The Imagineering Quarter

Derry ~ LondonDerry ~ LegenDerry

Northern Ireland

`The Imagineering Quarter' is a physical & virtual quarter comprising 7 adjacent buildings of the North West Regional College (NWRC) (`Foyle' (F) (Film/Drama, Music, Hair/Beauty]) [F], `Lawrence (A)' [Art & Design], `Strand' (B) [Computer Science/games]) & Magee University (Pavillion (Cinematic Arts) [MH], `Foyle Arts' (Drama, Music, Sound & Technology) [MQ]), Pavillion (Computing [MS], Renewable Energy [MK]), focused on teaching, research & technology transfer with software demonstrators in Digital Creativity (games, film/TV, music/radio, drama/dance, art/design, virtual worlds, digital storytelling) linking to the Eighty81, Catalyst - The Innovation Centre, The Nerve Centre, FAB-LAB, Verbal Arts Centre, Amelia Earhart STEAM Zone, cross-border Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT), local Digital Media industry & access to Project Kelvin -- a secure, high capacity dedicated broadband link (10 G. LanPhy) direct to Canada, USA, Europe & rest of the island with a delay of only 2 ms.

`The Imagineering Quarter' is within First UK City of Culture (2013), CultureTECH & Loebner Prize 2013, with media corridors to Tech Nation, The Trampery (twin-city London), MediaCityUK (Salford), Scotland Creative Clyde (Glasgow), Roath Lock (Cardiff), & Digital Hub Ireland (Dublin).

International corridors include MIT Media Lab & USC Institute for Creative Technologies (USA), ITESM-CCM, Monterrey (Mexico), Aalborg University, CADIA Reykjavik University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Lund University, & Media Lab Helsinki (Scandinavia), LIMSI-CNRS (France), Bremen, Bielefeld & Freiberg Universities (Germany), Granada University (Spain), Universiti Kebangsaan (Malaysia), National Institute of Design (India), Nihon University (Japan) & The Confucius Institute (China).

Quarter Impressions:

River Foyle view of, ``The Imagineering Quarter'' (physical domain only) (courtesy Anton Hutton).

God's eye view of, ``The Imagineering Quarter'' (physical domain only) (courtesy Google).

Sketch map of, ``The Imagineering Quarter'' (physical domain only).

Quarter Partners

Quarter Companies

Quarter Direactions

Quarter press:

Irish Times, Business Innovation, page-3, Monday, September 7th, 2015)

Moya Brennan Irish Times, Business Innovation, page-3, September 7th, 2015)

Inishowen Independent, p. 7, Co. Donegal, Thursday, 17th September, 2015)

Clipper Challenge by the Quarter (June, 2012)

`Security through Obscurity - New Spinout Company gives 21st Century Twist to Ancient Science', UU Press Release, July 9th, 2012 (courtesy: Patti Holly)

Learning Pool Blog: Blog-2: ``The Imagineering Quarter, Digital Derry and emotional games eLearning'' [13/07/11] (courtesy: Leanne Doohan/Janet Harkin/Sheena Chada)

``City Voices - Professor Paul Mc Kevitt/ Imagineering Derry's digital future'', Dec. 21st, 2010

`Boost For Digital Humanities Research', Dec. 1st, 2010

World Premiere of `Making History: Nostradamus' (360 Production), St. Columb's Hall, Derry, Sept. 16th, 2010

``Imagineering Quarter backs culture bid'', UU Inside Staff Newsletter, June, 2010, p. 10.

``Cutting edge creativity workshop at Magee'', May 11th, 2010

``Desperately seeking digital creativity'', March 31st, 2010

Radio Foyle interview, Mark Patterson show, March 24th, 2010 (mp3 file format, courtesy Ted Leath)

``Ulster Spinout Company Unveils Legendary iPad App'', May 31st, 2010

``New Computer Games For Stroke Sufferers Tested'', March 31st, 2010

``WiSAR Lab attend Imagineering Quarter event'', March 31st, 2010

``Media Students Impress Visiting Professor'', 9th February, 2010

``Leading HE Role For Ulster Graduate'', 30th October, 2009

Quarter documents:

Mc Kevitt, Paul (2010) ``Derry's Imagineering Quarter & MediaHub'' University of Ulster, Magee, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, February. (.pdf file)

Invest NI Corporate Plan (2011-2015), 2011 (Invest NI)

`One City One Plan One Voice', Regneration Plan for Derry/Londonderry, 2010 (Ilex URC)

Derry Digital Content Strategy, 2009 (Derry City Council)

Mc Kevitt, Paul (2007) ``Inishowen working with creative technologies and Derry again'' Proceedings of the 2006 9th McGlinchey Summer School and stories from local people (``It's us they're talking about''), Theme: Inishowen at work then and now -- trades, skills & traditional crafts, Issue No. 9, Marius Harkin (Ed.), 79-81. Clonmany, Co. Donegal, Ireland: McGlinchey Association. (txt file)

Quarter Genesis:

Quarter Genesis Workshop (Easter, 2010)

(left-to-right) Dr. Barney Toal (NORIBIC); Matt Peachey (ex Derry City Council); Mark Nagurski (Digital Derry Champion); Anton Hutton (EyeSpyFX Ltd. & School of Creative Arts & Technologies, Magee); Professor Geraint Wiggins (ex Goldsmiths, University of London) and Professor Paul Mc Kevitt (HidInImage Ltd. & Computer Science Research Institute, Magee) at Genesis Workshop on, ``The Imagineering Quarter: Desperately seeking digital creativity'', University of Ulster, Magee (March 31st, 2010) (courtesy Martin McKeown, Inpresspics).