Institute of Making

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The Institute of Making is a multidisciplinary research club for those interested in the made world: from makers of molecules to makers of buildings, synthetic skin to spacecraft, soup to diamonds, socks to cities. Membership of and day-to-day access to the Institute is available to all UCL staff and students. Learn more

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Nine days until our next open day, a PLASTICS extravaganza! Join us to get hands-on and explore this contentious group of materials. The event will show furniture joinery with PET water bottles, spoon making with horn, 3D printed musical instruments and tool making with neon polymorph. Besides this, numerous designers, researchers and policy advisors will join the event to talk through the complicated and thorny issues of contemporary plastics use. #plastic #plastics #freelondon #making #materials

Nine days until our next open day, a PLASTICS extravaganza! Join us to get hands-on and explore this contentious group of materials. The event will show furniture joinery with PET water bottles, spoon making with horn, 3D printed musical instruments and tool making with neon polymorph. Besides this, numerous designers, researchers and policy advisors will join the event to talk through the complicated and thorny issues of contemporary plastics use. #plastic #plastics #freelondon #making #materials

Events

Public Open Day: PLASTICS

Public Open Day: PLASTICS

Sat 27 October 18 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Free, no booking required.

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Materials Library

Breathable Coffee

Breathable Coffee

Blog

Slime at the Institute of Making

16-4-18

Slime at the Institute of Making

Exploring Materials and Sensory Preference in Prosthetic Limbs

03-10-18

Exploring Materials and Sensory Preference in Prosthetic Limbs

Research

Self Healing Cities

Self Healing Cities

We are part of a pioneering five year EPSRC-funded project investigating the use of robotics to maintain and repair city infrastructure. More

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I was a guest on the fabulous @rialtalk podcast, talking about ice and being a materials pervert. Listen to the ma… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Zoe Laughlin
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Many thanks to all at the Max Planck and @literaturherbst for your warm hospitality and the medal! twitter.com/mpi_bpc/status…

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