DAC is a socially responsive, practice-led research centre located at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
King's Cross, London
Joined July 2009
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Join us at Central Saint Martins tonight, 17.30pm, for a seminar on Redesigning Youth Futures.
Sharing of research projects on youth violence and the transformative power when youth become agents of social change
Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/redesigni…
Open Call - Summer School Opportunity.
Art School, Backwards (27 - 29 July 2022)
Art School, Backwards is a free 3 day experimental project at Kingston School of Art.
More details and how to apply in images below.
UAL Graduate Job Opportunity!
Service/Graphic Designer: Circular Economy Chalton Street Market.
Job Spec and Application:
artstemps.arts.ac.uk/vacanci…
Application Deadline: 2 June 2022
UAL Graduate Job Opportunity!
Service/Graphic Designer: Somers Town Estate Greening
Job Spec and Application:
artstemps.arts.ac.uk/vacanci…
Application Deadline: 2 June 2022
Join us on Thursday 17 March, 6 - 7.30pm GMT for our online Research Season event: Celebrating neurodivergent voices within UAL. Event details and booking: eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrati…
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Join Mayor’s Entrepreneur for a workshop on value proposition & business models – sign up now: london.gov.uk/entrepreneur #entrepreneur #sustainability #MayorofLondon #Pathways2Progress
2/2: This presentation will look at the way different UAL initiatives have worked with prisoners and returning citizens in order to widen participation, promote transformational change and enact forms of design justice through practice-led research engagement.
1/2: Join us on 23 Mar 2021, 4.30pm - 6pm for our (online) presentation:
How to co-design with prisoners and returning citizens – Reflections on practice-led initiatives at UAL – Event details and booking: buff.ly/2OJ0eig
#codesign #dacrc #ual #returningcitizen
Our friends over at the Social Design Institute have come up with a tool to help designers respond to Corona Virus.
How can designers use their #servicedesign #designthinking #socialdesign #hci expertise to respond to Corona virus? A one-page Design Responder guide
STORIES OF THE INCARCERATED – LEARNING FROM THE USA
Dr Lorraine Gamman, Director of the Design Against Crime Research Centre at UAL, reviews two works of art from the USA that tell stories of people in the criminal justice system.
artsincriminaljustice.org.uk…
Applications for the European Social Innovation Competition 2020 are now open!
Competition theme: Reimagine Fashion: Changing behaviours for sustainable fashion
For info and how to apply visit;
eusic.challenges.org
Deadline: Wed 4th March 2020
Exciting talk at the @DesignMuseum on 19th Nov 2019. Four ground-breaking designers debate how and why social impact should be an integral focus in material design today. #materialdesign #materialinnovation
Tickets available here: designmuseum.org/whats-on/ta…
Exciting open call for Art for the Environment Residency. Open to all UAL students and graduates at any level (BA, MA, MBA, PhD).
Deadline for applications: 19th August.
For details and to apply see:
arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/post…
Tonight @csm_news open the doors for Show Two: Design. See the future taking shape, 19–23 June.
We will be showing our life size prison cell and BA Product Design's cell furniture designs for #safety, #wellbeing and #sustainability.
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Here is a slice of hope in the gloom of our toxic world - our @csm_news students and staff working in prisons. Lovely story. @designagainst @shape_the_world arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-…
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Being creative can help with dealing with difficult emotions. Young people in custody often struggle with mental health. This young artist, whose work featured in our Southbank Centre exhibition last year, is able to channel his emotions into his writing support-us.koestlertrust.org…
Brilliant work being done by the @KoestlerTrust to motivate young people in custody to participate in the arts. Support their appeal with Radio 4 here support-us.koestlertrust.org…
Last few tickets left for Ezio Manzini's talk! Booking information below.
Politics of the Everyday – Professor Ezio Manzini joins us to discuss the themes of his forthcoming book and explore how we activate ‘policies’ for everyday life, 7 March,CSM. Book your free ticket here: arts.ac.uk/whats-on/politics… …
#socialinnovation #socialdesign
#sustainability
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Politics of the Everyday – Professor Ezio Manzini joins us to discuss the themes of his forthcoming book and explore how we activate ‘policies’ for everyday life, 7 March. Book your free ticket here: arts.ac.uk/whats-on/politics…
#socialinnovation #socialdesign
#sustainability
Job Advert: University of Wolverhampton. Deputy Director of Institute for Community Research and Development (ICRD)
Apply here: jobs.ac.uk/job/BQF794/deputy…
Closing date: 17th March 2019
#jobs #research