Thanks to @Lighthouse_BTN and @realjunkfoodBri for hosting and catering the @DesignStarCDT event so wonderfully. Highly recommend them both if you’re looking for a venue!

Final Q+A, chaired by Sally, discussing vehicles for collaborating, archival material + storytelling, objects as a tool for discussion + revelation, and working with public bodies in design research. Fascinating talks, thank you to all contributors! @DesignStarCDT

Our final talk of the event: Jenna discussing ‘Amateur filmmaking as a practice of neuroqueer refusal at the intersection of queer knowledge learning disability’ @DesignStarCDT

Tom presenting ‘Buttons, books, bombs and body cameras: Some reflections on using design things in police research’ @DesignStarCDT

Liam explaining their ‘Co-designing forests’ approach and work with Forestry England @DesignStarCDT @legs_ohagan

Suzanne, presenting her ‘storytelling as a research method’ @DesignStarCDT

David, discussing his research on ‘Automated indifference’, how making complex systems seem simple or automatic, can often hide the labour and consumption of resources @DesignStarCDT

Sally chairing our next Q+A with Rui, Katarina, and Scott @DesignStarCDT @KRAALD

Scott presenting on ‘Route setting as embodied design practice’ @DesignStarCDT

Talks themed around ‘environment’ from Rui on ‘Design for Ocean’, Katarina on ‘Co-designing plastic waste ontologies’ @DesignStarCDT @KRAALD

The final event to celebrate the Design Star Centre for Doctoral Training has begun! First a tour of Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Thanks to Naomi for picking out the highlights and to Polly for booking the trip @DesignStarCDT @BrightonMuseums @pollyharte

Design Star event workshop: Set-up for the Materialities workshop with Berta Ferrer Andres @arqdelibros @DesignStarCDT

Workshop in full flow for Design Star, at Lighthouse Brighton @DesignStarCDT @arqdelibros @Lighthouse_BTN

Beautiful objects created at the workshop today, telling many different stories, and pushing the meaning of the ‘materiality’ of the book. Thank you everyone! @DesignStarCDT @arqdelibros @Lighthouse_BTN

Visual notes being taken to record the Design Star event by Beatrice at @cohenbaum @DesignStarCDT

Friday’s Design Star event kicks-off with Francesco chairing our first set of talks: Becca talking about ‘Potato Computer Club’ and Alex with a talk on representations of architecture in conics @DesignStarCDT @panelborders @FraMazzarella

Jenny presenting on women’s munition factory workwear 1914–18, and Liz on London wholesale couture. Francesco chairing their Q+A. @DrJ_Richardson @liztregenza @FraMazzarella @DesignStarCDT