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In Conversation: Textiles and Fashion

The Goldsmiths Fashion Research Unit, Special Collections & Archives and The Design Department invite you to:

In Conversation Textiles and Fashion: Rose Sinclair with Philip Richards, Mo Tomaney and Dr Julia Gaimster.

Tuesday 30th June 2015, 6.00pm-8.00pm

Venue: Special Collections & Archives, Goldsmiths, London SE14 6NW

This event marks the recent publication of the Textiles and Fashion: Materials, Design and Technology, a volume in the Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles, edited by Rose Sinclair, a Lecturer in Textiles, in the Design Department. The book gathers together 31 chapters by authors from around the world, who are both academics and practitioners including chapters by Rose Sinclair, Mo Tomaney, Philip Richards, and Dr Julia Gaimster.

Rose will speak about the process behind the book and then her practice of pedagogy which the book also reflects. Philip Richards will speak on the relationship between his technology background and the place of the humanities in the textiles technology discourse, and the work he does in textile industry. Mo Tomaney will focus on the place of sustainable thinking alongside sustainable practices, whilst Dr Julia Gaimster will draw on Visual Research Methods and the place of Virtual Technologies in fashion design practice. Continue reading “In Conversation: Textiles and Fashion”

London premiere of Nelly Ben Hayoun’s ‘Disaster Playground’ at the BFI

Nelly Ben Hayoun‘s new documentary ‘Disaster Playground‘ is a must-see, and now you, too, can see it- the London premiere takes place on June 30 at the BFI. The film investigates the procedures to manage and assess the risks from possible catastrophes from outer-space; Nelly herself will be present for a Q&A after the screening.

(P.S. As an additional piece of good news, Goldsmiths Design alumna Hannah Fasching is now Studio Manager in Nelly Ben Hayoun’s studio.)

The Design department said goodbye to the class of 2015 with drinks and awards

‘Unknowing Movements’ by Marisa Wasboonma, at ‘xvshow’

On Friday, some of this year’s graduating class of students returned to the Design department to get together with Goldsmiths Design staff again and celebrate the end (and the beginning) of a new stage in their lives. There were drinks and snacks to be enjoyed, as well as a few awards to be given to the former students, and everyone was in a good mood.

John Backwell opened the small award ceremony by praising Alexa Muench from the BEng/MEng programme. Rose Sinclair awarded prizes to two BA DCL graduates, Keir Middleton and Wee-Min Chin (a.k.a. Kevin). She remarked that Keir’s development on the course was impressive, and that Kevin was a true team player who would never hesitate to put his own work aside in order to provide help and advice to a colleague. The leader of the BA Design course, Matt Ward, chose to give special awards to Danny Nasr (for risk-taking), Will Gubbins (for ‘blind faith in process’), and Marisa Wasboonma (for ‘distance travelled’ in her time on the course).

But really, everyone from the class of 2015 is worthy of praise for making it to the end and putting in hard work for their degree. We hope to hear excellent news of their further career not far into the future!

Alumnus Justin Ramsden featured in Channel 4 programme on Lego

The Channel 4 documentary ‘The Secret World of Lego’ aired last Sunday evening, but if you missed it, you can catch it online– and you definitely should! Not just because Legos are awesome, but also because a Goldsmiths Design graduate was featured in the show.

Justin Ramsden, who graduated with a BA in Design in 2014, works as a designer of Lego models, and you will get to see him in action in the Channel 4 programme.

(And if you want to find out more about Justin and his work, re-read this interview with him that appeared on the Design blog last year.)