Degree Show runs from 13
– 20 June 2015
– 20 June 2015
Bourdon Building, Reid Building, Tontine Building
Fashion Designer Jonathan Douglas with his Controlled Space Collection
at the launch of GSA Degree Show, 11 June 2015
- New collections by eleven Fashion Design students including Jonathan Douglas who has been snapped up by one of the world’s leading brands, Tommy Hilfiger® Calvin Klein.
- Communication Design including a book of images,
by Kat Loudon and Erin Bradley-Scott, of periodicals retrieved from the Mackintosh Library; remarkable
photographic images using designer Alan Knox’s grandfather’s cremated remains, and
clothes designed to help communicate the challenges faced by people with type 1
diabetes in daily life by Poppy Nash, who has the condition. - Ground-breaking Product Design
Engineering including work by Michael Tougher, winner of the UK-wide
2015 Deutsche Bank Design Award and
Andrew Robertson winner of the SIE Fresh
ideas Award for his redesign of the traditional mountain rescue stretcher. -
Jewellery by designers including Miriam Woolf, creator of the 2015 South Bank Sky Art Awards
- Product Designer Lewis Just, invites us to take concrete action towards a fairer society
through his Inequality Institute. - Digital Culture student Alex Michie, who
has devised a solution to bring dignity to the life of dementia sufferers based
on the experience of his own grandmother, once GSA student.
- Work by Stage 3, 4 and 5 Architecture
students including 35-hour projects in live scenarios such as the
redevelopment of Anderston.
- Work by 108 Fine Art
students across Fine Art Photography, Painting & Printmaking and Sculpture
& Environmental Art, including sculptures made of hoover dust, a mammoth
kaleidoscope and a riposte by Painting & Printmaking student, Rebecca
Gibson, to John Byrne’s much
reported comments on Art School students.
- Opportunity to purchase work
by emerging designers and artists.
Around 600 students unveiled work
today, Thursday 11 June 2015, at one of the UK’s most eagerly anticipated
Degree Shows: The Glasgow School of Art. This year Architecture and Design
students’ work is on show in the Reid and Bourdon Buildings at the GSA’s
Garnethill Campus, whilst the School of Fine Art students are showing work in
the Tontine Building in the Merchant City. The MFA show is at The Glue Factory.
today, Thursday 11 June 2015, at one of the UK’s most eagerly anticipated
Degree Shows: The Glasgow School of Art. This year Architecture and Design
students’ work is on show in the Reid and Bourdon Buildings at the GSA’s
Garnethill Campus, whilst the School of Fine Art students are showing work in
the Tontine Building in the Merchant City. The MFA show is at The Glue Factory.
“Degree Show is the culmination of many years hard work by graduating
students,” says
Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art. “Across the three schools – Architecture, Design and Fine Art – there
is an incredible breadth of innovation and creativity with students such as
Jonathan Douglas, Michael Tougher, Miriam Woolf and Alan Knox already making
their mark in the design world.
students,” says
Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art. “Across the three schools – Architecture, Design and Fine Art – there
is an incredible breadth of innovation and creativity with students such as
Jonathan Douglas, Michael Tougher, Miriam Woolf and Alan Knox already making
their mark in the design world.
Many of
our architecture students are already working in live situations through the
GSA’s special 35-hour projects. These offer a bridge between academia and
practice for Stage 3 students preparing them for the challenges of
working within architecture practices. Degree Show is an ideal
opportunity to see the outcomes of these projects to which the students
dedicate at least, and usually many more than, 35 hours alongside the major
city explorations undertaken by our Stage 5 students.”
our architecture students are already working in live situations through the
GSA’s special 35-hour projects. These offer a bridge between academia and
practice for Stage 3 students preparing them for the challenges of
working within architecture practices. Degree Show is an ideal
opportunity to see the outcomes of these projects to which the students
dedicate at least, and usually many more than, 35 hours alongside the major
city explorations undertaken by our Stage 5 students.”
“We have an exciting new venue for Fine Art Degree Show this year,” he adds. “Our Painting & Printmaking, Sculpture and Environmental Art and
Fine Art Photography students are showing their work over two floors of the
Tontine Building in the Merchant City. Degree Show will be the first
opportunity for the public to see these specially converted premises, where
students have been working for the last academic year.”
Fine Art Photography students are showing their work over two floors of the
Tontine Building in the Merchant City. Degree Show will be the first
opportunity for the public to see these specially converted premises, where
students have been working for the last academic year.”
