @suchprettyeyes.bsky.social imagines what stories we’ll be watching as tv and film made with virtual production technologies make almost anything possible without ever leaving a studio!
📅Mon 4 Aug
⏰5:40– 6:40pm
📍Stand 4, Stand Comedy Club
🔗https://edin.ac/3HaKHD9
Nicola will also perform on 13 August:
📅 Wed 13 Aug 2025
⏰ 11:25am– 12:25pm | Ticketed
📍 Stand 2, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh
🔗https://www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2551/the-provocateurs-voices-of-hope-no-location-no-location-no-location
Shama will also perform Get in the zone! on 8th and 23rd August. Read more details and book here: edin.ac/3IUPVn7
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Shama Rahman from DI at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social journeys through the brain’s most creative mental states in a quest for flow in The Provocateurs talk programme in 2025 @edfringe.bsky.social .
📅 Fri 1 Aug
⏰ 5:40 – 6:40pm
📍 Stand 4, The Stand Comedy Club
🔗https://edin.ac/3H1bnq8
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Image Credit: The Sounds of Deep Fake exhibition at Inspace. Photography by Beth Chalmers
@suchprettyeyes.bsky.social @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social
Crowds of visitors viewing the The Sounds of Deep Fake exhibition at Inspace.
We are delighted to share this special edition of our Newsletter which features our upcoming Summer Festival’s programming as part of the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival and @edfringe.bsky.social.
Read here ➡ edin.ac/3TtPEd5
@edincollegeofart.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @braiduk.bsky.social
@edincollegeofart.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
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Portrait of Caitlin McDonald
In our brand-new DI member feature, we are introducing you to Caitlin McDonald, who we asked to tell us about herself, what she is working on as a member of the Institute, what excites her about her work and how it makes a difference.
Read the full Interview ▶️https://edin.ac/4nxjOtB
Help us to explore these ideas and to empower creatives as part of our research study by contributing to and sharing your opinions on digital authorship through ORAgen Fables.
30.06.2025 11:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0With the rise of #generativeAI and online #social_media platforms shaping how we communicate online, it is more important than ever to find tools for attributing our ideas and controlling how they’re shared and reused.
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Computer screen showing the ORAgen Fables interface
Join DECaDE team at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social to explore the story writing interactive ORAgen Fables that invites you to explore, create, and build upon each other’s stories.
📅 Wed – Thu | 9 – 10 Jul
⏰ 11am – 3pm
📍 Level 1, near Canopy at Edinburgh Futures Institute
Image: Chris Scott
@edincollegeofart.bsky.social @sgsah.bsky.social
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Profile picture of Emma Dorfman
We are delighted to share that DI PhD candidate, Emma Dorfman @erdorfman.bsky.social has started her role as the new Resident Blogger at the SGSAH where she posts interesting news, reflections, and updates in the Scottish research community.
Read her blog posts➡️ sgsahblog.com
We would also like to congratulate Sarah, who won the Student Research Competition at the ACM CHI conference, for her paper, poster and presentation.
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