25K Award!

We were shortlisted for the final of the 25K award 'the next big idea' (gala dinner held on 24th Sept 09) and were greatly surprised to hear Tactility Factory called out on Thursday evening as being the overall winners!
What a surprise!
Especially when the other finalists were so impressive. We are sure it was a tough call for the judges but we are grateful for the interest and belief shown in the product.

We will be moving into new premises mid October and bringing on new staff to help develop the products to the next stage.

It all lies ahead.......

25K award

Tactility Factory is one of the finalists for the 25 K award
the final outcome will be announced on the 24th Sept 09

after that we settle down to do some prototypes by Jan 10
-NO MORE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITIONS!

FUNDING ANNOUCEMENT

Tactility Factory has just heard that our application to Creative Industries Innovation Fund was successful.
This means that the summer lull is officially over and the job of finding premises and people begins!

cement goes green

It has always been a sticking point for us - we like to think / practice 'green-ness' in our lives but at the same time we work with concrete .....

We have justified it, as the concrete society does, - that in a period of global warming more mass in our buildings / cities is needed (read 'concrete' for 'mass') in order to cope with the extreme fluctuations in temperatures. So we see our beautiful surfaces as making the best of this.
But then we heard the recent news (6th August 09) from Novacem who are developing the new generation of green cement systems that 'will help combat global warming by locking atmospheric CO₂ into construction materials.'
which means we can feel less guilty and start to think more rigorously about the other elements of our production.

Stitched Concrete wins RDS prize

We have had a quiet summer putting together funding bids and completing business plans (not something we enjoy but needs must) and of course gathering our thoughts.
Stitched concrete was entered into the RDS National Crafts Competition and in the meantime won the multimedia section and is one of the winners of the purchase prize.
The sample will travel with the exhibition to the following irish venues
Birr Theatre and Arts Centre , Birr, Co. Offaly, September 14 - 26, 2009
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, October 5 - 26, 2009
Sirius Arts Centre , Cobh, Co. Cork, November 2 - 23, 2009
National Crafts & Design Fair , RDS, Dublin, December 2 - 6, 2009

We hope to know shortly whether we can develop the project further or not - thoughtful times

New Website

Our New Website is now active - a few pages are still being worked on but its worth sharing even at this stage
see www.tactilityfactory.com

new images

It has been a while since we posted some news. This is either the lull before the storm or the beginning of a longer lull .... who knows - we didn't think we would have made such a body of work 3.5 years ago so its difficult to predict where the 'project' might go.
We hope to build a proper website in the coming month (don't worry this blog will go on ) so we thought it was time to have some images taken of some of the latest surfaces- good images by a professional photographer.