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Innovation Studio

Industry-engagement and our strong maker culture puts collaboration at the heart of everything we do.

Projects

Check out some of our recent collaborative projects with external partners to get an idea of how AUB supports the creative and digital, manufacturing, health, and leisure industries.

With AUB's state-of-the-art facilities we're proud to be able to support a wide range of projects. From helping kick-start creative careers and businesses, to developing prototypes in both digital and physical mediums, our links with Industry have never been stronger.

Kick-starting creative careers and businesses

LoveLoveFilm's Bottle Island opening title

LoveLove Film

Developing an IP animation and production pipeline. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

Treehouse image of girl in hockey mask

Treehouse Digital

Developing a short horror film, ‘Treaters’. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

Animation of a pink and blue bird, watching a sunset

Small Fry Animation

Founded by AUB graduate David Blanche, Small Fry Animation are a boutique studio that pride themselves on their creative design

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RUHM

Ruhm is a start-up company based in Dorset that create design-led pre-fabricated spaces for outside the home.

Prototyping and testing

Colourful Lush bath bombs stacked on top of each other

Lush

Using digital fabrication to test package-free ideas. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

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The Syrup Room

Testing new capabilities in Digital Fabrication. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

Access Lift inside a boat

Access Lifts

Access Lifts is a specialist firm in central Dorset offering a wide range of access solutions for different modes of transport.

Barista & Co products

Barista & Co

Barista and Co are a Dorset company who design and produce coffee makers and accessories to UK and international markets.

E-Cyclopic Bike Model

Cyclopic

Developing e-Cyclopic, the world’s first spokeless foldable bike. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

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IoT Solutions Group

Developing an MVP device for the internet of things. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

A man and a women in surf suits on the beach

Odyssey Innovation

Developing proof of concept recycled marine plastic handplanes. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

A hand holding black soil

Agile Planet

Graduate start-up Agile Planet have developed an innovative burner for producing biochar.

Women using Sling Studio's products

Sling Studio

Developing Dorset-inspired textiles. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

Foam Forge product

Foam Forge

Waste foam is a significant issue and currently goes straight into landfill in the UK.

Five Toms Studio pens scribbling on a piece of paper

Tom's Studio

Tom’s Studio is a Dorset business run by craftsman, Tom Gyr. Tom makes and sells handmade high-end calligraphy pens to a global

Digital technology development

Women using AR technology

Dorset Creative

Supporting MedTech innovation through digital fabrication. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

The Wave at Burning Man

Squidsoup

Suidsoup is a UK-based international group of artists, researchers, technologists and designers working

A man working on a desk at Studio Wood

Studio Wood

James Wood, founder of Studio Wood in Bournemouth, Dorset is an industrial designer whose company focuses

People sitting around a table looking up at a board

RUHM

Ruhm is a start-up company based in Dorset that create design-led pre-fabricated spaces for outside the home.

Research and product development

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4IR.UK British Systems

Product labelling for a new Industrial Internet of Things device. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

Five people in RNLI lifeguard uniforms standing on a beach reading a document

RNLI International

AUB Innovation have been working with RNLI’s international team on R&D projects.

Five Toms Studio pens scribbling on a piece of paper

Tom's Studio

Tom’s Studio is a Dorset business run by craftsman, Tom Gyr. Tom makes and sells handmade high-end calligraphy pens to a global

Women on a cliff using a Pongoose product

Pongoose

Pongoose is a Dorset climbing brand and specialist supplier of climbing equipment.

Net Sensors

Net Sensors

Net Sensors is a manufacturing and service business for companies developing Internet of Things products.

Foam Forge product

Foam Forge

Waste foam is a significant issue and currently goes straight into landfill in the UK.

Sofia Romero working in her studio

Sofia Romero

Sofia Romero Gutierrez is an AUB Costume and Performance Design graduate (2017).

Man sketching on a piece of paper and using a triangular metal drawing tool.

Aetha Design

Aetha Design are a product design company based in Poole, Dorset.

Design

A nurse reading to an old lady in a care home

LV=

LV= also known as Liverpool Victoria, is an insurance company with headquarters in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Four older gentlemen sitting on a bench

Curamicus

Developing wearable MedTech for the elderly market. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

A large, framed image of a man displayed in the countryside. A stone building is visible in the background.

RNLI Innovation 'Design Out Drowning'

AUB Innovation have been working with the RNLI in response to their nationwide design challenge ‘Design Out Drowning’.

Two men looking at a CNC router whilst wearing protective earphones.

Kindred Design

Experimenting with CNC routing in furniture design. Supported by European Regional Development Funding (ERDF).

Knowledge exchange and collaboration

A person in make-up and costume smiles and holds up a pair of shoes towards their face.

Creative Exchange 2020: Portrait of a Graduate

The Creative Exchange exhibitions are a showcase of AUB’s knowledge exchange activities...

Yellow rain coats on display on mannequins.

Creative Exchange Exhibition

This exhibition ran from 15th December 2017 to February 15th 2018 and showcased collaborative projects between AUB and industry.

BEAF Logo in colour

Bournemouth Emerging Acts Fringe

Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe, better known as ‘BEAF’ is a collective of artists collaborating with local communities

People sitting around a table looking up at a board

RUHM

Ruhm is a start-up company based in Dorset that create design-led pre-fabricated spaces for outside the home.

Explore the Innovation Studio

Innovation Studio, photographed by Richard Bryant. Photo of an exterior wall with two reverse-L shaped windows and three semi-circle panels visible. A person walks past towards the right.

Overview

The Innovation Studio operates as a lab for creative technologies, a nucleus for start-ups and enterprises, and an industry engagement hub.
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Collaborate with us

There are many ways to work with us – we can give you access to our equipment and expertise
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Associate Programme

Our Associate Programme offers membership of our Innovation Studio to regional businesses seeking research and development support.
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Residency Programme

Our Residency Programme offers membership of our Innovation Studio individuals, start-ups and SMEs developing new products or services.
Innovation Studio, photographed by Richard Bryant. Photo of an interior space, with several people sat working at tables. A rectangle-shaped railing is in the middle of the room.

Industry-standard resources

The Innovation Studio features state-of-the-art equipment and digital resources, and the latest manufacturing technology.