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If by some freak accident I was taken back to the beginning of the academic year and came across myself at the time when I was considering starting up The Work Shop, having reflected on my experiences so far, I … Continue reading →

NUU and The Work Shop collect “Most Entrepreneurial Student” award at Kingston enterprise event. I just wanted to thank those people that I didn’t get a chance to thank at the event At MACE Catherin and Corrine At FADA: Peter … Continue reading →

This isn’t strictly about MACE but it does highlight the fact that the emphasis on networking in the course is justified. In September 2010 Myself and Alex took part in the Tent exhibition at the Truman brewery in Brick lane. … Continue reading →

We have now completed our work for Kingston first and all improvements have been delivered barring some display hanging clips that have been rejected and would have to be redesigned. This concludes a rather painful chapter (OK, maybe I’m laying … Continue reading →

To promote The Work Shop at knights park campus we undertook a teaser campaign the campaign would have three stages with the latter two stages gradually revealing the message. That is we were looking for contributors to sell the work … Continue reading →

We were approached by Julian Whiting from PC-Powerdown (pcpowerdown.com) to act as the furniture sponsors of the event in return for gaining exposure. We became involved with the setting up of Kingston’s stand at the Eco-build 2011 partly through the … Continue reading →

In our negotiations with Kingston first the operators of (the site we are going to occupy) we adopted a policy of deliberate ambiguity. The ambiguity surrounded what we were going to offer in return for them allowing us to use the site to set up The Work Shop. Continue reading →

I’ve stumbled upon a great book by Jeff Howe (I recommend t to everyone who… well, actually I recommend it to everyone). In “Crowd sourcing: How the power of the crowd is driving the future of business ”, Jeff Howe … Continue reading →

I’m going to write about a great TED talk by Seth Godin. In “Sliced bread and other marketing delights” he proposes that “[the] Ideas that spread, win” hardly a revelation but it’s interesting how he dissects this process and explains … Continue reading →

We hope that Kingston Made will provide for ample opportunities for students to hone their skills in creating products that will do well in the market. In fact we are hoping that the idea of the retail lab will provide … Continue reading →