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Watt’s Steam Engine | Future Works

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Watt’s Steam Engine. November 12, 2014. The Industrial Revolution is associated with the introduction of James Watt’s steam engine. In around 1776 the Scottish instrument maker and engineer James Watt improved the Newcomen engine, by adding a separate condenser, air pump and also a rotary mechanism. Newcomen’s engine, invented in 1712 had been the first practical device to harness the power of steam to do mechanical work. Steam engines were used primarily to pump water out of mines. In 2002, atmospheric ...

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Gripple | Future Works

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December 10, 2014. Gordon explained that as an employee-owned company everyone was expected to contribute to the creative evolution of the company, and there were no strict dividing lines between groups and activities. Their approach to questions of environmental impact and CO2, considered the impact of the company in an interdependent way, taking responsibility for their suppliers, supply chains and the working conditions of factories in other countries. John Smedley Ltd, Lea Mills. 8216;Unlikely Prof&h...

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nmw | Future Works

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Utopia Print Works: Energy Crisis in 17th London. June 7, 2016. Image: @Gorminator For Utopia Works I gathered together what turned out to be a rather large number of seventeenth-century printed works for the ‘wordsmiths’ table. I hoped they would be […]. Read Article →. Energyscapes: a seventeenth-century city. November 22, 2015. Read Article →. Voices from the Archives. December 11, 2014. Read Article →. November 14, 2014. Read Article →. Moving On and Looking Forward. Archive and the Machine.

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Strutts North Mill, Belper and George’s Fish & Chips | Future Works

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Strutts North Mill, Belper and George’s Fish and Chips. December 1, 2014. On a cold but bright Tuesday we visited two very different factories in the Derwent Valley region, Strutt’s Mill and Smith’s of Derby with Masters and MA Architectural Design Students from Sheffield University. After half the group got stuck behind a broken down train for an hour, we eventually made it from the station to Belper, via the help of a convoy of big yellow taxis. It was clear that Mary is incredibly knowledgeable about ...

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Energy Works: Negotiating the future | Future Works

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Energy Works: Negotiating the future. June 8, 2015. Interview with Charlie Spencer, Executive Chairman of the Spencer Group. This month I travelled a little off our ‘English Midlands and Derwent Valley’ patch to visit the head office of C. Spencer Ltd. Utopian scenarios and the everlasting-global-cookie. One Great Workshop at Bloc Projects: Scenarios and Cloud Questions with the UTC →. One response to “ Energy Works: Negotiating the future. June 9, 2015 at 2:53 pm. Liked by 1 person. Bringing Energy Home...

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The Future of Energy Infographic | Future Works

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The Future of Energy Infographic. November 6, 2014. What happens when you turn on a lightbulb at Portland Works? Watt’s Steam Engine →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.

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A timewalk around One Great Workshop | Future Works

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A timewalk around One Great Workshop. August 12, 2015. Photo of ‘One Great Workshop’ timewalk in the yard of Butcher Works, Sheffield by Ryan Bramley. As part of the AHRC Connected Communities festival fortnight, Future Works partnered with Timewalk and Bloc Projects to host a programme of events. Here, Joyce Bullivant tells us a bit about the walk:. Bloc projects (4 Sylvester street S1 4RN). Mary Street (car park). Cent when the many factories on this road date back to the 19. Cent Originally silver pla...

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Originally posted on Design As Distributed Agency. During Week 2, Studio 4 visited Mesters’ Works in the Neepsend area of Sheffield, to participate in a Workshop lead by students from…. Read Article →. Sheffield Trading Point: Reviving Sheffield’s History of Making. Originally posted on Studio Future Works. Read Article →. In the symphony of energy, what part do you want to play? June 1, 2016. Read Article →. Energy, Disruptive Technologies. Read Article →. Read Article →. A day in Utopia. May 24, 2016.

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One Great Workshop at Bloc Projects: Scenarios and Cloud Questions with the UTC | Future Works

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One Great Workshop at Bloc Projects: Scenarios and Cloud Questions with the UTC. June 25, 2015. To take part in the events, as she is writing an article for the August issue about what we are up to. Interviewed Charlotte, Renata and I about the project. This was featured as part of their radio show on Sheffield Design Week along with David Mellor and Designers Republic. Minutes after the interview finished the students poured in and we shared lunch and introduced ourselves to one another. On this occasio...

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Lessons for sustainable energy from the early factory system? | Future Works

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Lessons for sustainable energy from the early factory system? November 23, 2014. Photo by Harrison Symonds. We then caught the train to Matlock Bath to visit Masson Mills and Cromford Mill, where a very knowledgable volunteer Keith explained the evolution of the factory system in the region, and the particular significance of the site in terms of the changes to working practices and social relations. Thinking about the history of the Derwent Valley and how the factory system emerged is not about a yen fo...