News
Case Studies
Take a closer look at the innovative work and research that has been carried out by our funded partners and creative community networks across the Creative Informatics programme. Our Case Studies highlight the stories and achievements from showcase projects that have been supported and developed through funding from Creative Informatics.
Community
Over the past five years, Creative Informatics built a community of creative professionals across Edinburgh and South East Scotland through its funded programmes, projects and support networks. Browse the community pages to find businesses and individuals who have been supported through the Creative Informatics programme.
Events
CreativeTech Scotland Gathering
Join CreativeTech Scotland Gathering on 28 June for an exciting day of cutting edge creative tech keynotes, demos and panels with workshops and a closing reception with interactive performance.
Creative AI Forum (with Scottish AI Alliance)
Join the Scottish AI Alliance & Creative Informatics for the Creative AI Forum, Thursday 13 June in Glasgow.
Partnership Forum Designing the Future, Over to You
A friendly and informal session to find out what we’ve been up to and what we have planned.
Let’s Play
Celebrate the Scottish video game industry at this interactive night out that’s just for adults! The night is yours to play with – choose from a programme of short talks from industry creatives and researchers, try out cutting-edge tech or relax with a drink at the bar and enjoy some AI-generated beats.
Talk: Creative AI for Creative Work
The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence is creating challenges for the creative industries around human creativity, originality, intellectual property, and ethics. However, AI has incredible potential as a tool for creative work - for experimentation or as part of an ideation process.
Creative Informatics: Unleashing the Power of Data
Explore some of the innovative products, new experiences and groundbreaking creative work that has been developed through funding and support from Edinburgh’s Creative Informatics programme. The free exhibition will run at the National Museum of Scotland as part of Edinburgh Science Festival 2024.
Stay in Touch
Upcoming Event: Open Innovation Factory - Immersive Technologies
📆 Wednesday 30 October
⏰ 2pm-5pm followed by food for in-person attendees
📌@inspacegallery and online
🎫 Free
This event will explore how innovations in virtual production and immersive technologies are changing how we watch, play, interact and create.
We`re bringing together industry experts to explore how skills, funding and support, along with extraordinary ideas and creativity, can shape the future of this industry. We’ll discuss policy and creative practice with presentations and demonstrations from those working at the forefront of new media technologies, before exploring how design methods and techniques, such as rapid prototyping and collaborative co-creation, can support the ideation process.
Tickets are free and refreshments will be provided for in person attendees.
Register now - link in bio ✨
Upcoming Event: Open Innovation Factory - Immersive Technologies
📆 Wednesday 30 October
⏰ 2pm-5pm followed by food for in-person attendees
📌@inspacegallery and online
🎫 Free
This event will explore how innovations in virtual production and immersive technologies are changing how we watch, play, interact and create.
We`re bringing together industry experts to explore how skills, funding and support, along with extraordinary ideas and creativity, can shape the future of this industry. We’ll discuss policy and creative practice with presentations and demonstrations from those working at the forefront of new media technologies, before exploring how design methods and techniques, such as rapid prototyping and collaborative co-creation, can support the ideation process.
Tickets are free and refreshments will be provided for in person attendees.
Register now - link in bio ✨
“There’s no doubt that the Edinburgh creative tech community is special, given that it sits at the juncture of a world-leading cultural city, and one with an immensely successful start-up ecosystem, and we hope that the bridges we’ve built here show others how best to encourage creatives to make new digital and data driven products and services, keeping them ahead of the international game.”
Professor Melissa Terras, Director, Creative Informatics
After an incredible five years, the Creative Informatics programme closes on Friday 28 June 2024. Since 2018, we’ve been proud to support the creative industries in Edinburgh and Southeast Scotland to do new, ground-breaking work with data.
Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, Scottish Funding Council, the Data Driven Innovation Programme of the Edinburgh City Region Deal, and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, recent economic analysis has estimated a Gross Value Added (GVA) to the region of £78.5m associated with the Creative Informatics programme.
