Kieron Gurner,
This summer we’ve welcomed some vibrant new team members to Calvium HQ: working in project management, visual design and technical research. Emilio Crespi Emilio joins us as a Junior Project Manager – ensuring clear communication, delivery and direction of projects. Emilio recently relocated from Bournemouth to Bristol, bringing with him…
Arts & Culture Digital Insights
Kieron Gurner,
In the first quarter of 2019, the Apple App Store featured 2.1 million different apps, while Android users could choose from 1.8 million apps to download from Google’s Play Store. While both companies have worked hard in recent years to remove poor quality apps from their stores, that’s still an…
Kieron Gurner,
Limina Immersive and Fenturi hosted an evening of talks about the gender gap that is already forming, Equal Realities – so a few members of the Calvium team attended to hear more.
Kieron Gurner,
In UX (User Experience), both the U and the X are key. If you’re building a tech-driven solution to a business problem, there’s no point in creating an experience without making the end users your primary focus. Look at company intranets. In theory they can solve all manner of business…
Jo Morrison,
The construction industry has a serious productivity problem. In the uncertain times that have followed 2008’s financial crisis productivity growth has stalled in general, but the problem has been affecting the construction sector for even longer. There is a global annual shortfall of $1 trillion in infrastructure spending and many large-scale…
Kieron Gurner,
With an overarching theme of “open collaboration”, here are four key themes we took away from Future PropTech 2019 this May. Keen to learn (and contribute), Calvium’s Jo Morrison and Kieron Gurner spent the day among 2,000 other attendees, taking in panel debates, keynotes, case studies, workshops, round tables, networking opportunities and an 80+-strong exhibition.
Digital Placemaking Arts & Culture
Jo Morrison,
The heritage sector in the UK faces many challenges. Hundreds of thousands of organisations are vying for the public’s attention, institutions across the country are struggling to pay for upkeep, and European funding for arts and culture – which has often plugged the gap left by national cuts – is…
Kieron Gurner,
Last week the Government Digital Service announced that information about public services can now be accessed through voice-activated smart speakers such as the Amazon Echo, such as applying for a passport and accessing details about the national minimum wage. This means that people can access over 12,000 pieces of information…
Jo Morrison,
Vacant car parks, dwindling crowds, anchor stores closing their doors for good and replaced by cheap and not-so-cheerful discount stores. It’s a scene that has become all too familiar in shopping centres across the UK, and has fuelled a debate over a so-called retail apocalypse. As consumer behaviour becomes more influenced…
Digital Placemaking Digital Insights
Jo Morrison,
The world is finally waking up to the importance of accessibility. As we kick off our NavSta mobile wayfinding project with Transport for London, Connected Places and Open Inclusion, we sat down with Tom Pokinko, Research Director at Open Inclusion, to talk technology, accessibility, and why inclusive design (hopefully) won’t…
Jo Morrison,
The concept of shared, culturally significant spaces is as old as time itself. The ancient Greeks had agora, the Romans had forums, and medieval cities had bustling squares for trading. Since then, the relationships between people and place has been rethought multiple times. Now, with the rise of technology as…
Jo Morrison,
On 19th March 2019, Transport for London (TfL) hosted Access All Areas, London’s largest accessible transport event at the ExCeL London. It showcased the latest transport innovations geared towards accessibility, looking at roads and streets, train stations and public transport, design and services, and, of course, technology. The exhibition included…