Art, Architecture and Design News from the School of Art, Architecture and Design

Welcome to our new students

Congratulations to all new students joining London Met this year. We are still accepting applications through clearing - give us a call today on 0800 032 4441.

Think Make Play

The creative technology work by the School of Computing and Digital Media's Class of 2020 is presented in an online showcase.

Gog Magog: a new dance film

Inspired by ancient legends, this pioneering new film was developed through lockdown, and features a cast of dancers from around the world.

The visual history of London's street signs

A new photography book by London Met's Alistair Hall documents the most beautiful and curious nameplates of the capital.

Colorama: London Met grad designs one-of-a-kind skatepark

Furniture and Product Design alum Yinka Illori has used his signature style to transform the park.

Theatre at London Met number one for student satisfaction

For the second year running, 100% of Theatre and Performance students agreed that they were satisfied with their course.

School of Art, Architecture and Design shows high levels of student satisfaction

The quality of teaching and learning opportunities available were among the positives highlighted by in the latest NSS results.

Success through a lens

End of year exhibitions, international recognition and more for photography class of 2020.

London Met student makes it to semi-final of Mayor’s competition

We hear from Architecture graduate Simon Mélizan about his experience of entering The Mayor's Entrepreneur Competition.

Final Cuts Festival: the show goes on, triumphantly

The University’s annual film and media student screenings makes a successful leap online.

LIVENESS: The Summer Show 2020

29 June - 10 July 2020

Annual celebration of student work will see launch of ambitious new online portal and event project.

A message about our School of Art, Architecture and Design

We have taken the decision to remove the name of Sir John Cass from our Art, Architecture and Design School.

Final Cuts 2020

23-25 June 2020

Online festival will showcase outstanding film and media work from students of the school of Computing and Digital Media.

Rewild My Street makes London Wildlife Trust pledge

Siân Moxon, founder of Rewild My Street, will issue a new image every day in June to help the public transform their urban environments.

Taboo: A Festival of Faux Pas

28-30 May 2020

Live stream theatre arts festival will tackle unspoken and challenging themes.

Golden Trezzini Awards

Andy Stone, Head of The Cass joins international jury for prestigious international prize.

Cass alumna debuts first picture book to critical acclaim

Momoko Abe’s ‘Avocado Asks’ has been named as one of the Guardian’s best new children’s books and her work has been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards.

Cass tutor promoted to Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts

Sunny Singh, award-winning writer and senior lecturer in Creative Writing and English Literature at The Cass, has been promoted to the title of Professor.

The Jhalak Prize 2020

Shortlist announced for prize for UK writers of colour co-founded by Cass academic Sunny Singh.

Katherine Araniello Bursary Award

Deadline 30 April

Bursaries honour memory of leading artist, disability activist and Cass Fine Art alumna.

AJ Small Projects Win

Students on Cass Diploma Unit 7 win sustainable project prize in prestigious national award.

Rewilding the streets of London

Using design research methods, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Interior Design Siân Moxon reimagines London’s streets for the benefits of wildlife and people.

Campaign for connectedness and mental health during COVID-19

Jo Garner, Artist in Residence at The Cass, has launched a project focused on gaining a sense of community through badges during the pandemic.

Two performances from London Met theatre artist among 'best of the year'

Senior lecturer Rishi Trikha worked on ‘Everything I See I Swallow’ and ‘The Chosen Haram’, which the Stage newspaper named among the best shows of 2019.

Home-working during the COVID-19 pandemic

Trying to replicate the office isn't the best strategy while working from home, says Emeritus Reader in Architecture, Frances Holliss, but there are many ways to adapt and thrive.

London Met launches Centre for Life Writing and Oral History

Dr Anne Karpf talks about the launch, which took place at the Writing Black Lives event.

AJ Small Projects Award success

Students on Cass Diploma Unit 7 shortlisted for prestigious national prize, with three practices led by Cass alumni also in the running.

Stay Home, Make Art

Artist and Cass Professor Bob and Roberta Smith is setting a creative project a day for his students – and the world.

COVID-19: London Met sew hundreds of masks for NHS

London Met staff have sewn and donated hundreds of face masks primarily to maternity wards in London, where staff are lacking protective gear as a result of the pandemic.

Cass students raise the bar

Furniture students design and build a new pop-up bar working in collaboration with industry ready for school social events in our post-social distancing future.

Textile Society Success

Cass student wins national bursary for project responding to her grandmother’s relocation to a nursing home.

ONLINE: Pandemic architecture: Adapting to the architecture of home-based work

26 and 30 March 2020, 6.30pm to 8pm

Cass Research present two online seminars led by Dr Frances Holliss, Emeritus Reader in Architecture.

Field of dreams

Architecture students explore materials and technology at Mudchute Farm workshop sponsored by BSW Timber in association with Grown in Britain.

EVENT: Her Story

11 to 29 March 2020

Exhibition at Aldgate library as part of Women’s History Month 2020 features photography by students, alumni and staff of The Cass.

Unfold

3 to 8 March 2020

Photography alumna raising funds for Islington Mind as part of new exhibition.

EXHIBITION: Fine Art Year 1 Pop-Up series

March 2020

A series of pop-up exhibitions curated by first year Fine Art students.

EVENT: John Meunier and Patrick Lynch come to The Cass

Monday 9 March 2020, 6pm to 8pm

Cass Research are delighted to announce the first in the Cass Research Book Events.

Project Red 2020

First-year Fashion BA students honoured the founder of The Cass with the Red Show.

EVENT: Karen Knorr: Transcultural Migrations

Thursday 27 February 2020 at 6.30pm

Talk by leading photographer as part of series in collaboration with London Independent Photographers.

