festivalslab

This summer marks two years since the inception of the festivalslab project. To celebrate, we’ve compiled a showreel document which gives our highlights of what worked and what didn’t. Let us know what you think. Download this document as a PDF. See other documents from festivalslab

Alongside the innovation work done by Festivals Edinburgh here at festivalslab, our colleagues here are also actively involved in developing a series of activities related to the environmental impact of the festivals.  Out of that work has come a new initiative called Creative Carbon Scotland and they together with Festivals Edinburgh are currently inviting responses [...]

Thanks to support from the Open Innovation Project we’re delighted that one of the leading ideas from last year’s Edinburgh Festivals Ideas Challenge is being built into a prototype project for this summer.  The idea is quite simple – to create a cross-festivals listings service targetted more for people with access requirements…although that simplicity does [...]

For up to date information on the Edinburgh Festivals Listings API, please visit the separate site at http://api.festivalslab.com Well I guess the post title says it all.  Check out the user guide to see how the API project works this year and then you can register here.  We’re here to help so please let us [...]

Given that  the only idea that won both the public and the judges’ vote of the Edinburgh Festivals Ideas Challenge was related to accessibility, we’re delighted to announce that Festivals Edinburgh has just published a tender for a delivery partner to build a user-centred digital service targeted at attendees of the Edinburgh Festivals with accessibility needs. [...]

This summer sees the end of the first two years of the festivalslab project and we’re in reflective mood.  We’ve got plenty of material on what might have been done better (!) so we’d really like your help to help us think about what we’ve achieved and what we might have stimulated. So if there’s [...]

The inaugural Culture Hack Scotland in Edinburgh proved to be one of the most productive and talked-about culture vs digital events in 2011. An incredible collection of talent made 30 amazing prototypes, many of which went on to have further life as more developed projects. While the first event was hosted by us here at [...]

How to create your own innovation lab v1 Download the PDF version As our final post before the New Year, here is a little gift from everyone here at festivalslab. We get a lot of people ask us about the thinking and approaches which go behind this quite unique programme of work and so we [...]