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The Cass news archive: March 2016

All news from The Cass during March 2016

What's The Matter

Cass Lecturers work in exhibition exploring designs for the phygital future curated by Frame Magazine.

Grafik Website Takeover

Cass Graphic Design and Illustration students takeover Grafik Website.

Image to accompany Yasemee Lari workshop with RIBA and Stephen Lawrence Foundation

Yasmeen Lari Workshop

Cass architecture students invited to sustainable building workshop with Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan’s first female architect.

Dara Screening and Q&A

14 April 2016 at The Wash Houses.

Sunny Singh in colour, facing camera, own shot

Creative Writing lecturer interviewed by Times Higher Education supplement

Sunny Singh interview

Lecturer Sunny Singh gave a wide-ranging interview to the Times Higher Education supplement.

The stars of the luther sports relief special directed by Destiny Ekaragha and featring Idris Elba, Sir Lenny Henry and others

Luther is a good sport

Cass film-making alumna directs Idris Elba and Lenny Henry in Luther Special for BBC Sport Relief.

Interiors students who went on work placements as part of their studies

Prestigious practices host Cass interiors students for unique internships

Cass internships

Interior design and interior architecture students have been given the opportunity to join the workforce in their second year of study.

I wanna be adored

The Cass jewellery students' Valentine’s offerings are on show at Contemporary Applied Arts.

Easter Bunny

17 March, 5-8pm

An annual open studio event at The Cass – all welcome!

Call for applications: MA by Project (ARCSR) scholarship awards 2016-17

Full fee scholarships available for 2016 entry on MA By Project course. Deadline: 31st May 2016

Image of biliding design architect of the year winner courtesy of building design magazine

Architects of The Year

Cottrell and Vermeulen and Feilden Fowles announced as winners in the Building Design’s prestigious awards.

London Ear

9-13 March 2016

Student production company We Make Film work with with leading music festival.

Splitting the Beam

Splitting the Beam is a collaborative project by Cass Fine Art alumna Nye Thompson and MA Photography alumnus Geoff Titley

Where design works

Cass furniture students work on live project with leading London design company SCP

Dustin Hoffman in Medici Masters of Florence on which Cass Alumna Colette Pacini worked as production assistent

Masters of the Screen

Cass Film alumna works on Medici TV series with starring Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden of Game of Thrones.

FLINT

The fourth lecture in a new series of talks. Make Space focuses on different types of interior spaces and how they can be reinvented.

The £100k House: Tricks of the Trade

Cass Architecture lecturer Cheryl Pilliner-Reeves joins BBC2's popular home improvement programme.

Lunch time talk by Helga Steppan

Friday 4 March, 1-2pm, CR1-02

A talk about work, process and dyspraxia.

Going for Gold

Award success for three Cass Alumni in Goldsmiths Art and Design Wards 2016

Concrete Matters

4-19 March 2016

Exhibition curated by students of MA Curating the Contemporary explores the relationship between human identity, community and urban space

image of previous advocacy lab in macedonia

Draw comics to change the world

Cass hosts IDEA Art and Design Advocacy Lab featuring leading cartoonists and artists

David Kohn Architects

1 March 2016, 6pm

A new series of talks: Make Space focuses on different types of interior spaces and how they can be reinvented.

WCCA Travel Award 2015 Winners

Leon Donald, fifth year Cass Architecture student wins 2015 WCCA Travel Award.

By Lauren Goldie exhibiting in WINDOWSPACE for IT IS PROBABLY BETTER TO START FROM ZERO

It is probably better to start from zero #4.1 Lauren Goldie

3 March - 3 April 2016

Lauren Goldie exhibits in The Cass Window Space gallery as part of ongoing curatorial project by MA Curating the Contemporary students.

Tandemize goes to Sri Lanka

The five recent CASS graduates participating in the Tandemize project are going to Sri Lanka this week.

Latest news from School of Art, Architecture and Design

London Met welcomes community to celebrate reopening of the refurbished Shoreditch campus

The refurbished campus will host Fashion, Textiles and Fine Art, creating a new creative community in the heart of Shoreditch.

First Exhibition at Refreshed Shoreditch Space Celebrates Alumni Talent

Part of the Shoreditch Design Triangle, the exhibition offers a first glimpse inside London Met’s new creative hub and celebrates the work of emerging talent.

Architectural practice led by London Met academic wins prestigious national award

Niwa House in Southwark has been named a 2025 RIBA National Award winner, placing it among the UK’s most acclaimed new buildings.

London Met Public art students funded to monitor exhibition

Audio-visual art exhibition generates funding from City of London Corporation

Double win for London Met in design-research funding

Two new projects will explore sustainable urban living through rewilding and regenerative textiles.

London Met Community Celebrates Inauguration of Vice-Chancellor Professor Julie Hall

Professor Hall outlined her vision for a university that is unapologetically inclusive, fearlessly forward-thinking and committed to delivering education that truly makes a difference.

Development of vibrant new teaching spaces nears completion

A new video highlights the transformation of the university's School of Art, Architecture and Design, which will relocate to three purpose-designed sites later this year.

How to bring people with us as we rewild our cities

Siân Moxon says rewilding cities starts in our own back gardens. Her research explores how design and behaviour change can help people make space for nature.

New Exhibition Explores the Thames Estuary Through Art

'Into the Zone - Journeys in the Thames Estuary' has been curated by London Met researcher Michael Upton and brings together artists with different visions of the area.

London Metropolitan University Achieves Prestigious PPA Accreditation

Two London Met Journalism programmes have received accreditation from the Professional Publishers Association (PPA).

Professor Don MacRaild Steps Down as Research Leader at London Met

At the end of 2024, Professor Don MacRaild stepped down as Pro Vice-Chancellor (PVC) for Research and Knowledge Exchange (RKE) at London Metropolitan University.

RIBA Awards for London Met Architecture Students

London Met architecture students are celebrating a string of successes in the RIBA’s prestigious awards in 2024

London Met hosts Wild Ways Research Day

Local residents took part in a research day to influence ‘rewilding’ in London’s gardens

London Met's award-winning architecture students

London Met architecture students celebrate success, with Ryan Speer receiving a nomination for the prestigious RIBA award and Olusola Adebakin winning apprentice of the year

EVENT: London Met's postgraduate and research exhibition 2024

London Metropolitan University’s School of Art, Architecture, and Design is set to present its annual Postgraduate and Research Exhibition, running from 11 to 14 September 2024.

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