Blades of glory

Cass alumnus profiled in Financial Times ‘How To Spend It’ magazine.

Writing Black Lives

A free, open event at London Met will explore the Black British experience through creative writing and oral history.

Book Launch: The East End Archive at The Cass

26 March 2020, 6pm to 8.30pm

New Café Royal Box-set features work by renowned photographers Diane Bush, Brian Griffin, Tom Hunter and Mike Seaborne.

RE-PRACTICE, RE-VISIT, RE-TURN

21 February - 14 June 2020

Postgraduate Architecture students exhibit in Antwerp as part of international project.

Symposium: The Animal Gaze Constructed

International symposium and exhibition announced at The Cass for March 2020.

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize success

Cass alumna is shortlisted for prestigious international award.

Things Fall Apart by IYANU

Friday 14 February 2020, at 11pm

Cass alumna debuts new collection at London Fashion Week.

EVENT: Architecture and the Culture of Understanding

Thursday 20 February 2020 at 6.30pm

Professorial lecture by Cass Head of Architecture, Professor Christian Frost.

BA Fashion students prepare for PROJECT RED 2020

21st February, 5.45pm

Students at the Cass have been gearing up for the 6th annual first year catwalk show.

Architecture grad named ‘emerging star’ with new award nomination

Stefanie Rhodes has been shortlisted for the 2020 Moira Gemhill Prize, a global award for women in architecture.

The Forest is the Museum

25 January to 30 March 2020

Arts organisation run by Cass foundation lecturer presents new exhibition by Abigail Lane and Lala Meredith-Vula.

EXHIBITION: Queering Space

30 January to 12 February 2020

New exhibition by artist and Cass Textiles course leader James Hunting.

Fine Art lecturer’s paintings the subject of new exhibition

Michael Stubbs: Small Scale Works will be exhibited at the Glasgow School of Arts from 10 Jan 2020 - 2 Feb 2020.

EVENT: Dafna Talmor and Lucy Levene

Thursday 23 January 2020 at 6.30pm

Latest lecture in series organised by London Independent Photography in partnership with The Cass.

Caruso St John wins international competition to convert Royale Belge building in Brussels

Award-winning practice led by Professor Peter St John wins £34 million project

Double success for photography Alumna

Two exhibitions in the capital for recent Photography graduate Angela Blažanović.

Crossing cultures and building community

Sandra Denicke-Polcher, Deputy Head of Architecture at The Cass, explores how architecture can foster community between students, locals and migrants in a depopulated village in Italy.

Work of Cass lecturer selected for inclusion in prestigious Aesthetica Future Now Anthology

The exhibition, In Limbo, was designed by Jacek Ludwig Scarso and reflected on the meaning of waiting.

Careers focused courses strengthen London Met’s postgraduate offer

Ten new postgraduate programmes will provide the necessary preparation for a variety of different career paths.

Aldgate Winter Fair and Lantern Parade

Aldgate Square

Cass Students and Staff celebrated at the annual Aldgate Winter Parade.

Cass staff and students continue collaboration in Calabria

Staff and students return from latest trip to Calabria.

The Cass hosts Creative Careers Day for schools in Tower Hamlets

GCSE and A level students had the opportunity to hear from practitioners about a career in the Arts and Creative Industries

EVENT: White, Reveal the Colour

Friday 13 December 2019

Student-led winter fashion event at The Cass.

EVENT: The Cass Cracker 2019

Thursday 12 December 2019, 5pm to 8pm

Festive fine art open studio at Aldgate Bauhaus promises a feast of student creativity- and charity fundraiser auction.

EVENT: Aldgate Winter Fair and Lantern Parade

Friday 6 December 2019

Cass design students sell their work at annual winter fair.

Cass lecturer stages a performative intervention at the Tate Modern

10-15 December

Jacek Scarso's new multimedia installation 'The Pecking Order' is a ‘playful and absurdist’ multimedia experience.

EVENT: The Orrery - Musarc Winter Konsert at LCMF

Saturday 7 December 2019

Annual performance by architectural choir/ research group based at The Cass will form part of the London Contemporary Music Festival.

Architects with Cass connections wins competition to remasterplan one of Russia’s oldest cities.

The Novaya Zemlya consortium saw off competition from around the globe thanks to their ‘human-centred’ plans to create a compact city.

EVENT: Making a Living Week returns to the Cass

25-29 November 2019

Festival of employment brings students and creative industry professionals together.

Destiny Ekharaga finds success at the end of the f***ing world

Director and Cass alumna directs the second half of series two of the acclaimed drama.

Making Art Theatrical

Jacek Ludwig Scarso discusses his latest research in new short documentary

EVENT: Cass to host Janet Hall Memorial Lecture

Thursday 21 November 6.30pm

Leading photographer Laura Pannack will speak about her personal projects at an event organised with London Independent Photographers.

Cass tutor publishes book about housing for ‘people out of the picture in the current market’

Pierre d’Avoine, an Architecture tutor, is launching his new book in the Netherlands during Dutch Design Week 2019

EVENT: Documenting Transforming Structures: Newly Carved Churches of Ethiopia

Cass architecture alumnus Tarn Philipp will be sharing his insights at a special event organised by The Anglo-Ethiopian Society on Tuesday 12 November.

Cass alumna creates new work for publication exploring public life through art

MArch alumna Jess Philips a piece exploring the Becontree Estate for ‘We’ve Got This: ethics, public service and art’

TALK: Lunchtime Design

Thursday 24 October, lunch time

Visual Communications lecture series launches with leading designer and alumna Jenny Theolin.