- 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 offered in September by Wales Millennium Centre, with Goldsmiths Design alumnus Hefin Jones amongst mentors.
- Goldsmiths MA Design graduate Zoe Lester is part of the team of one of the award-winning designs in “Fountain of Hygiene: Sanitiser Design Competition”, now on display at the Design Museum until 3 September.
- London’s Vagina Museum now sells face masks with original designs, and Lara Machado (formerly a visiting student in our department) is one of the designers.
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Design alumnus runs LGBT+ fundraiser and art auction for Beirut
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 place on 22 August; at least three other Goldsmiths alumni have pieces on sale in the collection. The evening will also include performances live-streamed from a limited attendance in-person event at The Bell pub in London. You can get tickets for the event via EventBrite.
Art sales are also taking place via the Instagram account, RBP.auction. Any artists wanting to get involved are welcome to get in touch.
A crowdfunding page is open on GoFundMe to gather donations for rebuilding Beirut and supporting all impacted communities.
A message to the class of 2020
Goldsmiths tutors from across the university (including the Design department) have recorded video messages to congratulate their amazing students graduating in such difficult circumstances in 2020:
Freelancer portal launches on the London Design Festival website
This year, London Design Festival want to put the spotlight on the brilliance of London’s design scene at a time when it needs to be promoted more than ever. We recognise that freelancers in particular have been impacted by the pandemic, and the Festival wants to support this community by providing a voice to new talent and freelancers. As such, for 2020 we have created a freelancer portal where freelancers can share design content and their portfolio with the Festival audience.
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