Category: Undergraduate

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

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‘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!

 

‘xvshow’ opening night

This year’s final exhibition for BA Design students, ‘xvshow’, showcases a variety of thought-provoking and innovative work. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s your last chance: the show is still open today until 4 pm, at The Old Truman Brewery.

We had a great opening night on Friday, and the place was buzzing with guests asking questions and having fun with the interactive displays.

The helmets from Will Gubbins' display 'Touch at a Distance' got a lot of attention
The helmets from Will Gubbins’ display ‘Touch at a Distance’ got a lot of attention

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Venture into fields of interrogation at xvshow

Article by BA Design alumna Belen Palacios

A year after my own degree show, I had the chance to visit the BA Design 3rd year students while they set up xv show. Thriving beyond the fatigue, they talk about their initial steps, their goals, their challenges and the way in which their designs interrogate our world.

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Some projects blur the lines in between the designer and the performer. Lukas Valiauga has explored the limits of personal identity in neo-capitalism. He has made himself a product for which every decision is a strategical formulation in between risk and potential. He explains that by using performance to look at his persona from a strategic point of view, everything in his life has become a prop. His amended suit and his raised shoes make him a puppet of what his investors want him to become. Even though his performance might seem extreme, he urges the audience to question “how is that different to any of us?” Lukas will be giving speeches to stakeholders during the show and you can buy shares of Luck Inc. to decide the future of his enterprise. Continue reading “Venture into fields of interrogation at xvshow”