We’ve been focusing on the next generation over the last few weeks, and this is a really exciting project on that theme. A lot of the time we’re teaching young people in order to make their futures better, and while we can’t future-proof that, this piece of art is using creativity to connect with it.…
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Climate change is at the forefront of many hearts and minds looking to build engagement. Tackling a subject using creativity and imagination can increase understanding, but just as important are optimism and hope. We love ‘solarpunk‘, the idea that the freedom of fiction allows us to imagine a better future and, crucially, how we might…
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It’s interesting to look at an idea for humanity that isn’t driven by necessity, disaster, or damage control; to look at it from another angle. And as well as being an interesting concept, the extremes and unknowns of life on other planets also provides rich ground for creative thinking. Here, in The Atlantic, author Charlie…
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The really inspiring projects are those that organically achieve multiple aims. StoryWalk is such a simple concept – take stories from the confines of the page and into the outdoors – but in truth it does so much more than merely change the method of engagement. Bringing books to life in this way caters to…
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Imagination Matters is proud to announce that we’ve teamed up with award-winning author Neil Gaiman, and Waterstones Children’s Laureate for 2015-2017 Chris Riddell, to celebrate their new work, Art Matters. Read on for an exclusive preview and your chance to win a copy of the book. “We have an obligation to imagine” Art Matters by Neil Gaiman Art Matters…
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