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Designs by Jonathan Douglas who has
been snapped up
been snapped up
by leading brand Tommy Hilfiger® / Calvin Klein
The
Glasgow School of Art counts leading fashion designers Louise Gray, Pam Hogg
and Jonathan Saunders amongst its celebrated alumni. Now a new name is set
to be added to this illustrious list; 24 year old Jonathan Douglas from Balloch (near Glasgow).
Douglas, it was revealed, has been snapped up by one of the world’s leading fashion
brands – Tommy Hilfigger®/Calvin Klein and will spend the next
two years working with the company in Amsterdam. A menswear specialist, Douglas
unveiled his Degree Show collection, Controlled
Space, in McLellan Galleries alongside those by the international cohort of
young designers graduating from the Fashion pathway this year. The collections
and work by this year’s Textile Design students will be on show in the Reid
Gallery on the ground floor of the award-winning building during the public
opening.
Glasgow School of Art counts leading fashion designers Louise Gray, Pam Hogg
and Jonathan Saunders amongst its celebrated alumni. Now a new name is set
to be added to this illustrious list; 24 year old Jonathan Douglas from Balloch (near Glasgow).
Douglas, it was revealed, has been snapped up by one of the world’s leading fashion
brands – Tommy Hilfigger®/Calvin Klein and will spend the next
two years working with the company in Amsterdam. A menswear specialist, Douglas
unveiled his Degree Show collection, Controlled
Space, in McLellan Galleries alongside those by the international cohort of
young designers graduating from the Fashion pathway this year. The collections
and work by this year’s Textile Design students will be on show in the Reid
Gallery on the ground floor of the award-winning building during the public
opening.
See Fashion and Textiles graduates
work in London at New Designers
work in London at New Designers
in the Business Design
Centre from 24 – 27 June.
Centre from 24 – 27 June.
Images: Melvyn Bragg with Miriam Woolf whose
design was presented to stars of stage and screen
design was presented to stars of stage and screen
including Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon
at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards
at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards
Also on show on the ground floor of
the Reid Building are collections by students on the Silversmithing and Jewellery
programme including Miriam Woolf. Last
Sunday internationally acclaimed stars of stage, screen, music and the visual
arts, including Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Sylvie Guillem and Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies, each collected a very special award designed by Miriam for the 2015
South Bank Sky Arts Awards. The striking design built on Miriam’s research into
methods of
controlling the organic and unpredictable process of crushing which is at the
heart of her Degree Show jewellery collection.
the Reid Building are collections by students on the Silversmithing and Jewellery
programme including Miriam Woolf. Last
Sunday internationally acclaimed stars of stage, screen, music and the visual
arts, including Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, Sylvie Guillem and Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies, each collected a very special award designed by Miriam for the 2015
South Bank Sky Arts Awards. The striking design built on Miriam’s research into
methods of
controlling the organic and unpredictable process of crushing which is at the
heart of her Degree Show jewellery collection.
See Silversmithing and
Jewellery graduates work in London at New Designers
Jewellery graduates work in London at New Designers
in the Business Design
Centre from 24 – 27 June.
Centre from 24 – 27 June.
In the basement of the Reid Building the
first cohort of students graduating from the Digital Culture programme has
installed work. Among the pieces is HouseMate
a large-scale installation of a sitting room. HouseMate is an application built in honour of his grandmother by
Alex Michie. Irene Isobel Michie, a GSA student in her youth, had a passion for
art and technology. She died in 2006 after struggling with dementia for many
years. Working with specialists in the field Alex has created an application to
bring some dignity and independence to people living with dementia.
first cohort of students graduating from the Digital Culture programme has
installed work. Among the pieces is HouseMate
a large-scale installation of a sitting room. HouseMate is an application built in honour of his grandmother by
Alex Michie. Irene Isobel Michie, a GSA student in her youth, had a passion for
art and technology. She died in 2006 after struggling with dementia for many
years. Working with specialists in the field Alex has created an application to
bring some dignity and independence to people living with dementia.
On the first floor of the Reid
Building students from the three Communication Design pathways: Graphics, Photography
and Illustration showed a wide range of work.
Building students from the three Communication Design pathways: Graphics, Photography
and Illustration showed a wide range of work.
