SOFTER was born from a longing for a community and learning space where we could see ourselves and our values reflected. Our community hosted events encourage volunteer peer-to-peer learning and the soft exchange of knowledge, ideas and skills. 

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Open-source tools include custom typography editors, visual effects renderers (dithering, pixelating, gradients etc.) and drum machines, just to name a few.

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We’ll also foster open dialogue, encouraging you to carry this mindset into your creative practice beyond the workshop and to reimagine how technology can embody care, curiosity, and collaboration.

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No design or coding experience necessary.

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Featuring talks from Christie Morgan on Softer Digital Futures, Nadia Piet on alternative AI practices and Calum Bowden on collaborative system change. Followed by Workshops that invite collective exploration, concluding with a final reflection.

This is a separatist coding club for people who fall somewhere on the queer spectrum, in order to create a social space different from what you might find at work or at school. No level of coding skills required, newbies very welcome! Drop by for an hour or the whole day. We will provide snacks, bring your own laptop.

Join us for Tech-queries with Polly Boutet-Livoff — software and firmware engineer, champion hacker and your guide to all things tech — in a space where all questions are welcomed, no matter how smart, foolish, deep or specific they are.

Whether you're a creative looking to build a portfolio, a freelancer who wants to build a website for a client or a passion project, or if you’re just curious about websites, this workshop is for you!

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The event is suitable for absolute beginners, but if you have a bit of experience and you would like to join, you are very welcome. 

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We will take you through the full process of designing, building and publishing your site. Including a quick introduction to domains and mapping. The goal is to get something live and published by the end of the second workshop.

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Tickets include 6 months of free monthly personal plan for Readymag for each participant.

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During the evening Rifke will share some of her favourite projects, talk about inspiration, her love of trinkets and how her playful perspective shapes the way she designs for the web.

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We will serve pizza and facilitate a conversation on inspiration, play and curiosity, and celebrate the quirky and poetic internet.