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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Design Informatics Newsletter is now live! Read the full feature here: edin.ac/4bnONDX

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Between Glass and Magnetic Fields Exhibition Now Open! 🎉 We are delighted today to open our doors for the second time for the 2026 @edscifest to welcome visitors for this ‘MRI meets Glass Art’ exhibition by @edincollegeofart.bsky.social PhD student Gregory Alliss in Inspace @designinf.bsky.social

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Here is a sneak peak behind the scenes of Designing Global Data Interactions @designinf.bsky.social student exhibition launching our 2026 Edinburgh Science Festival programme at Inspace Open this weekend, Sat-Mon only! 📅 Sat-Mon, 4-6 Apr, 2026 ⏰ 10am – 5pm 📍 Inspace EH8 9AB 🔗 edin.ac/4ddubjq

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This Thursday Barbara Sellers-Young will give the next IDI research seminar! Lived Body in Motion is an exploration of embodied memory, dance, and autoethnographic inquiry through a recursive dialogue with AI 📅 Thurs 26th March 📷 4 – 5pm 🔗 edin.ac/4uEwAdg

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This Thursday Lise Autogena will give the next IDI research seminar! Bridging the gap between global data and local lived experience. 📅 Thurs 19th March ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍 Inspace / Webinar 🎟 edin.ac/4rrDPlX

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We are delighted to announce ‘Between Glass and Magnetic Fields’ exhibition presenting the outcome of STEAM Imaging VI residency programme, which will premiere in @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social at the Institute for @designinf.bsky.social this April! Read full Press Release here: edin.ac/4bihwcq

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Join the next IDI Research Seminar where Iryna Kuksa will talk about Reclaiming Personalisation: Design Interventions for a Sustainable Future! Seminar details: 📅 Thurs 19th Feb ⏰ 4-5pm 🎟️ edin.ac/4tQl664

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

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

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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

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

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Rayo Verweij @rayo.dev · 27/09/2025

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!!

A free poster boards displaying children’s drawings behind a table with colouring materials

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Caterina Moruzzi @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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 4/4

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Artist commissions Authenticity Unmasked CREA-TEC project

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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

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Caterina Moruzzi @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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. 1/4

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Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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

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Join us at the 2025 Edinburgh Festivals - Edinburgh Futures Institute

We are thrilled to support exciting events in three of the city’s major festivals: the Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and the Edinburgh Art Festival.

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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...

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

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

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/...

Poster of Children's Money on 5th August at 11:15am

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

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

Poster of no location, no location, no location! on 4th August

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

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

Crowds of visitors viewing the The Sounds of Deep Fake exhibition at Inspace.

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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

Computer screen showing the ORAgen Fables interface

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We are delighted to share the experiences of a selection of our PhD students Yuhao Sun, Xinrui Lin and Sarah Dunn, who participated in the 2025 ACM CHI in Yokohama, Japan, from 26 April - 1 May. Read their blog posts here ➡️ edin.ac/4kgilFb

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DI PhD students at the 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) - Design Informatics

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

@suchprettyeyes.bsky.social received the Impact Festival 2025 Research Impact Prize. She has demonstrated exceptional leadership in managing Creative Informatics. Their expertise has been central to the transformative impact of this initiative on Scotland’s creative industries. edin.ac/4ncIszD

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DI Manager Nicola Osborne awarded The Research Impact Prize 2025

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

We are delighted to share exciting staff news, announcements and a busy programme of workshop, seminar, artist panel and exhibitions all taking place across this month and summer! Read the edition here ➡ edin.ac/3SHcnlo Image Credit: Photography by @chrisdonia.bsky.social

Visitors looking at the Speaking Towards One Another installation at Inspace.

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

REMINDER: Calling all PhD Students at the University of Edinburgh with a creative practice, to apply for STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data Read More: edin.ac/4lNl1Mo Drop-in Q&A sessions this Wed! 📅9am/3pm , Wed, 28 May, 2025 📍Online/Zoom 🎟️https://edin.ac/3S8JfTU

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The count down has come to an end and this evening @inspacegallery.bsky.social will host the premiere of the full Speaking Towards One Another performance, and a preview of the video installation, all kicking off at 6pm.

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Kicking off our last Lecture Series with @srravya.bsky.social speaking and hosted by @ewaluger.bsky.social. The recording of this talk will be featured on our website soon if you didn't manage to attend. @designinf.bsky.social

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined the Q&A session of STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data. We have included an FAQ section on our website➡️ edin.ac/4lNl1Mo If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact us at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk

Prototype of mini-MRI scanner created by Fraunhofer MEVIS in front of a standard MRI scanner

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

We are delighted to share exciting news and Residency & Science Engagement opportunity and a busy programme of seminars, events, performance and exhibition all taking place across this month! Read the edition here ➡️ edin.ac/3GXja7I Image Credit: Photographed by @chrisdonia.bsky.social

A visitor poses like a robot in front of an interactive artwork, and another visitor watches the screen