Images Work by Kat Loudon and Erin Bradley-Scott
Graphic Design students Kat Loudon and Erin
Bradley-Scott have collaborated on a book featuring images of remains of men’s
fashion magazines that were found in the Mackintosh Library after the fire. Through a range of banners and
printed material Loudon also revisits the tensions between hand craft and
industrialisation articulated in the life and work of William Morris Meanwhile, Erin Bradley-Scott created a scarf
representing the two sides in the Independence debate and a number of large
foam hands modelled on politicians body language. She has staged and documented
interventions with the hands in a variety of locations including outside the
Houses of Parliament. Other work from Graphic Design pathway includes an
exploration of the early development of Cyrillic script, Hip Hop Honey pops and
“A Cloak of Arrogance”.
Bradley-Scott have collaborated on a book featuring images of remains of men’s
fashion magazines that were found in the Mackintosh Library after the fire. Through a range of banners and
printed material Loudon also revisits the tensions between hand craft and
industrialisation articulated in the life and work of William Morris Meanwhile, Erin Bradley-Scott created a scarf
representing the two sides in the Independence debate and a number of large
foam hands modelled on politicians body language. She has staged and documented
interventions with the hands in a variety of locations including outside the
Houses of Parliament. Other work from Graphic Design pathway includes an
exploration of the early development of Cyrillic script, Hip Hop Honey pops and
“A Cloak of Arrogance”.
Image: One of the cosmic images made by photographer Alan
Knox
Knox
with his grandfather’s cremated ashes
Among the work by students on the photography pathway
is a remarkable project by Alan Knox. In Universal Sympathy, Knox has
used his grandfather’s cremated ashes to trace cosmic-like shapes on to
photographic paper to make photograms. As Carl Sagan famously proclaimed, “we
are all made of starstuff”. Through his project, which explores where
the personal and universal collide, a trace of Knox’s grandfather will always
remain on the photographic paper.
is a remarkable project by Alan Knox. In Universal Sympathy, Knox has
used his grandfather’s cremated ashes to trace cosmic-like shapes on to
photographic paper to make photograms. As Carl Sagan famously proclaimed, “we
are all made of starstuff”. Through his project, which explores where
the personal and universal collide, a trace of Knox’s grandfather will always
remain on the photographic paper.
Peter Holliday offers a series of beautiful
photographic landscapes that illustrate how man has conquered and lived with
nature’s volcanic forces on the island of Heimaey just off the coast of
Iceland. Holliday has recently been invited to show his work at The Reykjavik
Museum of Photography. Meanwhile, in contrast to the modern day selfie, Emma
Tracy has made analogue pinhole cameras from iphone packaging, which requires
the sitter to remain still for the length of exposure, echoing early
photographic portraiture.
photographic landscapes that illustrate how man has conquered and lived with
nature’s volcanic forces on the island of Heimaey just off the coast of
Iceland. Holliday has recently been invited to show his work at The Reykjavik
Museum of Photography. Meanwhile, in contrast to the modern day selfie, Emma
Tracy has made analogue pinhole cameras from iphone packaging, which requires
the sitter to remain still for the length of exposure, echoing early
photographic portraiture.
Image: a design by Poppy Nash inspired by the many charts she needs to complete daily as a diabetic
Among the illustration students is work by Jessica
Taylor whose work was published by The Guardian last year in a supplement guide
to clearing/recruitment in Higher Education. Fellow illustration student Poppy
Nash meanwhile addresses issues associated with type 1 diabetes. As a diabetic
herself, Nash visually explores the daily reality of managing the condition.
Through specially designed garments she at once addresses the practical needs
of diabetics – special pockets to carry testing and injection kits – and
illustrates the experience of the careful monitoring of blood sugar levels
through drawing, printed textiles and photography.
Taylor whose work was published by The Guardian last year in a supplement guide
to clearing/recruitment in Higher Education. Fellow illustration student Poppy
Nash meanwhile addresses issues associated with type 1 diabetes. As a diabetic
herself, Nash visually explores the daily reality of managing the condition.
Through specially designed garments she at once addresses the practical needs
of diabetics – special pockets to carry testing and injection kits – and
illustrates the experience of the careful monitoring of blood sugar levels
through drawing, printed textiles and photography.
