Alumni – Page 28 – Goldsmiths Design Blog

Venture into fields of interrogation at xvshow

Article by BA Design alumna Belen Palacios

A year after my own degree show, I had the chance to visit the BA Design 3rd year students while they set up xv show. Thriving beyond the fatigue, they talk about their initial steps, their goals, their challenges and the way in which their designs interrogate our world.

Some projects blur the lines in between the designer and the performer. Lukas Valiauga has explored the limits of personal identity in neo-capitalism. He has made himself a product for which every decision is a strategical formulation in between risk and potential. He explains that by using performance to look at his persona from a strategic point of view, everything in his life has become a prop. His amended suit and his raised shoes make him a puppet of what his investors want him to become. Even though his performance might seem extreme, he urges the audience to question “how is that different to any of us?” Lukas will be giving speeches to stakeholders during the show and you can buy shares of Luck Inc. to decide the future of his enterprise. Continue reading “Venture into fields of interrogation at xvshow”

Alumna Livia Rossi: “I’ve always liked the positive, energetic atmosphere you breathe at Goldsmiths”

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Livia Rossi graduated from our BA Design course; since 2012, she runs Dossofiorito, a design studio in Verona, Italy, alongside her work and life partner Gianluca.

Q: Why did you choose to study Design at Goldsmiths?

A: Years before my enrollment on the course, I shared a house in New Cross with Goldsmiths students and I had the opportunity to come to the Campus few times. I have always liked the positive and energetic atmosphere that you could breathe there. Later, when I was still studying fashion design, I attended a workshop on sustainable fashion with Mathilda Tham, a tutor in the Design department at Goldsmiths. It really struck me because she had a very different approach from how I was taught at the time.

A few years later, when I decided to go back to university and study Design, I remembered that workshop with Mathilda and I investigated about the Design course at Goldsmiths. I was really happy to find out that the course had a very interdisciplinary approach. Coming from a very specialised background, I thought it would be the perfect choice for me! Continue reading “Alumna Livia Rossi: “I’ve always liked the positive, energetic atmosphere you breathe at Goldsmiths””

Watch Nemi Gardner’s Biomodd talk in full

You can now watch the full talk by alumna Nemi Gardner and her Biomodd teammate Claude Oprea:

Biomodd talk at Goldsmiths Design with alumna Nemi Gardner

Nemi Gardner is a 2014 graduate of our BA in Design; last week, she returned to her alma mater to hold a talk on Biomodd, a platform that creates symbiotic relationships between plants and computers. The project was conceived by Angelo Vermeulen of Belgium, and Nemi is currently part of the London Biomodd team.

Permaculturist Claude Oprea, who is on the London Biomodd team as well, joined Nemi in speaking to the audience, and explained how computers can be powered by algae. The speakers invited Goldsmiths students to be a part of Biomodd themselves at a three day workshop in July- for more information, email biomoddlondon[at]gmail.com.