Something & Son
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New Commission | Barking BathHouse
This summer Something & Son will be doing our largest project to date The Barking Bathhouse. We are designing and running a purpose built piece of architecture to hold a series of unique experiences that explore happiness and relaxation. The project is part of the Create Festival and London Cultural Olympiad and is supported by the Mayor's Outer London Fund and the Arts Council. Lots more information coming soon!
1st May 2012 | V&A Talk
Andy was asked to choose his favourite object (Badger dressed in a Lotus Leaf, Japan gallery) from the Victoria & Albert Museum and gave a short talk as part of the museums Britain is Making It programme.
20th April 2012 | Milan Design Week
We were invited to take part in Hacked Lab at La Rinascente in Milan. For the live event we choose to make a lamp completely out of glue using lo-fi techniques to copy the method 3D printers use. For more information, photos and a video please visit 
New Commission | Crowd sourced data sculpture
Something & Son has been commissioned to make a permanent sculpture for the Manor House Development Trust, London. Using the principles of mass customisation the sculpture will be made from 400 unique 3D printed sculptures that each correspond with a person's answers to an online questionnaire. The project is the start of our new series of work exploring 3D printing. For more information please visit the project website www.3Dprintlab.org
New Commission | Wellcome Collection
Andy is working with the Wellcome Collection and New Horizons youth centre to make a relief sculpture for the lobby of the Wellcome Collections museum. The final design will be up for the public to see on the 22nd June 2012.
22nd March 2012 | Ecobuild 2012
Paul spoke about ultra low-energy housing at the UK's largest building show Ecobuild asking 'Applying Passivhaus standards in refurbishment: what can be achieved?'
January 2012 | New York Times Design Honors List 2011
Something & Son's project FARM:shop was included in the New York Times/ International Herald Tribune's Design Honours List for 2011!
24th February 2012 | Royal College of Art
We spent the day down at the RCA giving crits in the architecture department, followed by a presentation the same evening about our own work... giving the perfect chance for the students to give us a taste of our own medicine!
22nd February 2012 | Sheffield Hallam University
We gave our longest lecture to date in Sheffield to architecture students and anyone else who was interested. The presentation centred around our recent work and the social and environmental backbone to our practice.
31st January 2012 | Dana Centre
Paul spoke at the Dana Centre, part of the Science Museum, for their Climate Change programme on the subject of Food for Thought - Global or Local?
10th October 2011 | Serpentine Talk
On Saturday 15th October we're talking about our recent work at the Serpentine Gallery Garden Marathon. Come along and say hello.
New Commission | Vertical Farm
Following the success of FARM:shop we've been appointed by the Manchester International Festival to advise on Alpha Farm a seven storey urban farm due to open in 2013.
5th October 2011 | New website
We've got a new and improved website.
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