Category: Postgraduate

Iterations- the first MA Design: Expanded Practice degree show

  • Press and Industry Private View: 13 December 2018, 6 pm
  • Public opening: 14-16 December

Fifteen months is the time it takes for the earth to cycle once around the sun, and a little bit more. In this time, 101 humans from 28 different countries came together for the first iteration of the new MA Design: Expanded Practice, here at Goldsmiths University of London.

Being the first year of the course, we aimed to create a path for those who follow, in which processes are constantly evolving, traditions are shifting and influencing the trajectory of design.

Bringing post-disciplinary design to the forefront of academia, we have developed a conscious space around us, personally and publicly, that considers the environment, access and intersectional social contexts. We embody experiences, to strengthen how we design, communicate, participate, interact and innovate.

This exhibition presents work at the culmination of this period of study, acting as a crucial point that marks the start of the next chapter in our individual practices. Our multicultural community has encouraged the exchange of knowledge and skills, resulting in the redefinition of design practices, methods and language.

This is the beginning.

MA Design: Expanded Practice students tackle fresh brief in new studio space

Starting this year, MA students in the Design department have the use of new studio spaces based in the Lewisham & Southwark College (LESOCO) campus at Deptford Bridge, a short walk from the main Goldsmiths campus. (Design students shouldn’t be too worried about missing out on the Goldsmiths vibe and connections: the MFA in Fine Art studios are also based at LESOCO.)  On the day these photos were taken, the new studios were already abuzz with activity and work in progress.

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Work by Goldsmiths Design PhD student at “3 days of fat” art/science event

Taking place at Bush House Arcade, London from Wednesday 10th – Friday 12th October 2018, ‘3 days of fat’ is a ‘live’ art-science event focused on the construction of an island of fat – a ‘fatberg’. The event is part of the research of Goldsmiths Design PhD student Mike Thompson. It includes a series of themed experiments, performances and discussions brining together artists Thought Collider and Arne Hendriks with King’s College London’s Department of Nutritional Sciences and experts from art and culture, life sciences, food, agriculture and healthcare to discuss humanity’s complex relationship with fat, what it is and what it might become.

More information can be found on the King’s College website.

PhD student Tom Keene wins Warden’ Public Engagement Award

At the Warden’s Annual Public Engagement Awards for 2018, Goldsmiths Design PhD student Tom Keene was the winner in the Postgraduate Researcher category.

Tom won for for his project Database Estate, which documents the Save Cressingham Gardens Estate activist campaign fighting Lambeth Council’s plans for demolition.

The awards recognise and celebrate the work Goldsmiths researchers at all career stages did with members of the public in 2017.