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Students from the MA in Interaction Design are ready for the first ever graduating show of this course! Between 9-11 December 2014, you are invited to have a look at the work of our graduating interaction designers in Deptford Town Hall. Opening night will start at 6 pm on 9 December.

“This year, students are presenting nine projects engaging with a diverse range of topics. Scientists and laymen share their expectations for the ‘supermaterial’ graphene, algorithms are drugged to insanity, protests are reimagined with digital props, plants embody human DNA and lesbians help to rethink online dating tropes. These are just some of the exciting projects to be exhibited at the show. We cordially invite you all to be a part of this graduation event!”

The Goldsmiths Prize for fiction has been established to celebrate books which open new possibilities for the novel form; the prize is worth £10 000 and this year’s winner will be announced tomorrow (read the shortlist of finalists here; you can also find out who the judges are from here.

The winning writer will also receive a trophy designed by two of our final year BA Design students, Billy Turvey and Alaine Burns. Here is a video on Billy and Alaine’s process on creating the prize:

 

 

Campus MovieFest is a travelling film festival that gives students from US and UK universities the opportunity to make a 5 minute short film in any genre in a week- and they are coming to Goldsmiths on Wednesday, November 12. Entry in the festival is free to students from any department, with or without experience, and the necessary equipment – a camera and a laptop with editing software- will also be made available by the organisers. There will also be prizes for the best films, including an Elfenworks Social Justice Category for films highlighting social issues. You can sign up online here and find more information on the website of the festival. 

“Phd by Design: The messiness of practice-based research” is a conference discussing and working through the topical issues of conducting a practice-based Phd in Design, hosted by the Design Department at Goldsmiths. We have written about it before, but it’s now time to remind you that it’s starting tomorrow! You can read a schedule of the event here, or download a full program here.

Keynote speakers are Jennifer Gabrys (Goldsmiths), Jane Harris (London College of Fashion), Jon Rogers (University of Dundee) and Teal Triggs from the Royal College of Art. Don’t forget that the conference also includes a free open lecture with Professor Bill Gaver from the Interaction Research Studio.