We would like to extend a huge thanks to the creative and cultural community in Edinburgh and South East Scotland and everyone who has engaged with our programme over the past five years. We simply could not have delivered such ground-breaking and impactful work without your support and creativity.�
You can watch an extended version of our final film and read our final report via the link in our bio 🌟
We`ll see you all soon!
🎥 @stuartarmitt
“There’s no doubt that the Edinburgh creative tech community is special, given that it sits at the juncture of a world-leading cultural city, and one with an immensely successful start-up ecosystem, and we hope that the bridges we’ve built here show others how best to encourage creatives to make new digital and data driven products and services, keeping them ahead of the international game.”
Professor Melissa Terras, Director, Creative Informatics
After an incredible five years, the Creative Informatics programme closes on Friday 28 June 2024. Since 2018, we’ve been proud to support the creative industries in Edinburgh and Southeast Scotland to do new, ground-breaking work with data.
Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, Scottish Funding Council, the Data Driven Innovation Programme of the Edinburgh City Region Deal, and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, recent economic analysis has estimated a Gross Value Added (GVA) to the region of £78.5m associated with the Creative Informatics programme.
We would like to extend a huge thanks to the creative and cultural community in Edinburgh and South East Scotland and everyone who has engaged with our programme over the past five years. We simply could not have delivered such ground-breaking and impactful work without your support and creativity.�
You can watch an extended version of our final film and read our final report via the link in our bio 🌟
We`ll see you all soon!
🎥 @stuartarmitt
The fantastic programme for CreativeTech Scotland Gathering 2024 is now live! Browse the line-up of inspiring keynotes, panels and demos and get ready to join in on Friday 28 June.
Register for free via link in bio ⏩ ctsg.scot #CTSG2024
@uoe_efi
The fantastic programme for CreativeTech Scotland Gathering 2024 is now live! Browse the line-up of inspiring keynotes, panels and demos and get ready to join in on Friday 28 June.
Register for free via link in bio ⏩ ctsg.scot #CTSG2024
@uoe_efi
The CreativeTech Scotland Gathering returns on Friday 28 June with an inspiring day of creative tech keynotes, demos and panels.
The Demo Exhibitors programme has just been announced and we’re excited to see the line-up (including some familiar faces) that will be showcasing their innovative products and tools:
CoSTAR - The Realtime Lab
Fashion Interrupted - Intertidal
Kyoobit - Kyoobit Designer
NeuroCreate - Zeitgeist
Playable – BeatBlocks.app
Ray Interactive - IMP
Studio Sumlacs - SS02
University for the Creative Arts & Trevor Davis - Sustainability Maturity
University of Edinburgh and University of Surrey - ORAgen
Find out more about #CTSG2024 and the demonstrators via the link in our bio, and look out for further announcements 🌟
The CreativeTech Scotland Gathering returns on Friday 28 June with an inspiring day of creative tech keynotes, demos and panels.
The Demo Exhibitors programme has just been announced and we’re excited to see the line-up (including some familiar faces) that will be showcasing their innovative products and tools:
CoSTAR - The Realtime Lab
Fashion Interrupted - Intertidal
Kyoobit - Kyoobit Designer
NeuroCreate - Zeitgeist
Playable – BeatBlocks.app
Ray Interactive - IMP
Studio Sumlacs - SS02
University for the Creative Arts & Trevor Davis - Sustainability Maturity
University of Edinburgh and University of Surrey - ORAgen
Find out more about #CTSG2024 and the demonstrators via the link in our bio, and look out for further announcements 🌟
We`re continuing our partnership with Edinburgh Napier University’s student and alumni enterprise team, @brightrtriangle to deliver free business skills workshops created specifically for the Creative Informatics community.
Register now for upcoming sessions:
🎥Video for Small Business 30 May 10-12pm
Video marketing is a powerful tool for small businesses. This session will cover the fundamentals of creating and using video content to promote your brand, connect with your audience, and drive growth.
