Archive for February, 2009

Matter at Twestival

Published by admin on February 15, 2009 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments

Quite a few Matter subscribers are on Twitter - as well as us too (@matterbox) -  so it seemed natural to get involved somehow.

The London (there were similar events all around the world) Twestival was last held Thursday, 12th Feb at Shoreditch Studios. 500 eager Twitterers queued up for an hour or so in the snow to witness on odd array of entertainment, but mainly to meet each other in person.

This most innovative cultural phenomenon featured some very traditional entertainment in the form of auctions–both silent and, er, vocal–and a raffle, for which the star prize was a special one-off Matterbox, which we put together specially.

@technokitten was the lucky winner and is now the proud owner of the following: 

• Pico Hand-held projector

• DIY Morph doll + DVD

• Blank Munny figure (Kid Robot)

• LED (lots of small ones) digital watch 

• Lego heart (Year Zero) keyring

• Kozik Smokin’ bunny soft toy

• 4GB Lego USB stick

• Big Brand Defector T shirt (Howies)

• Head Porter Coin Purse

• Cut-out London Icons

• Postable wooden jewellry

• Supreme notebook

 Hope you enjoy it!  

Some thoughts from the first edition.

Published by admin on February 4, 2009 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments

After a few hiccoughs, the first edition of Matter went out in December and people seemed to like it.So, with two editions now, the Matter pilot and Matter No. 1, we hope you’ll have a clearer idea of what to expect from future Matter editions.

Matter boxes are sized according to what’s in them and the smaller size of the last December edition seemed to more popular than the bigger pilot box. We think these represent the two extremes of size with future boxes falling somewhere in between the two.

The December edition, Matter 1 was more practical than the conceptual pieces in the pilot, but seemed to be every bit as popular with something for everyone. There’s a lot of creative possibilities with Matter and we’re keen to see what kind of items are developed for future boxes as the concept matures.

As before, we had a whole range of responses, mostly good, some bad, some indifferent. We’re grateful for all the comments as this is a backbone of what Matter is all about.

Photo credit: Almost Always Thinking(thank you) 

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