See Communication Design graduates
projects at Blackwall Studios,
projects at Blackwall Studios,
Old Street, London from 27 – 29 June 2015
On the top
floor of the Reid Building work by the 2015 cohorts of Product Design
Engineering, Product Design and Interior Design is on show. Among this year’s
Product Design Engineers, whose celebrated alumni include Ian Callum (Head of
Design at Jaguar/Landrover) 4c Design, (creators of the iconic Queen’s Baton
for the 2014 Commonwealth Games), Dan Watson (winner of the International Dyson
Award) and Scott McGuire (RDD Manager at Dyson Ltd) is
winner of the UK-wide 2015 Deutsche Bank Design Award, Michael Tougher. Michael
had previously worked with 4c Design on a special internship working with the
team that created the Queen’s Baton for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Michael’s Degree
Show project features an innovative technology that will enable more people to
easily print on to fabric. Fellow PDE students, winner and runner up in the SIE
Fresh Ideas competition, Andrew Robertson and Jordan Smith present respectively
Sherpa, a re-design of the classic
mountain rescue stretcher (designed
to be carried with a rucksack, not in place of one, immediately making the
product easier and more comfortable to transport), and a reliable, efficient packaging solution for the low
volume mail sender in the ebay age.
floor of the Reid Building work by the 2015 cohorts of Product Design
Engineering, Product Design and Interior Design is on show. Among this year’s
Product Design Engineers, whose celebrated alumni include Ian Callum (Head of
Design at Jaguar/Landrover) 4c Design, (creators of the iconic Queen’s Baton
for the 2014 Commonwealth Games), Dan Watson (winner of the International Dyson
Award) and Scott McGuire (RDD Manager at Dyson Ltd) is
winner of the UK-wide 2015 Deutsche Bank Design Award, Michael Tougher. Michael
had previously worked with 4c Design on a special internship working with the
team that created the Queen’s Baton for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Michael’s Degree
Show project features an innovative technology that will enable more people to
easily print on to fabric. Fellow PDE students, winner and runner up in the SIE
Fresh Ideas competition, Andrew Robertson and Jordan Smith present respectively
Sherpa, a re-design of the classic
mountain rescue stretcher (designed
to be carried with a rucksack, not in place of one, immediately making the
product easier and more comfortable to transport), and a reliable, efficient packaging solution for the low
volume mail sender in the ebay age.
Product
Designer Lewis Just introduces us to the Inequality Institute. Created in
collaboration with the third sector it aims to further our understanding of the
causes of inequality, develop our empathic skills and ultimately, take concrete
action towards a fairer society. In Arctic
Alba, fellow Product Designer, Gemma Lord, imagines
how Scotland might transform in an Arctic future and how evolving relationships
with the North might manifest themselves in everyday life.
Designer Lewis Just introduces us to the Inequality Institute. Created in
collaboration with the third sector it aims to further our understanding of the
causes of inequality, develop our empathic skills and ultimately, take concrete
action towards a fairer society. In Arctic
Alba, fellow Product Designer, Gemma Lord, imagines
how Scotland might transform in an Arctic future and how evolving relationships
with the North might manifest themselves in everyday life.
See
Interior Design graduates work at Free Range in the Truman Brewery London from 2 – 6 July.
Interior Design graduates work at Free Range in the Truman Brewery London from 2 – 6 July.
MACKINTOSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Image: Stage 3 Architecture students with
pupils from Anderston Primary with whom they worked on their 35-hour project
along with other community groups, Sanctuary Housing and Collective
Architecture.
pupils from Anderston Primary with whom they worked on their 35-hour project
along with other community groups, Sanctuary Housing and Collective
Architecture.
Degree Show in the
Bourdon Building sees work by students across the five years of the Architecture
programme including Stage 5 detailed city explorations. Also on show are the
outcomes of the Stage 3 35-hour projects. These special projects form a vital
bridge between academia and professional practice. Dedicating at least 35 hours
to the project teams of students work on live scenarios. This year these have
included a group working with Sanctuary Housing, Collective Architecture and
the community in Anderston on an urban realm project associated with the
redevelopment of the area; designs for installations promoting outdoor play and
interaction with the landscape for the Forestry Commission at the Carron Valley
(6 designs have been developed in
detail with two designs to be built over the summer); working on the Baltic
Street adventure playground – a project that Turner Prize nominees Assemble
started for Commonwealth Games 2014; and a ‘pallet playground’ for Mount
Florida School.
Bourdon Building sees work by students across the five years of the Architecture
programme including Stage 5 detailed city explorations. Also on show are the
outcomes of the Stage 3 35-hour projects. These special projects form a vital
bridge between academia and professional practice. Dedicating at least 35 hours
to the project teams of students work on live scenarios. This year these have
included a group working with Sanctuary Housing, Collective Architecture and
the community in Anderston on an urban realm project associated with the
redevelopment of the area; designs for installations promoting outdoor play and
interaction with the landscape for the Forestry Commission at the Carron Valley
(6 designs have been developed in
detail with two designs to be built over the summer); working on the Baltic
Street adventure playground – a project that Turner Prize nominees Assemble
started for Commonwealth Games 2014; and a ‘pallet playground’ for Mount
Florida School.