✨Imposter Syndrome: Conquering Self-Doubt 21 June 10-12pm
Imposter syndrome is a common challenge for entrepreneurs. This session will address imposter syndrome`s psychological aspects and provide strategies to overcome it, allowing you to unleash your full potential.
Full info and free booking via the link in our bio 📱
We`re continuing our partnership with Edinburgh Napier University’s student and alumni enterprise team, @brightrtriangle to deliver free business skills workshops created specifically for the Creative Informatics community.
Register now for upcoming sessions:
🎥Video for Small Business 30 May 10-12pm
Video marketing is a powerful tool for small businesses. This session will cover the fundamentals of creating and using video content to promote your brand, connect with your audience, and drive growth.
✨Imposter Syndrome: Conquering Self-Doubt 21 June 10-12pm
Imposter syndrome is a common challenge for entrepreneurs. This session will address imposter syndrome`s psychological aspects and provide strategies to overcome it, allowing you to unleash your full potential.
Full info and free booking via the link in our bio 📱
Artificial Intelligence is making waves in the creative industries and reactions range from extreme enthusiasm to complete mistrust and everything in between. Our new white paper ‘The Future of Creativity and AI: Views from the Scottish Creative Industries’ reports on our Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Department for Culture, Media and Sport funded Creative AI Demonstrator Project, which asked creative practitioners about their priorities, concerns and hopes for creative AI.
This paper introduces the landscape of creative AI in Scotland in 2023 and provides concrete recommendations on how to support our creative industries.
Read the full report and continue the conversation at our Creative AI Forum with Scottish AI Alliance on 13 June. Link in bio 🌟
Artificial Intelligence is making waves in the creative industries and reactions range from extreme enthusiasm to complete mistrust and everything in between. Our new white paper ‘The Future of Creativity and AI: Views from the Scottish Creative Industries’ reports on our Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Department for Culture, Media and Sport funded Creative AI Demonstrator Project, which asked creative practitioners about their priorities, concerns and hopes for creative AI.
This paper introduces the landscape of creative AI in Scotland in 2023 and provides concrete recommendations on how to support our creative industries.
Read the full report and continue the conversation at our Creative AI Forum with Scottish AI Alliance on 13 June. Link in bio 🌟
We`re so excited to see the Creative Informatics book out in the world. Data-Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries, published by Routledge, is a new collection of essays edited by Melissa Terras, Vikki Jones, Nicola Osborne and Chris Speed. The book features insights and case studies from across the Creative Informatics programme, along with contributions from other Creative Industries Clusters, academics and practitioners.
The book centres the role of data, digital technologies and innovations in the production and consumption of creative products and services. It reflects on our experiences in delivering, researching, and supporting the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland through the Creative Informatics programme, while also taking a necessarily global perspective, to examine how the creative industries can be supported to make use of data-driven innovation and digital technologies in their work.
You can order a copy or download in open access (link in our bio) 🎉
We`re so excited to see the Creative Informatics book out in the world. Data-Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries, published by Routledge, is a new collection of essays edited by Melissa Terras, Vikki Jones, Nicola Osborne and Chris Speed. The book features insights and case studies from across the Creative Informatics programme, along with contributions from other Creative Industries Clusters, academics and practitioners.
The book centres the role of data, digital technologies and innovations in the production and consumption of creative products and services. It reflects on our experiences in delivering, researching, and supporting the creative industries in Edinburgh and South East Scotland through the Creative Informatics programme, while also taking a necessarily global perspective, to examine how the creative industries can be supported to make use of data-driven innovation and digital technologies in their work.
You can order a copy or download in open access (link in our bio) 🎉
Let’s Play, shall we? Join us at @summerhallery @edscifest on Friday 12 April as we celebrate the Scotland’s games industry with an interactive night out. The night is yours to play with, choose from a programme of short talks from industry creatives and researchers, try out cutting-edge tech or relax with a drink at the bar and enjoy some AI-generated beats.
