Alumni news round-up, May 2021

A BBC Three documentary co-directed by Tee Byford (BA Design 2015) telling the story of No Signal radio is now available to watch on iPlayer.

No More Heroes, co-founded by Mor Bakal (BA Design 2011) worked with Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals using art to capture the shared experiences and trauma caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The work was recently featured on Channel4 news.

Tianna Greham (BA Design 2017) was on The Dots list of 100 rising stars inspiring change for International Women’s Day 2021.

Alumna Zoe Stromberg and her project cutecatcalls are on Thred magazine’s list of 100 Gen Z people, organisations and movements driving social change.

Ash Baigent (BA Design 2018) talks about empowering women through skateboarding.

BA Design graduates Kaiya Waerea and Sophie Paul talk about their ‘intra-dependent’ publishing initiative Sticky Fingers.

BA Design show 2021: My Friend, Oh! It’s Been So Long.

“Or maybe this invitation has been a long time coming. We write to you –inquisitively, bathed in the last moments of sun lingering on the windowsill. The days stretch as we continue to create within the confines of our bedrooms, kitchens, and back gardens. We have come to realise that the most compelling work happens in moments of in-between, the liminal spaces: where plurality lies within the unknown. We have begun to accept the discomfort of designing in this state of being.  

But how are you? Tell me everything.

Continue reading “BA Design show 2021: My Friend, Oh! It’s Been So Long.”

Rose Sinclair to speak at NSEAD 2021

“Join us as we consider how we overcome the barriers, thresholds, gatekeepers that reduce equity of access – how can art educators and the cultural sector work together to ensure equality of opportunity in art, craft and design education?”

Conversation 2: Equity is…Diversity + Opportunity

When: 6 May 2021, 3:15-5.15 pm

Where: Online

Rose Sinclair will be one of the speakers at the event. More information can be found on the NSEAD website. Register for a free ticket via EventBrite.