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Coming soon: “Tangled Systems”, the 2016 MAID show

The 2016 graduation show for the MA in Interaction Design at Goldsmiths will be open between 7-10 December in the St James Hatcham Gallery in New Cross, under the title “Tangled Systems”. The work of this year’s graduating class tackles a wide range of topics and themes, investigating sleep, time, senses and emotions, and contemporary issues such as climate change and surveillance.

Visit the Tangled Systems website to find out more about the students and their projects, and don’t forget to RSVP on Facebook or Eventbrite.

Mike McCormack wins 2016 Goldsmiths Prize, receives trophy made by Goldsmiths Design students

On Wednesday evening, the 2016 jury of the Goldsmiths Prize for fiction revealed their choice for the award: “Solar Bones”, written by Mike McCormack. The winner received £10 000 and a trophy designed and made by a team of Goldsmiths Design students. Here are some photos of the prize-winning author with the trophy and the makers of the trophy:

The creators of the trophy with prize winner Mike McCormack

You can also watch a video showing how the trophy was made:

Workshop Lates at Goldsmiths Design

“Workshop Lates is a thing. They take place in the workshops outside of normal opening times to achieve results outside of normal. They will begin as a series of 4, running weekly on Wednesday nights, 5.30 pm-7.30 pm. Each session combines practical demonstration and material overview with theoretical approaches to making. Session 1 takes place on 9th of November and can be described as an introduction into ideational model making via drawing + steel + bluefoam.

Participation is achieved via email+ request+ response+ confirmation. Places are limited and therefore a moderate policy of first come, first served is in effect. All skill levels are welcome. For additional information, and to book your place, please email e.evans[@]gold.ac.uk and j.davis[@]gold.ac.uk.“

MA Design graduates 2016: Katherine Tse uses home resources to expose the effort behind manufacturing clothes

For her graduation project from the MA in Design: Critical Practice, Yuen Wa Tse (Katherine) took on the laborious task of making silk underwear with home resources, in order to highlight the effort that even the most mundane clothing items require in their manufacturing process. She also aimed to produce items uncoupled from the fetishisation of gender identity:

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How did you decide on fast fashion and gender identity in fashion as the topic for your graduation project?

Fashion is intimately tied to our human bodies and our identity. Fast fashion can been seen as an outgrowth of high fashion in its aim to accommodate a more expressive individuality. I am particularly interested in the authenticity of an individual’s sense of self, gender and sexuality through fashion. Continue reading “MA Design graduates 2016: Katherine Tse uses home resources to expose the effort behind manufacturing clothes”