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Qualified Selves: Co-Creating Meaning Post-Big Data

Inspace is a unique events and exhibitions space which is part of the Institute of Design Informatics within the University of Edinburgh. Inspace commissions and produces creative activity that unlocks digital technology and explores its role in society, through public programmes that connect data, research and creative talent.

Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics; commissioning and producing creative activity that unlocks digital technology and explores its role in society. Our public programme will connect data, research and creative talent.

Ox-Chain is a major research project between the Universities of Edinburgh, Northumbria and Lancaster, and research partners Oxfam, Zero Waste Scotland, Volunteer Scotland and WHALE Arts, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. It brings together experts in digital design, cryptography, business and international development. Through collaborative research, we will design a Blockchain for Oxfam to better support the circulation and re-circulation of valuable items within its business model – hence ‘Ox-Chain’.

GeoPact is a blockchain-backed location verification system which collects and confirms location data from smart objects with certainty and security. Users can harness this data by writing smart contracts, allowing the correct location of smart objects to trigger useful actions such as transferring money or opening a lock.

The Design Informatics Pavilion is a pop-up exhibition space designed by biomorphis architects featuring a range of objects and experiences that invite you to step into the future. The exhibition will be interactive, mixing design with technology and exploring a number of themes aimed at provoking discussions on what it means to “design with data”. The Pavilion will feature work from the research institute, Design Informatics Masters students and Tesco Bank who have been collaborating with us on their Mercury project for the second year running.

A newly launched site, Inspace City Screen, will host two out of hours exhibitions projected onto Potterrow. Preternatural, curated by Drew Hemment, presents art on and of machine learning by Jake Elwes. Data Lates is a collection of works by major creative practitioners based in the city such as Brightside Studios and Ray Interactive as well as work created by students and academics working at Edinburgh University, including Asad Khan, Particia Wu Wu, Dara Etefaghi and Pip Thornton.

SAIDS (Seamless Access to Inclusive Digital Services) Project