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MA Design Intro for new students

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A new academic year has started, with a new class of postgraduate students beginning their studies at Goldsmiths. MA Fashion course leader Ruby Hoette welcomed the new students with an MA Design Intro project, together with Katherine May and John Backwell, and she sent us word on how it went:

“The students were asked to bring an object with some special meaning or significance to them. In small groups, they introduced themselves using the object as a starting point and an insight into their previous experience, ideas and hopes expectations for their MA at Goldsmiths.” Continue reading “MA Design Intro for new students”

Photos from “Not This”

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The Postgraduate Design show for this year, which ended on the 17th of September, took place in a very unique and unusual location for an exhibition, the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall. If you want to know how the graduates managed to make the place their own, we have uploaded a few photos of the show’s set-up on our Facebook page (click here).

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We also have for you a few images of the work displays from MA Fashion students, courtesy of Ruth Jacob, who was on the course herself:

Were you at the show? Did you take photos? What did you think of the exhibition? We would love to hear how “NOT THIS” looked through your eyes. Send us any thoughts or images at n.barbu[at]gold.ac.uk.

National Student Survey Poster Competition 2014

The annual poster competition for the National Student Survey, organised by the National Union of Students, is getting closer to deadline: you can stil sign up to the contest until October 6. The winning student will receive a paid work placement with a London design firm, and their poster design will be developed and displayed at a national scale, making it an excellent portfolio builder.

To find out more about the competition and sign up, go to the NUS website.

MA Fashion lecturer at “Made of Mayfair” Artisan Walks

The MA in Fashion at Goldsmiths has a new staff member: Katherine May, lecturer in Design (Fashion and Textiles). And because all roads these days lead to the London Design Festival, we encourage you to become familiar with Katherine’s work at “Made of Mayfair” Artisan Walks, part of LDF- on Monday, her dyeing and quilting work will be showcased starting 10 am.

Here is Katherine’s description of the project:

“I will be installing a flower lab of local colours and scent, to produce a series of flower based textile dyes in response to the walk that traced the history of artisan practice in Mayfair from the 1800’s. During this time artisan dwellings and shops were supported by philanthropy and populated the streets in large numbers, so I was keen to unpack my studio in the high street space to make a link from this history with today’s concerns of reconnecting people with process and provenance. During the walk we visited a 300 years old perfumery that still remains a family business. I found a comparison between the process of making perfume and the process of making dye, with both involving unique combinations from nature and synthetics and both dyer and perfumer will act as an alchemist in the process of extracting and mixing.”

You can find more details about the event here.