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Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age – exhibition and major new book, researched and curated by Professor of Design History at The Glasgow School of Art, celebrates the history and legacy of Art Deco in Scotland

Posted on: Mar. 07, 2025
Art Deco Scotland: Design and Architecture in the Jazz Age is an exhibition of images, ephemera, a film and textual interpretation across nine themes through which the Art Deco style appeared during the inter-war period in Scotland.  The exhibition will run in the Reid Gallery Corridor at The Glasgow School of Art from 5th till 28th April, and is part
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GSA hosts the only Scottish show of important exhibition exploring social change through art making, illustrating the power of creativity to educate and improve lives impacted by the culture of knife crime

Posted on: Feb. 14, 2025
Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels   A touring exhibition curated by Professor Norman Cherry & Dauvit Alexander.   Swords into Ploughshares: Knives into Jewels is a multi-disciplinary exhibition which highlights and examines the urgent issue of knife crime in the UK.  The exhibition will run at Reid Gallery at The Glasgow School of Art from 22nd February till the 12th March, and will be the only opportunity to see
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The Glasgow School of Art’s unique printing and typesetting facility The Caseroom celebrates 60 remarkable years, preserving traditional craft while encouraging contemporary innovation, with exhibition of staff and student works

Posted on: Jan. 30, 2025
The Glasgow School of Art’s specialised printing and typesetting facility The Caseroom, part of the GSA’s School of Design, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2025 with an exhibition The Caseroom: 60 Years of Letterpress etc. at The Glasgow School of Art. The exhibition will bring together works by current and former students as well as staff and a wide range
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Glasgow School of Art Students dominate annual design competition awards

Posted on: Jul. 09, 2024
Three students from The Glasgow School of Art’s Product Design Engineering course; Isabel Payne, Jake Lee and Jem Mitchell, have swept the top three positions in this year’s Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition.  All three winners collect cash prizes and industry placements as part of their award. This year’s contestants were asked to design an off-grid product for independent
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Silversmithing & Jewellery graduate wins New Designer of the Year Award 2024

Posted on: Jul. 08, 2024
  Silversmithing & Jewellery Graduate Kyle Ferguson.  Photo credit Mark Cocksedge. Kyle Ferguson, a Glasgow School of Art student from Silversmithing & Jewellery’s 2024 graduate cohort has been awarded the prestigious New Designer of the Year Award during Week One of the 39th edition of New Designers.  The annual event celebrates the best emerging talent in the UK, featuring over 3,000 design
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A new generation of young designers unveiled innovative collections at GSA Fashion Show 2024

Posted on: May. 07, 2024
This year GSA’s Fashion Show collectively celebrated the achievements of all students studying BA (Hons) Fashion Design at The Glasgow School of Art.                                                           Jiani Liu “996 —— Worklife”                               Laura Hoya “The
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Mdes Fashion and Textiles graduate wins Global Design Award

Posted on: Nov. 17, 2023
The Glasgow School Of Art Fashion and Textiles graduate Xiaorui Shi has won the Print/Embroidery category in this year’s Global Design Graduate Show 2023 in collaboration with Arts Threads and Gucci. The highly prestigious award is a remarkable achievement as this year almost 6000 art and design undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates from 100 countries entered their works.  Examples of creative works across
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Anita Sarkezi awarded 2023 Newbery Medal

Posted on: Jul. 07, 2023
NEWS: Anita Sarkezi awarded 2023 Newbery Medal School Of Design Textiles Graduate, Anita Sarkezi, receives the GSA’s highest undergraduate accolade for her graduate project study in weaving: Hybridisation Of Colour And Ornament. Anita Sarkezi, a Textiles Graduate from The Glasgow School of Art’s School of Design, is the recipient of the 2023 Newbery Medal which was announced today, Friday 6 July. Named
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The Collins Debden Graduate Award Press Release

Posted on: Jun. 05, 2023
  Link to Flickr album of Images: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAGzcQ Collins Debden and Communication Design at The Glasgow School of Art are proud to unveil a new collaboration – the launch of The Collins Debden Graduate Award – a prestigious design award that will see a Communication Design student’s designs featured in Collins diary and stationery collection. The winner will be presented with
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News Release: Golden night for the GSA at GCDC Awards

Posted on: Mar. 09, 2023
Glasgow School of Art wins 27 Awards and the prestigious “Best College” Award at 2023 Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Awards Four Gold Awards for designer and GSA tutor, Andrew Lamb Scott Smith scoops Champagne Gosset Award for 3rd time S&J alumna, Karen Wallace, awarded highest accolade: the Cartier Award GSA wins the coveted College Award for second time in three years
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