Hear about the latest breakthroughs in virtual reality and augmented reality from Prof Neil McDonnell, who heads up the University of Glasgow’s Museums in the Metaverse project, then have a go at some VR games for yourself.
Cat Burton from Vesper will share how games studios are empowering writers to turn their stories into video games, with a little help from ethical AI, while Brian Baglow @scottishgamesnw will explain how Scotland is about to become the first part of the United Kingdom to have its own games strategy. What does it mean for games, for esports, for education and for the future of fun?
There will be live demonstrations from Tettix Games and @@ray_interactive plus the chance to try out interactive activities from Playable Technology @buildyourbeat, @yaldigames and @doska.animation.
Book now and we’ll you there!
Let’s Play, shall we? Join us at @summerhallery @edscifest on Friday 12 April as we celebrate the Scotland’s games industry with an interactive night out. The night is yours to play with, choose from a programme of short talks from industry creatives and researchers, try out cutting-edge tech or relax with a drink at the bar and enjoy some AI-generated beats.
Hear about the latest breakthroughs in virtual reality and augmented reality from Prof Neil McDonnell, who heads up the University of Glasgow’s Museums in the Metaverse project, then have a go at some VR games for yourself.
Cat Burton from Vesper will share how games studios are empowering writers to turn their stories into video games, with a little help from ethical AI, while Brian Baglow @scottishgamesnw will explain how Scotland is about to become the first part of the United Kingdom to have its own games strategy. What does it mean for games, for esports, for education and for the future of fun?
There will be live demonstrations from Tettix Games and @@ray_interactive plus the chance to try out interactive activities from Playable Technology @buildyourbeat, @yaldigames and @doska.animation.
Book now and we’ll you there!
Join us to discuss Creative AI for Creative Work at the National Museum of Scotland on Wednesday 10 April as part of @edscifest .
The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence is creating challenges for the creative industries around human creativity, originality, intellectual property and ethics. However, AI has incredible potential as a tool for creative work – for experimentation or as part of an ideation process. Hear from creative professionals working with AI to enhance their projects – from developing playful innovations to creating new revenue streams for sound and audio production.
With Ana Betancourt (@_blackgoblin), Catherine Stewart (@datamindaudio) and artist Theodore Koterwas @tkoterwas. Chaired by Dr Frauke Zeller, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University.
Images:
🎧A live performance of music and movement exploring agency, creativity and empathy through embodied interactions with AI. Presented by Theodore Koterwas in collaboration with Emma Snellgrove and Atul Kumar at Inspace in November 2023.
📸@stuartarmitt
🎧Portrait of Ana Betancourt from Black Goblin. Black Goblin is a sound research and technology company on a quest to transform the way creators work with sound.
📸 @chrisandhiscamera
🎧Ben Cantil from DataMind Audio demonstrates the Combobulator - an AI style-transfer audio plugin. MD and co-founder of DataMind Audio, Catherine Stewart, joins the panel to discuss their work.
📸 @chrisandhiscamera
Join us to discuss Creative AI for Creative Work at the National Museum of Scotland on Wednesday 10 April as part of @edscifest .
The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence is creating challenges for the creative industries around human creativity, originality, intellectual property and ethics. However, AI has incredible potential as a tool for creative work – for experimentation or as part of an ideation process. Hear from creative professionals working with AI to enhance their projects – from developing playful innovations to creating new revenue streams for sound and audio production.
With Ana Betancourt (@_blackgoblin), Catherine Stewart (@datamindaudio) and artist Theodore Koterwas @tkoterwas. Chaired by Dr Frauke Zeller, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University.
Images:
🎧A live performance of music and movement exploring agency, creativity and empathy through embodied interactions with AI. Presented by Theodore Koterwas in collaboration with Emma Snellgrove and Atul Kumar at Inspace in November 2023.
📸@stuartarmitt
🎧Portrait of Ana Betancourt from Black Goblin. Black Goblin is a sound research and technology company on a quest to transform the way creators work with sound.
