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Open Days at Goldsmiths Design

Wednesday, November 6th was a College-wide Open Day at Goldsmiths; the Design Department welcomed prospective students for pop-up studios with current Year 3 students from the BA Design programme, tours of the workshops, Undergraduate Design talks with Matt Ward, and a Portfolio surgery with Martin Conreen. Visitors were also able to meet Design staff at the Department’s stand in the Great Hall. You can see a few photos from the Open Day on our Facebook page HERE.

Visitors are being welcomed in the Lockwood Building foyer by 3rd year BA Design students

However, the next opportunity to visit the Design Department at Goldsmiths is not far away. Undergraduate Design Open Days are being held on the 13th and the 20th of November. You can still book your place HERE.

The work of Matthew Plummer-Fernandez is making headlines

Matthew Plummer-Fernandez from Goldsmiths Design’s Interaction Research Studio is the creator of the Dissarming Corruptor, a free software designed to “distort” blueprints for 3D printing in such a manner that only another user with a certain key combination can reveal the true nature of the file and print the object. Since 3D printing is quickly becoming more popular and has already been the center of debates regarding legal issues and copyright versus user freedom, Matthew’s work is getting quite a bit of attention in the press, and it has appeared in a number of articles in the past couple of days.

Forbes and Wired UK have published detailed features on the topic of the Dissarming Corruptor and its implications; Matthew’s work has also made news on other websites such as PCWorld, Engadget, Dezeen and Geek, as well as in the international media (Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Lupa.cz, the German Engadget, etc).

Tom Lancaster on designing for London

Tom Lancaster graduated from the BA Design course at Goldsmiths in 2005 and he is currently Head of Design at the Greater London Authority. Here he is answering for us a few questions on his time at Goldsmiths, his career path and designing campaigns for the Mayor of London.

Q: What does design mean to you? What’s the mission of design in the world?

A: For me, design’s mission is to improve the things we use every day, to make products, communications and services enjoyable, and to dream up ideas that can make life richer. For visual design – that means having a reason to communicate, being clear, offering something original, maybe even charming, and only saying what you need to – not boring your audience or taking their time for granted.

Q: How would you describe your design aesthetic? Continue reading “Tom Lancaster on designing for London”

BA Design students blogging about their final year

Our final year BA Design students have started a tumblr blog on their experience and working process on the last length of the course. It’s a great opportunity for insight into life on the BA Design course, as well as to get to know the students and their approach to design, so jump aboard for the journey and follow their articles:

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