On this page you will find news about our graduates and their work.
- Designers in Residence showcase: Cynthia Voza Lusilu April 9, 2021 - Goldsmiths Design MA graduate Cynthia Voza Lusilu is one of the 2020 Designers in Residence at the Design Museum; this programme had the emerging designers responding to the theme of Care. The showcase is now online! Visit the website to find out more about Cynthia’s work exploring mental health provision for Black British communities.
- Designing with Care: Designers in Residence at the Design Museum March 31, 2021 - Join this panel discussion with the Design Museum’s 2020 Designers in Residence exploring design’s relationship to care. Goldsmiths Design MA alumna Cynthia Voza Lusilu is amongst the designers chosen as residents for the 2020 programme. Where: Online When: Tuesday 11 May 2021, 18.30 – 20.00 (BST) General tickets (£5) go on sale on 1 April. … Continue reading "Designing with Care: Designers in Residence at the Design Museum"
- Bringing film worlds to life: Interview with alumna Elaine Xu, production designer March 4, 2021 - If you have a UK Netflix or US HBO Max subscription, you may stumble upon a charming short film called “Dolapo is fine”, in which a young Black girl faces pressure to change her natural hair and her name. Goldsmiths alumna Elaine Xu (BA Design 2018) was the production designer for the film, her second … Continue reading "Bringing film worlds to life: Interview with alumna Elaine Xu, production designer"
- Alumni news round-up, March 2021 March 3, 2021 - Graduate Ash Baigent (BA Design 2018) teaches you how to handmake your own skateboard from scratch in this video. PhD alumna Danah Abdulla wrote “Against Performative Positivity” in Futuress Magazine. BA Design graduate Miki Chiu talks about working in innovation design, in this Creative Lives in Progress interview. Alumna Alaa Alsaraji (BA Design 2016) is … Continue reading "Alumni news round-up, March 2021"
- Alumni news round-up, January 2021 January 22, 2021 - “Modular Habitats” by Design graduate Lauren Davies is part of the online gallery “Design in an age of crisis” at the London Design Biennale. Featured on Short of the Week: “The Retreat”, a film produced by alumnus Jordi Morera (BA Design 2013). A ‘modular opera’ produced during the Covid-19 lockdown by alumnus Haroon Mirza (MA … Continue reading "Alumni news round-up, January 2021"
- Alumni news round-up, October 2020 October 23, 2020 - Mapping Sanctuaries, an exhibition of work by Alaa Alsaraji (BA Design 2016) is on at P21 Gallery in London from 29 October to 14 November 2020. The show is a collection of digital illustrations and sound pieces exploring the notions of safety and the spaces that exist between isolation and belonging within Muslim communities. The … Continue reading "Alumni news round-up, October 2020"
- “Museumable – home objects reimagined” online event with three Goldsmiths Design graduates & researchers October 9, 2020 - When: 12 November, 18:00 and 14 November, 11:00 Where: Online Join Goldsmiths Design researchers, lecturers & alumni Daniella Zlotogoura, Lili Golmohammadi, and Becca Rose Glowacki for an online workshop exploring the idea of curating a shared home museum collection. You are invited to choose an object from your home to share in this workshop. With … Continue reading "“Museumable – home objects reimagined” online event with three Goldsmiths Design graduates & researchers"
- Cynthia Voza Lusilu explores community-based support for mental health October 1, 2020 - Cynthia Voza Lusilu (MA Design: Expanded Practice 2019) is one of the four young designers chosen by the Design Museum for their Designers in Residence programme to respond to this year’s theme of “Care”. The work she will be developing as part of the residency is a continuation of her MA project “Healing Chronicles”, which … Continue reading "Cynthia Voza Lusilu explores community-based support for mental health"
- Alumni news round-up, September 2020 September 25, 2020 - BA Design alumna Millicent Barty will launch her new fashion label at the upcoming London Pacific Fashion Week in February 2021. Tom Oates and Rachel Orphan (BA Design class of 2020) are amongst shortlisted graduates for the i-D and ARTSTHREAD Global Design Graduate Show 2020, which will announce its winners soon. Rachel was also featured … Continue reading "Alumni news round-up, September 2020"
- Alumni news round-up, August 2020 August 29, 2020 - BA Design alumna Zoe Stromberg and her project Cute Catcalls, which recreates street harassment stories as illustrations, were featured on BBC Scotland Radio on 18 August (the conversation starts at 2 hrs 28 minutes). Zoe’s project also appeared in the Daily Mail on 14 August. Free online creative courses for 16-25 year olds will be … Continue reading "Alumni news round-up, August 2020"
- Design alumnus runs LGBT+ fundraiser and art auction for Beirut August 20, 2020 - Alumnus Daniel Nasr (BA Design 2015) is one of the organisers of Rebuilding Beirut with Pride, an art auction and crowdfunding initiative to support LGBT+ communities in Beirut after the explosion that affected the Lebanese capital on 4 August 2020. An online auction selling artwork and prints submitted by artists around the world will take … Continue reading "Design alumnus runs LGBT+ fundraiser and art auction for Beirut"
- Join the alumni community to stay in touch May 21, 2020 - Our alumni community consists of over 75,000 former students and staff based all over the world. Former students can’t meet in person during this time, but you can still benefit from the skills, insights and knowledge of the Goldsmiths alumni community. Join the alumni mailing list to hear about services and benefits or simply to … Continue reading "Join the alumni community to stay in touch"
- Film by BA Design graduate to compete for Best Documentary at Oxford International Short Film Festival February 28, 2020 - “If I Get Like That Just Shoot Me”, a short documentary directed by Goldsmiths Design graduate Amy Clegg (BA Design class of 2019), is one of the nominees for the Best Documentary award in the 2020 Oxford International Short Film Festival, which will take place on 28-29 March. Amy’s film, one of 6 short documentaries … Continue reading "Film by BA Design graduate to compete for Best Documentary at Oxford International Short Film Festival"
- Join the Goldsmiths Alumni community January 11, 2020 - If you’re about to graduate or have recently graduated from Goldsmiths, there are many perks to joining our Alumni mailing list and continuing to be part of our community. Alumni can use the Goldsmiths library and benefit from a range of discounts and resources on campus and elsewhere; you will also receive the Goldlink magazine … Continue reading "Join the Goldsmiths Alumni community"
- BA Design graduate wins Designers in Residence Pforzheim 2020 scholarship January 11, 2020 - Jaspar Rogers (BA Design 2019) is one of three designers chosen for the Designers in Residence Pforzheim 2020 programme. The winners will live in Pforzheim from April to June 2020 and work on their projects at EMMA – Creative Centre Pforzheim; read the full announcement on the ARTSTHREAD website. Jaspar’s graduation project from Goldsmiths investigated … Continue reading "BA Design graduate wins Designers in Residence Pforzheim 2020 scholarship"