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We're starting a new internal innovation initiative called Sandpark

 

We decided it would be cool to formalise something we feel drives creativity and innovation within the company, so starting now, everyone at Harmonypark gets 10% of their work week allocated to their own self-directed projects. 

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We chose to name the initiative Sandpark because it's about creating time for those sandpit moments of play and discovery.

One of our previous ad-hoc outputs from this kind of thing was Twurn, an online decision engine that ties into Twitter. We made this app just for fun, but we now use it each and every day in the office to keep harmony levels running high. 

The important thing is to make space for a regular allocation of time at work dedicated to Researching, Designing, Hacking and Coding just for fun (Play).

We're pretty excited to see what may come of our weekly Sandpark sessions, and we'll be sure to keep you posted with the results/learnings as and when they arrive. 

BBC Blast Studio won the 2010 Webby People's Voice Award for NetArt

Everyone hates on awards, mainly because they seem to be for the most part an exercise in ego stroking for the well fed, but a Webby People's Voice Award is different. 700,000 people voted for these awards in 2010 and our BBC Blast Studio project has been named the best example of NetArt in the last year. KUNST-WOOT!

Blast Studio featured in the Guardian

"The BBC describes Blast as a 'social learning initiative', and for the interactive learning department reflects a strategic shift among public service education projects which now recognise that they need to use far more imaginative, relevant tools to reach their target audience"

Click here for the full Guardian article about BBC Blast Studio.

We made the front page of the BBC site!

Our latest project Blast Studio was featured on the BBC front page.

The basic premise is that young people can express their creative side by controlling various mechanical devices to make physical art in a gallery space using their internet browser. Go take a look for yourself

Yay to everyone involved. 

Our eBay/Facebook StyleSlam presentation

Weve been meaning to post this presentation somewhere. It's from the London Facebook Garage that took place a month back. We presented the project along with Jonathan Gabbai and Cian Weeresinghe from eBay UK. We had a great time presenting to a full house, but it would have been nice to have more dudes with long pony-tails and trench coats in the audience. Those kinda guys are our fav.

Click here to download the Harmonypark StyleSlam Presentation (2.2MB)