The Architecture Foundation together with its partners is calling for emerging designers, architects and other creative individuals to carry out shop front improvements for local clients in the Willesden area. Successful design professionals will be paired with existing businesses along Willesden Green High Road working with them to create innovative shop front displays and legacy improvements that will be completed by December 2011.



From November to December a curated series of…

Hi!

We have a basement gallery in Highgate, N6, available to hire from 30th August. Its approximately 390 sq ft and is self contained in the lower level of Artway Emporium (www.artwayemporium.co.uk) which is an antiques and curiosity, haberdashery and art materials shop.

The gallery is available to rent on weekly, fortnightly or monthly terms and is open to the public between 9:30am - 17:30pm Monday -…

The long struggle to attain a space to set up a rehearsal studio continues and progress has been made but we're not there yet.

The story so far is that, after finally persuading the directors of Meanwhile Space that we are serious, they say we needed to find a jazz-related charity prepared to sign the lease on any premises that we rent. This way we get 80% reduction in business rates. This also means we would have to persuade that charity that they wouldn't be lumbered with…

All at Swiss Cottage Central Library this month!

An exhibition celebrating temporary use of space by artists and other creatives. It showcases the

diverse events held through Camden’s pop up shop programme and explores links to earlier use of

empty space by artists. The exhibition will act as an inspiration and resource for people interested in

creative use of empty space. There is an accompanying series of talks and…

Meanwhile Whitechapel is open!

Programme of Activity



Work

Meanwhile Whitechapel is available to use for working in. Bring your laptop and help yourself to coffee where you will be joined by Meanwhile Space CIC and the Deconstruction…

  Meanwhile Whitechapel Open 1pm-6pm

  3-5 Whitechapel Road, E1 1DU

Tomorrow, Wednesday 9th February, Meanwhile Space will be opening the doors again of the Whitechapel space for viewings. Over the next week internet will be installed meaning that we…

3-5 Whitechapel Road

OPEN

Yesterday Meanwhile Space opened the doors of Meanwhile Whitechapel to interested partners. The space will be available immediately for people interested in submitting ideas to use the space. 

The next open day will be on Wednesday 9th February.

To find out more about submitting proposals, viewing the space or general…

In advance of the major redevelopment of the site (somewhere near end of 2011) London Borough of Brent are offering a unique opportunity for members of our community to engage with the space and try out a business or creative or community idea they may have there.

London Borough of Brent will simultaneously be using this opportunity to ‘litmus test’ both audience and product to see what may or may not work on the site once its redeveloped.

London Borough of Brent have just gone…

The Mayors of London and Newham have joined forces with Property Week magazine and the London Development Agency's Design for London team to launch a competition to find exciting temporary (or ‘meanwhile’) uses for three high profile sites in the Royal Docks and Canning Town.



The competition aims to show how temporary uses can be a catalyst for regeneration. It is a fabulous opportunity for developers,…

Seasider pop up shop opens it's doors at 42 Theabold Road, London.

The Seasider campaign opened its doors to the general public yesterday for a sneak preview. The shop, leased to Meanwhile Space by Camden Council for 6 weeks, will host the…

I've been working with a bunch of young staff from London's major cultural organisations on Seven Days in Seven Dials; a week in the life of London's Culture Quarters.



The staff are all part of the Culture Quarter Programme, a collaboration between nine big-name arts organisations which are providing 30+ young unemployed people…