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Author: George Oates

I run Good, Form & Spectacle, a small digital agency specialising in cultural heritage projects, and a product startup called Museum in a Box, a new play on the old idea of a museum handling collection that uses 3D printing and Internet of Things to make learning with museum objects a tactile, interactive, and fun experience.
April 12, 2021 afternoon

New Work: The National Archives (UK) Design Sketching for Topics

I recently completed two weeks of fast design for The National Archives (TNA) to sketch out some visual patterns and

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July 9, 2020 afternoon

Looking at National Portfolio Orgs, and some questions from a friend

In my continuing quest for a bird’s eye view on the arts & culture landscape, today I poked at the

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July 8, 2020 afternoon / evening

Arm’s Length Data?

I’ve spent today looking up the 2019 Annual Reports of all the Arm’s Length Organisations that DCMS gives grant-in-aid funding

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July 8, 2020 afternoon

Looking at UK Arts & Culture funding

Introduction This post is a branching off from my (George) personal blog, where I have been writing throughout lockdown about

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March 2, 2020 afternoon

We’re on the hunt for new creative partnerships!

Hello! Sorry for the news chasm! In case you hadn’t seen, the major piece of work done at G,F&S in

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January 17, 2019 afternoon

New(ish) Work: Wikimedia Foundation

Last year, I was engaged by the Wikimedia Foundation to do a usability and community deep dive into their Wikimedia

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June 28, 2018 morning

George Oates: Making and Remaking Collections Online

Excited to let you know that the work I’ve done at G,F&S has made its way into academia. George Oates:

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January 17, 2018 afternoon

We’re moving

After a fun three-ish years in fancy Bloomsbury, we’re off further east, to Hoxton. It’s been lovely being in the

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August 14, 2017 afternoon

New Work: A physical interactive table for The Postal Museum

We’re happy to announce our latest project, for the newly-opened Postal Museum in Clerkenwell! The new museum opened late July,

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August 14, 2017 afternoon

DateRanger – a new tool to share

This is a post by Nat Buckley, of Buckley Williams, our recent collaborators on the new Postal Museum Touch Table

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Our sister company

A heady combination of 3D printing, connected objects, interaction design, and fun, Museum in a Box, is an edtech startup helping museums get their objects out of the dark and back into people's hands. Incorporated October 2015.

We made a book!

You might like to read If Only The Grimms Had Known Alice, a beautifully illustrated book of fairy tales rewritten to include female characters. Launched December 1, 2014.
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