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Goldsmiths graduate exhibited work at Milan Design Week

Last week was Milan Design Week, and we were happy to hear about one of our own alumni exhibiting there. Chuly Lee, who graduated from the MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (Design pathway) at Goldsmiths in 2012, was part of the ARTS THREAD x Designersblock 2016 showcase in Milan.

Here is what Chuly told us about this experience:

“As a Goldsmiths graduate, I am very proud of having a show during Milan Design Week 2016. Four years ago, when I was doing my MA at the College, I’ve been here to look around exhibitions as a study tour with other MA in Design students. This space reminds me of those old memories.

I think this experience is very much worth it for me, to accelerate what I am doing. It is definitely essential to have an exhibition, as a person who designs and makes things all day in the studio, because it is needed to know how my work communicates with the public, and to realise what my work makes people feel: satisfied or unsatisfied, and so on. So I believe it is very important for current design students to both visit and have this kind of shows and fairs, as many as they can, before graduation. Therefore, they can naturally get to know how this industry goes and how they will deal with their stuff in the future.

I am currently working on ceramic objects and porcelain jewellery. At this show, I’ve been meeting many people visiting from around the world. They gave me feedback that I even didn’t think about, and some of it is very positive, which makes me feel cheered up to do my business.”

(Images courtesy of Chuly Lee)

Bicycle recovery/giveaway

On Wednesday, Greening Goldsmiths tagged about 30 “abandoned” bikes across campus. (These are bikes that have been locked to the same bike rack for some time and whose owners don’t seem to want them anymore). As owners of tagged bikes are given 28 days to remove them off campus, students have until May 11th, at 12 noon to claim them back. After this deadline, all tagged bikes will be cut free and donated to the Abandoned Bike Giveaway scheme.

Students interested in getting a free bike should contact N.Hogan[@]gold.ac.uk or call/ text 07872839358 requesting to be put on the list, and then be present outside the Education Building with their student ID on May 11th at 12 noon, when the bikes will be given away on a first come, first served basis, with Goldsmiths students getting first refusal.

Students are invited to design the Orwell Prize trophy

2015 Orwell Prize trophies, designed by Goldsmiths Design student Keir Middleton

Entries are invited by individuals or groups to design the trophy for the prestigious Orwell Prize 2016 for political writing. Students from the Design Department have been specifically invited to design the Orwell Prize trophy since 2012.

Download the brief

Please read the briefing details carefully. Submissions can be by Individuals or Groups- 3 designs per submission, one design will be chosen. It must be easily replicated as the same prize is presented to all award winners. The budget for the creation and manufacture of Prizes is £300.00. All submissions to be sent for the attention of Stephanie Le Lievre, stephanie.lelievre[@]theorwellprize.co.uk.

Timeline:

Submissions must be received by 4.00pm on Wednesday 27^th April 2016. Format : PDF images or Jpeg no bigger than 5MB
The chosen design submission will be notified by Friday 29^th April 2016
Design Meeting with Stephanie Le Lievre in the week beginning 2^nd May 2016
Design completion and delivery date: Friday 20^th May 4.00pm
Attendance at Orwell Prize event with guest 26^th May 2016

If there are any queries, please contact Rose Sinclair – r.sinclair[@]gold.ac.uk or Stephanie Le Lievre, stephanie.lelievre[@]theorwellprize.co.uk.

MA student Becca Rose displayed work at Now Play This festival

Last weekend, Somerset House hosted “Now Play This”, a three-day event dedicated to games and play, part of London Games Festival. Becca Rose, who is a student on our MA in Design Education, was one of the designers presenting their work; her project, “Phonebook”, was included in the “Strange Controllers” showcase on Sunday morning.

Phonebook is “a playful way of telling stories using a phone or tablet with intricately cut out pages of a book. The traditionally bound pop-up book connects paper pages to your phone to trigger magical animations that tell the story.”

Becca told us that she had an amazing time at the festival: “Such a great community and I feel so lucky to be part of it! I shared the latest iteration of my book design and then had an interview with The Guardian games editors on stage. The response to the book was really great -lots of testing, breaking, and ideas for development.”