Improvements in the workshops at Goldsmiths Design

The Goldsmiths Design workshops have been closed for improvements in the past month, and they will open again starting today (although there may still be bits and pieces that need sorting out). Staff have been working hard to create a fantastic space for your creating and making. Faith Denham tells us what has been going on:

“Walls have been going up, others have been coming down, machinery has been moved about, walls and floors have been painted, everything has been rewired. All of this is happening to make the spaces better to work in – with dedicated areas for different types of making and new areas created. There will be a new space for light manufacturing, a completely re-vamped CAD/CAM area, a sizeable expansion of the wood work and plastics workshop.”

We have some work-in-progress photos for you as well:

 

Free public lecture at PhD by Design

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The PhD students from the Design Department are organizing Phd By Design, a conference on the 6th and 7th of November. There will be more than 100 participants from 14 different countries. It also includes an event you can attend even without buying a ticket for the conference:

PUBLIC LECTURE:
We are delighted to announce that on the 6th of November Professor Bill Gaver will hold a public lecture as part of the PhD by Design conference.
The lecture is open to everyone, outwith the conference and is free to attend.

6th November 2014, 5.30 – 7PM
Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre
Goldsmiths, University of London

FOR MORE INFORMATION
phdbydesign.com
phdbydesign.com/publiclecture

MA Design Intro for new students

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A new academic year has started, with a new class of postgraduate students beginning their studies at Goldsmiths. MA Fashion course leader Ruby Hoette welcomed the new students with an MA Design Intro project, together with Katherine May and John Backwell, and she sent us word on how it went:

“The students were asked to bring an object with some special meaning or significance to them. In small groups, they introduced themselves using the object as a starting point and an insight into their previous experience, ideas and hopes expectations for their MA at Goldsmiths.” Continue reading “MA Design Intro for new students”