postgrads to unveil exhibition at the GSA
next week.
next week.
Life in the Outer Hebrides is the inspiration for an
exhibition by Design Innovation Masters students from The Glasgow School of Art
(the GSA) which will be unveiled in the The Reid Gallery on the evening of
Monday May 23. The event, which runs from 5.30pm-9pm will be open to the
public. It is also hoped to take the exhibition to the Hebrides later in
the year.
exhibition by Design Innovation Masters students from The Glasgow School of Art
(the GSA) which will be unveiled in the The Reid Gallery on the evening of
Monday May 23. The event, which runs from 5.30pm-9pm will be open to the
public. It is also hoped to take the exhibition to the Hebrides later in
the year.
The
“Design for Island Life” project started in January with a Winter School at the
GSA’s Creative Campus, Highlands and Islands, which was attended by more than 80 staff
and students from the GSA, Copenhagen and Cologne.
“Design for Island Life” project started in January with a Winter School at the
GSA’s Creative Campus, Highlands and Islands, which was attended by more than 80 staff
and students from the GSA, Copenhagen and Cologne.
The
project was carried out as part of a larger piece of research by the GSA’s Institute
of Design Innovation (InDI) called Archipelago 136, which works with
communities in the Western Isles.
project was carried out as part of a larger piece of research by the GSA’s Institute
of Design Innovation (InDI) called Archipelago 136, which works with
communities in the Western Isles.
Programme Director
Dr Gordon Hush said: “These students are
helping to pioneer a whole new form of design practice, moving beyond the walls
of the studio and into the lives and communities of the people with whom they
have been collaborating. This is ‘social design’ in action.”
Dr Gordon Hush said: “These students are
helping to pioneer a whole new form of design practice, moving beyond the walls
of the studio and into the lives and communities of the people with whom they
have been collaborating. This is ‘social design’ in action.”
The GSA
students continued the project over the past 12 weeks, studying what it means
to live and work in this part of the world, focusing on subjects including
history, environment, economics and wellbeing. They also visited the Outer
Hebrides earlier this year to interview local people and businesses.
students continued the project over the past 12 weeks, studying what it means
to live and work in this part of the world, focusing on subjects including
history, environment, economics and wellbeing. They also visited the Outer
Hebrides earlier this year to interview local people and businesses.
Now the
students are set to share their research journey and insights, as well as show
their impressions of future life in the Hebrides. By visiting Lewis, Barra and
South Uist and working collaboratively with people and communities there, the
students used their design skills to identify opportunities that might be of
interest and value to the islands.
students are set to share their research journey and insights, as well as show
their impressions of future life in the Hebrides. By visiting Lewis, Barra and
South Uist and working collaboratively with people and communities there, the
students used their design skills to identify opportunities that might be of
interest and value to the islands.
Ute Schauberger, a student on MDes Design Innovation and
Citizenship programme, said: “Involving
islanders during the design process for example really challenged my
assumptions about the Hebrides. It is the people who participated in these
projects along the way, who really make them unique, and who helped us grow as
designers and as people.
Citizenship programme, said: “Involving
islanders during the design process for example really challenged my
assumptions about the Hebrides. It is the people who participated in these
projects along the way, who really make them unique, and who helped us grow as
designers and as people.
“I am really excited to
show off our work after 12 weeks and proud of what every team has achieved. It
feels like we can give back a little to the people we have worked with, and
maybe even inspire others to start their own Hebridean adventure.”
show off our work after 12 weeks and proud of what every team has achieved. It
feels like we can give back a little to the people we have worked with, and
maybe even inspire others to start their own Hebridean adventure.”
South
Uist-based film maker and artist Beatrix Wood, who took part in the project,
said: “It has been a great pleasure
to assist some of the InDI students with their research on South Uist. Their
original approaches to design led to many interesting conversations and ideas.
I hope they found this unique environment a stimulus to their research work and
that it will form part of an ongoing cultural dialogue with the Western Isles.
Design in this context is vital to create new thinking appropriate to
island life in the 21st century.”
Uist-based film maker and artist Beatrix Wood, who took part in the project,
said: “It has been a great pleasure
to assist some of the InDI students with their research on South Uist. Their
original approaches to design led to many interesting conversations and ideas.
I hope they found this unique environment a stimulus to their research work and
that it will form part of an ongoing cultural dialogue with the Western Isles.
Design in this context is vital to create new thinking appropriate to
island life in the 21st century.”
For further details of the project see
Notes for Editors
Notes for Editors
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Archipelago
136 is a design innovation teaching and research programme within the Creative
Futures Partnership, a pioneering partnership between GSA and Highlands and
Islands Enterprise
The Glasgow School of Art
(GSA) was founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of Design, as
a centre of creativity promoting good design for the manufacturing industries
of Glasgow. However, the School’s lineage can be traced to 1753, when Robert
Foulis established a school of art and design in Glasgow, described as “the
single most influential factor in the development of eighteenth-century
Scottish Art”. Today, The GSA is internationally recognised as one of Europe’s
leading university-level institutions for the visual creative disciplines.
(GSA) was founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of Design, as
a centre of creativity promoting good design for the manufacturing industries
of Glasgow. However, the School’s lineage can be traced to 1753, when Robert
Foulis established a school of art and design in Glasgow, described as “the
single most influential factor in the development of eighteenth-century
Scottish Art”. Today, The GSA is internationally recognised as one of Europe’s
leading university-level institutions for the visual creative disciplines.
Our studio-based approach to
research and teaching brings disciplines together to explore problems in new
ways to find new innovative solutions. The studio creates the environment for
inter-disciplinarity, peer learning, critical inquiry, experimentation and
prototyping, helping to addressing many of the grand challenges confronting
society and contemporary business.
research and teaching brings disciplines together to explore problems in new
ways to find new innovative solutions. The studio creates the environment for
inter-disciplinarity, peer learning, critical inquiry, experimentation and
prototyping, helping to addressing many of the grand challenges confronting
society and contemporary business.
InDI is one of the GSA’s major
research centres. It is a distributed, creative collective of researchers,
lecturers and students specialising in Design Innovation. Together, the group addresses complex issues
through new design practices and bespoke community engagement to co-create
preferable futures.
research centres. It is a distributed, creative collective of researchers,
lecturers and students specialising in Design Innovation. Together, the group addresses complex issues
through new design practices and bespoke community engagement to co-create
preferable futures.
Located in both
Glasgow and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, which is home to our
headquarters, enables InDI us to teach and research in urban and geographically
distributed contexts.
Glasgow and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, which is home to our
headquarters, enables InDI us to teach and research in urban and geographically
distributed contexts.
The Creative Futures
Partnership (CFP) is a pioneering partnership between The Glasgow School of Art
(the GSA) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). It has been established
to deliver transformational benefits for the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland.
Partnership (CFP) is a pioneering partnership between The Glasgow School of Art
(the GSA) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). It has been established
to deliver transformational benefits for the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland.
It combines the GSA’s
strengths in creativity and innovation with HIE’s economic and community
development expertise. Through our research and teaching programmes
the partnership is committed to the long-term and sustainable development
of a creative, entrepreneurial and internationally connected region.
strengths in creativity and innovation with HIE’s economic and community
development expertise. Through our research and teaching programmes
the partnership is committed to the long-term and sustainable development
of a creative, entrepreneurial and internationally connected region.
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