Tag: BA Design

cmd_alt_dogma exhibition by third year BA Design student Christian Watts

cmd_alt_dogma- A solo exhibition by Christian Watts, third year BA Design student at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Debuting installations, films, photography and performance of Dogma; design alter-ego/drag persona. The project, ‘cmd_alt_dogma’ is an exploration into queer performance through the creation of an alter/ego. Dogma allows a platform and a space to discuss the natures and behaviours found in heterotopic queer spaces. Dogma has performed in East London at The Glory and at the RVT for their queer variety show ‘Bar Wotever’.

The exhibition opens at 10am, Tuesday 10th May at 310 New Cross Road, with a private view including performances and the opportunity to discuss the work with Christian from 6pm. Performances beginning (subject to change) from 6pm until 9pm. The evening events will be filmed.

If you have any questions regarding the project please email Christian at: dt301cw[@]gold.ac.uk

Goldsmiths Design career talks: Nick Marsh, Lost My Name

Early this year, the Design Department at Goldsmiths welcomed back a few of its graduates for a series of talks on career paths post-graduation; one of them was Nick Marsh, currently Vice President Product Designer at Lost My Name, a company which sells personalised children’s books.

Lost My Name is a very fast-growing business: it went from 12 to 100 employees since Nick joined, and currently publishes Britain’s best-selling children’s book. Nick’s role is mostly a managing one, and involves answering questions that are vital to the development of the company: “What products should we make? How do we define what market we’re in? What’s the relationship between the story worlds that we have? Should we design all our products ourselves or should we work with outside design companies or outside design teams?” Their model is an unusual one for publishing, as only books which are bought are printed, so the product is constantly improved, much like software.

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The Lost My Name website

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‘Known Unknowns’ preview

Are you eager to find out what can you expect from the upcoming BA Design show, ‘Known Unknowns’ (opening 16 June)? You’re in luck, as a few third year students will display a preview of their work this evening, in the St James church building. All welcome! The showcase will start at 6 pm, and the exhibiting students are:

Lucy Sharpe
Dean Pankhurst
Clare Thompson
Matthew Edgson
Christian Watts
Lucre Camiletti
Lenny Terrones-Huet

All part of the BAD3 Show:

‘Known Unknowns’
The Old Truman Brewery
16th-21st June
twitter: @knownunknowns_