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Our next seminar will be with @srravya.bsky.social on the 15th May hosted at Inspace and online. Srravya will be speaking on Locating Data Work within Responsible AI Register here: edin.ac/438idCI @designinf.bsky.social @inspacegallery.bsky.social

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BRAID x IDI Hybrid Seminar - Srravya Chandhiramowuli

Thursday, 15th May 2025 [Inspace / Zoom]

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Kicking off our next Lecture Series with our speaker @dynarch.bsky.social hosted by @ewaluger.bsky.social. Lydia is talking on Responsible Use of AI in the Creative Industries. The recording of this seminar will be available soon on our website! @designinf.bsky.social

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Don't forget to gain your access to tomorrow's @braiduk.bsky.social X IDI webinar with Lydia Farina @dynarch.bsky.social by signing up on this Eventbrite page here ▶️ edin.ac/3CoJbuZ

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BRAID x IDI Hybrid Seminar - Lydia Farina

Thursday, 8th May 2025 [ Zoom]

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

REMINDER: Join Fraunhofer MEVIS scientists and IDI at tomorrow's hybrid Q&A event to find out more about this exciting STEAM Imaging VI Residency and Engagement opportunity for University of Edinburgh PhD Students! 📅 Wed, 7 May ⏰ 2– 3pm 📍 @InspaceG / Zoom 🔗 edin.ac/3Ym3YXL

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STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data - Q&A Event

Eventbrite - Edinburgh College of Art presents STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data - Q&A Event - Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at Inspace, Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Find event and tick...

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Announcing Speaking Towards One Another, performance and exhibition programme, co-created by @slampreasoprano.bsky.social, Megan McArthur, Oana Stanciu, Jen McGregor, @annekjaer.bsky.social, Tim Cooper and Alistair MacDonald, premiering at Inspace later this month! ➡️https://edin.ac/3EW5sRU

Speaking Towards One Another Porgramme Image with a person's head surrounded by a hazy atmosphere and blue background

Images of Stephanie Lamprea on the left and Anne Kjær on the right

Naked body composition created by Oana Stanciu

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johnvines.bsky.social @johnvines.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Closing plenary time at #chi2025 - and super huge congrats to Sarah Dunn from @designinf.bsky.social for a much deserved first place in the student research competition!

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Join next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Hybrid Seminar where @dynarch.bsky.social will provide key insights from her scoping BRAID project ‘Creating a dynamic #archive of Responsible AI Ecosystems in the context of #CreativeAI’ 📅 Thu 8 May ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍@inspacegallery.bsky.social/ Zoom 🎟 edin.ac/3CoJbuZ

Infographic of BRAID x IDI seminar with Lydia Farina on 8th May, 4-5pm and her picture at the bottom right.

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Calling PhD Students @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, with a creative practice, to apply for this exciting Residency & Science Engagement Programme! Join STEAM Imaging VI Q&A session with IDI & Fraunhofer MEVIS scientists to learn more ➡️ edin.ac/4cOwFCz #STEAMimaging #designinformatics

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

At ACM CHI Conference 2025, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social and IDI researchers will have a great presence through 27 contributions to the main programme. 14 of these are full papers, of which 5 have received honourable mention awards. View the list of our contributions➡️https://edin.ac/4jOTAAb

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Officially kicking off our Lecture Series seminar with @danmcquillan.bsky.social hosted by @octavia-fr.bsky.social via Zoom - if you didn't get a chance to register the recording will be on our website soon! @designinf.bsky.social

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Delighted to kick of Material Shadows event @inspacegallery.bsky.social @designinf.bsky.social part of our #EdSciFest Operation Biodegradable exhibition. Exhibition continues this all week until Sunday

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🚨LAST DAY to explore the ORAgen Fables at National Museum of Scotland 🚨

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Inspace @inspaceedinburgh.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

At Inspace @designinf.bsky.social we are excited to be counting down the days to our next #EdSciFest programme Operation Biodegradable, an exhibition of artwork, artefacts and prototypes by staff, students and graduates at the University of Edinburgh and featuring a performance and a late event.

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Join us in the next @braiduk.bsky.social x IDI Online Seminar, where @danmcquillan.bsky.social from @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social will argue that having a responsible approach to #AI means #decomputing. 📅 Thu 24 Apr ⏰ 4 – 5pm 📍 Online via Zoom 🎟 edin.ac/40zUOao

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Pip Thornton @pipt.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

There's been a robot invasion @byleaveswelive.bsky.social! Do pop in and have a go on the interactive exhibits incl. the LEX-9000 automatic writing machine first debuted at the @edbookfest.bsky.social - now part of Edinburgh Science Festival 🤖

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Design Informatics @designinf.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Join us at AI for All during Edinburgh Science Festival! Discover how we make #NLP shape our daily lives in a fair, accountable and transparent way. Explore exhibits, activities, and meet the next generation of researchers. 📅 Fri 11 Apr ⏰ 10am – 4pm|Free / Drop-In 📍@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social

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