Innovative design work at the 2017 Goldsmiths Design Festival

Last week, the Goldsmiths Design Festival held its third edition, again as part of the London Design Festival. As in the previous year, events took place in a single location, at the St James Hatcham gallery in New Cross. A private industry view for the postgraduate show happened on the evening of September 14th, while family and friends were welcomed on the evening of 15 September; the exhibition remained open until 17 September. All events were free to attend, and drinks were once again provided by The Fat Walrus.

From turning a parachute into fashion to exploring Mukbang, the online trend of broadcasting meals, from investigating different perceptions on human rights to empowering local communities through market hubs, the 2017 MA Show offered a wide range of exciting work. A few of the projects will be featured on the blog soon, so watch this space! You can also find more photos of the exhibits and the opening evening on our Facebook page.

The festival also included an exhibition of work created in a series of Pi Studio workshops held at the Centre for Creative Economy and Innovation in Daegu, South Korea.

Special events at the festival were, amongst others, a talk on sustainable fashion with Fiona Fung of Positive Luxury and a Dash’n’Dem presentation of some of their recent work in engaging young people with politics through music.