Stage
3 Architecture projects can be seen at the iconic Oxo Tower
3 Architecture projects can be seen at the iconic Oxo Tower
from
25 – 28 June at The London Festival of Architecture
25 – 28 June at The London Festival of Architecture
SCHOOL OF FINE ART
Images: Works by Rebecca Gibson Daisy McManaman and Georgia Mackie
Located in the new
studio spaces, spread over two floors of the Tontine Building, students from
across the three Fine Art pathways – Fine Art Photography, Painting &
Printmaking and Sculpture and Environmental Art – have created a range of
large-scale and intimate installations. Ranging from Jessica Kelly’s mammoth
kaleidoscope through, Daisy McManaman’s fairground carousel horse and glitter
installation; Morven Stewart’s sculptural pieces using the dust collected in a
hoover; Sophie Cunningham’s colourful sculptures with artificial flowers; Emily
Parry’s “Middle Class Party,” installation exploring issues of contemporary
politics, and Rebecca Snow’s piece featuring some of the reproduction Mackintosh
Chairs from that survived the fire in “The Mack” intact, the show also includes “John Byrne Shut Your Mouth” an painting
by Rebecca Gibson created as a riposte to John Byrne’s much reported
comments on current Art School students.
studio spaces, spread over two floors of the Tontine Building, students from
across the three Fine Art pathways – Fine Art Photography, Painting &
Printmaking and Sculpture and Environmental Art – have created a range of
large-scale and intimate installations. Ranging from Jessica Kelly’s mammoth
kaleidoscope through, Daisy McManaman’s fairground carousel horse and glitter
installation; Morven Stewart’s sculptural pieces using the dust collected in a
hoover; Sophie Cunningham’s colourful sculptures with artificial flowers; Emily
Parry’s “Middle Class Party,” installation exploring issues of contemporary
politics, and Rebecca Snow’s piece featuring some of the reproduction Mackintosh
Chairs from that survived the fire in “The Mack” intact, the show also includes “John Byrne Shut Your Mouth” an painting
by Rebecca Gibson created as a riposte to John Byrne’s much reported
comments on current Art School students.
See Painting & Printmaking
students work in All You can Eat at
Free Range
students work in All You can Eat at
Free Range
in the Truman Brewery London from 2
– 6 July.
– 6 July.
Degree Show 2015 is sponsored by McLure Naismith
LLP. Robin
Shannan, Chairman, said “I am
delighted that this year we are the headline sponsor of the GSA Degree Show
which will be exhibited in the Bourdon, Tontine and award winning Reid buildings.
It is a privilege to support staff and students in showcasing the talent of
this year’s graduating students – and I am sure that we will see, there, the
work of young men and women who will have an impact on the world of creative
visual arts and design in the future.”
LLP. Robin
Shannan, Chairman, said “I am
delighted that this year we are the headline sponsor of the GSA Degree Show
which will be exhibited in the Bourdon, Tontine and award winning Reid buildings.
It is a privilege to support staff and students in showcasing the talent of
this year’s graduating students – and I am sure that we will see, there, the
work of young men and women who will have an impact on the world of creative
visual arts and design in the future.”
In
the Glue Factory 24 Master of Fine Art students also unveiled work. The show
has been sponsored for the third year by citizenM Glasgow which is also showing
a curated group of pieces by past and present MFA students in the hotel.
the Glue Factory 24 Master of Fine Art students also unveiled work. The show
has been sponsored for the third year by citizenM Glasgow which is also showing
a curated group of pieces by past and present MFA students in the hotel.
“citizenM
is delighted to be supporting the MFA Degree Show at The Glasgow School of Art
for the third year. We have a strong affiliation with contemporary art,
with originally and specially commissioned pieces throughout all the hotels,” says
Robin Chadha, Chief
Marketing Officer. “The GSA is recognised
worldwide as a leading creative school for the arts, and as firm believers in
helping new talent, we are particularly pleased to support the GSA MFA students
graduating this year.”
is delighted to be supporting the MFA Degree Show at The Glasgow School of Art
for the third year. We have a strong affiliation with contemporary art,
with originally and specially commissioned pieces throughout all the hotels,” says
Robin Chadha, Chief
Marketing Officer. “The GSA is recognised
worldwide as a leading creative school for the arts, and as firm believers in
helping new talent, we are particularly pleased to support the GSA MFA students
graduating this year.”
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