We began TiP (Thinking in Practice) in 2012 with the simple idea: to publish the ideas of those individuals who we believe are creating a new agenda.
There are countless art, architecture and science publications but TiP specifically investigates the cross-over zone, the realm existing between the Arts and Science.
Through interviews, essays, musings and memos, TiP brings together the thinking, theory and invention being explored by some of the world’s leading artists, design practitioners, theoreticians and scientists. TiP publishes their work in a single collective platform. The intent is to synthesize our spectrum of knowledge and promote new ways of thinking about our world.
TiP is an ideas lab. It is intended to be a toolbox for those immersed in the creative and science industries. To inspire and remind us of the importance to continually question, probe and provoke. So that we may move, forward. Only then will paradigms change. Ultimately TiP can serve as a launch pad for this.
Each issue of TiP is bi-monthly and all content is archived online according to 9 categories: Architecture, Arts, Science, Future, Complexity, Nature, Organization, Mathematics, and Philosophy.
TiP acts as a partner and media sponsor for research-led events, conferences, forums and festivals around the world. We support those organizations that are pushing boundaries in intelligence. TiP also runs Thresholds, a series of round-table discussions to stimulate new conversations in art, architecture and science.
TiP is produced by Balmond Studio, a design practice that breathes new life into old ways of Creating. Founded by the world famous designer, Cecil Balmond, the studio undertakes architecture, design and art projects. Investigation is at its foundation and TiP is a natural extension of the studio’s extensive Research agenda.
TiP’s parallel initiative, LiP (Learning in Practice) is an open-platform of creative exchange for students and industry practitioners. Run by Balmond Studio, LiP works with Universities, creative organizations and institutions, creating bespoke programs to enrich education and the process of Making. A fertile ground for ideas and a platform for emerging talent, the discourse thrown up by LiP feeds into TiP, creating a continuum of conversation and investigation.