📸 @chrisandhiscamera
🎧Ben Cantil from DataMind Audio demonstrates the Combobulator - an AI style-transfer audio plugin. MD and co-founder of DataMind Audio, Catherine Stewart, joins the panel to discuss their work.
📸 @chrisandhiscamera
An interactive exhibit at National Museum of Scotland, as part of @edscifest, has been the most incredible way to showcase the Creative Informatics programme. Thank you to everyone who has visited us and taken part.
If you visited the exhibition, we`d love to hear what you thought. Please complete a short survey through the link in our bio 📌
🎬 @stuartarmitt
We`re not finished quite yet... Join us to discuss Creative AI for Creative Work on Wednesday 10 April and hear from creative professionals working with AI to enhance their projects – from developing playful innovations to creating new revenue streams for sound and audio production.
And on Friday 12 April, we invite you to extend your reality and celebrate the Scottish video game industry with an interactive night out at Summerhall. Choose from a programme of short talks from industry creatives and researchers, try out cutting-edge tech or relax with a drink at the bar and enjoy some AI-generated beats.
An interactive exhibit at National Museum of Scotland, as part of @edscifest, has been the most incredible way to showcase the Creative Informatics programme. Thank you to everyone who has visited us and taken part.
If you visited the exhibition, we`d love to hear what you thought. Please complete a short survey through the link in our bio 📌
🎬 @stuartarmitt
We`re not finished quite yet... Join us to discuss Creative AI for Creative Work on Wednesday 10 April and hear from creative professionals working with AI to enhance their projects – from developing playful innovations to creating new revenue streams for sound and audio production.
And on Friday 12 April, we invite you to extend your reality and celebrate the Scottish video game industry with an interactive night out at Summerhall. Choose from a programme of short talks from industry creatives and researchers, try out cutting-edge tech or relax with a drink at the bar and enjoy some AI-generated beats.
What a fantastic week! We’ve welcomed thousands of @nationalmuseumsscotland visitors to our @edscifest showcase of Creative Informatics projects. The exhibition ends on Sunday 7 April so head along this weekend and join in the fun 📱🎮🎶⚡️🎨🎧
Huge thanks to our amazing exhibitors
@ploterre
@buildyourbeat
@bearhammergamesltd
@ray_interactive
@icecreamatthe
@cloudquilting
@mellamine
@doska.animation
@yaldigames
@kate.ive.art
@_tinderbox
@ingepanneelsartist and Caitlin McDonald
@thecreativegradient
@mystorylearning
My Kind of Book
📸 @chrisandhiscamera
What a fantastic week! We’ve welcomed thousands of @nationalmuseumsscotland visitors to our @edscifest showcase of Creative Informatics projects. The exhibition ends on Sunday 7 April so head along this weekend and join in the fun 📱🎮🎶⚡️🎨🎧
Huge thanks to our amazing exhibitors
@ploterre
@buildyourbeat
@bearhammergamesltd
@ray_interactive
@icecreamatthe
@cloudquilting
@mellamine
@doska.animation
@yaldigames
@kate.ive.art
@_tinderbox
@ingepanneelsartist and Caitlin McDonald
@thecreativegradient
@mystorylearning
My Kind of Book
📸 @chrisandhiscamera
Friday ➡️ Saturday. The Creative Informatics showcase is open @nationalmuseumsscotland as part of @edscifest 🎮🎨🎶🎧📱🥳
Read about the exhibitors on our website and come visit us in Hawthornden Court. Open daily until 7 April.
See you there ✨
Friday ➡️ Saturday. The Creative Informatics showcase is open @nationalmuseumsscotland as part of @edscifest 🎮🎨🎶🎧📱🥳
Read about the exhibitors on our website and come visit us in Hawthornden Court. Open daily until 7 April.
See you there ✨
Data Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries
Edited by Melissa Terras, Vikki Jones, Nicola Osborne and Chris Speed.
