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Projects at the intersection of art and technology: for students and universities, artists and makers. Each call has a full brief, also as a PDF to share. Register your interest and we’ll get back to you personally.
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OpenA real brief for a class in animation, illustration, interaction or sound design: bring one of our characters to life, or design a screen-free way for children to hear stories.
RollingResearch with three to five year olds and their families: which characters, voices and stories they understand, enjoy and return to.
RollingFaster ways to bring characters to life: movement, expressions and lip sync to voices, in tools made for artists.
RollingFolk tales, fables and grandparents’ bedtime stories from South Asia, retold for two- to five-year-olds growing up in Germany and Europe today.
RollingHow can the region’s oldest stories speak to small children in today’s fast-changing cities, from Lahore to Dhaka? Research and retelling, with partners there.
RollingHow do families with two home languages use stories, songs and play at home, and what helps a small child love both languages?
OpenKindergarten, Montessori, the Bauhaus and Europe’s toy-safety standards: what can that knowledge add to play and learning for small children in South Asia, designed together with families there?
RollingWe’re building a pool of illustrators and animators for picture books, character design and short animations for young children.
RollingThemes, lullabies and sound worlds for stories for young children, including the sounds of everyday life in South Asia.
RollingWorkshops in South Asia that turn wood or stitch soft figures, for samples and small batches with clear specifications.
02 Not listed?
If you have an idea that fits our focus, we’d like to hear it, even if it isn’t listed here.