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Material Culture, Craft & Community: Call For Papers Reminder

This is a reminder that submissions to the Material Culture, Craft & Community: Negotiating Objects Across Time and Space Conference are due OCTOBER 10, 2010.20-21 May 2011University of...

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End of September Already?

I'm finding it difficult to believe that October is nearly upon us. This year in particular has been a whirlwind of activity. There are so many fascinating events, people and places that have filled...

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Dundee V&A museum designs unveiled

Excerp from BBC website......Six designs for the V&A Museum planned for Dundee's waterfront will be unveiled at an exhibition in the city [tomorrow, Wednesday 29 September].The architects were...

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Another Great Article by Craft Australia

Making a Living from Craft in the 21st CenturyHow does someone make a living from craft in the 21st century, and, in particular, how can the sector cultivate an appreciation of the value of...

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V&A at Dundee - design competition winner announced

The Japanese architectural practice Kengo Kuma & Associates has been named the winner of the design competition for the V&A at Dundee.Kengo Kuma led one of six proposals shortlisted in an...

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Research Assistant: Sustainability, Invention and Energy Demand Reduction

Brilliant New Opening at Goldsmiths University of LondonThe RoleWorking with the Departments of Design and Sociology you will contribute to a project on the co-design of energy demand reduction...

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Twelve Vessels of Life, Love and Death

                                                      Top Image: January's Bowl by Michael Lloyd; photo by Nick Duxbury                                                     Bottom Image: Sketches for...

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Willow Fuelled with Emotion

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Canada Research Chair in Applied Creativity

Advancing the visual arts.The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD University) invites applications and nominations for:  Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Applied CreativitySubject to...

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Craft in Scotland – a reflection on the first Decade of the 21st Century

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THE WORLDʼS FIRST GLOBAL SERVICE JAM

48 HOURS, 27 COUNTRIES AND 3000 PARTICIPANTS!Global Service Jam is a global event focused on customer experience and service. In the spirit of experimentation, co-operation and friendly competition,...

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London on the Weekend - yohji yamamoto and the cult of beauty

For the past year I have been part of the Product Team for the V&A at Dundee project. As you would hope it's a dynamic project with many interesting facets. This weekend, in my mind, was a...

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO `V&A AT DUNDEE’ PROJECT

 Mr Philip Long has been appointed as the Director of the V&A at Dundee. Mr Long is currently Senior Curator of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and leads the National Galleries of...

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A NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF CRAFT IN SCOTLAND

Craft Festival Scotland 2011 turns the spotlight onto craft in Scotland during the month of May with more than 40 exceptional exhibitions, workshops and open studio events happening across the...

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Endless End EAD09

Earlier this month I was at the 9th International European Academy of Design conference, at the Universidade do Porto, Portugal. The overarching concept for the event was ‘Endless End’ as, “[t]here is...

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MS: the big knit

A lot of things happened to day and one of these, was an unexpected surprise from RCA and DJCAD design graduate Alison Thompson from 'Somehow Related'. She got in touch to tell me about her innovative...

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V&A at Dundee Announces Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee...

 Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Andrew (Cecil Beaton, 1960)Dundee is to be the first location to host the V&A’s exhibition of portraits of Her Majesty The Queen by photographer Cecil Beaton, to...

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Craft Australia Need Us!!

Craft Australia Defunded by the Australia CouncilCraft Australia is challenging this decision and is also seeking our support.  If Craft Australia is lost to the Australian craft and design sector it...

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Textiles as agent for wellbeing

Duck Journal for Research in Textiles and Textile DesignCall for Contributions: Volume 3The first call of the Journal for Research in Textiles and Textile Design explored what research in this wide...

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Ideas of the Handmade: Histories and Theories of Making

FREE EVENT :: Friday, 20 April 2012Contact Dr Catharine Rossi to book your place* - c.rossi@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh College of Art/University of EdinburghHunter Lecture Theatre (O17), Hunter Place,Lauriston...

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Crafting the Future

MAKING TOGETHER Open, Connected, Collaborative10th International Conference of the European Academy of Design17-19 April, 2013Gothenburg, SwedenThe theme of the conference is designer’s practice...

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Design and Innovation

Design and Innovation is one of the tracks at the forthcoming 10th European Academy of Design Conference - Crafting the Future, April 2013 in Gothenburg, Sweden.    Interest in how design can spur...

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'Use Your Hands for Happiness': PhD Opportunities

  AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award opportunity to potential candidates:    'Use Your Hands for Happiness': crafts practice as a means of building  community assets, health and well-being....

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Craft Research, Volume 4.2 - Call for submissions

After three successful issues, Craft Research is preparing to expand to two issues per year. From 2013 there will be two issues, one in January/February and one in September/October each year. The...

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Funded PhD Opportunity - textile design, UK

‘Thinking Through Textiles’Applications are invited for a PhD studentship offered by the School of the Arts, English and Drama Loughborough University within the area of textile design.Recent design...

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