Harriet McKay
Studio 1: Another India will examine, reflect upon and critique the historic use of "exotic" motifs in design.
Christina Paine
Studio 3: Music is the Weapon: Performance, Culture and the Music Industry is an exploration of race, gender, class and more in music.
Emma Davenport
Studio 4: What Not to Wear? will investigate the roles that dress and fashion play in our workplaces.
Ektoras Arkomanis
Studio 5: Imperfect Theories allows you to critically examine any work that can be seen as theory or presents an interesting relationship with theory.
Nico de Oliveira
Studio 6: Curating Contemporary Art examines the impact of curatorial practice on art.
Dr Lesley Stevenson
Studio 7: Fashioning culture will examine critically the links between fashion, clothing and identity.
Edwina Attlee
Studio 8 explores ideas of category, definition, identification and belonging through the examination of a series of objects and behaviours that appear to be in the wrong place instead of the right place.
Art, Architecture and Design Studios in 2020
An archive of our studios in 2020.
Danielle Hewitt
Studio 9: The Continuing Lives of Objects uses debates about change and preservation explore ideas within architecture.
Art, Architecture and Design Studios in 2021
An archive of our studios in 2021.
Dipti Bhagat with Christopher Emmett
Studio 10 requires deep commitment and completion of critical theory and design for graphic design and illustration.
Art, Architecture and Design Studios in 2022
An archive of our studios in 2022.
Clare Qualmann
Studio 12: London Walking looks at walking as a mode of creatively appropriating the city, with particular attention to our own city, London.
Dr John Cross
Studio 14: 'All in the best possible Taste' examines the historical influencers of taste, style and fashion.
Lewis Jones
Studio 15: Music, Technology and Ideas encourages you to explore how and why we make music, including its origin, relationship to technology and more.
Jon Baldwin
Studio 16: Narrative and Storytelling will see you produce storygraphs, storyboards and various forms of narrative analysis in the seminars.
Jeremy Collins
Studio 17: Knowing Audiences will encourage you to study an audience group using qualitative research methods in your investigations.
Heidi Yeo
Studio 19: Material in Motion will explore why an audience will put time, money and thought into acquiring an object.
Dr Nick Haeffner
Studio 20: Image ethics: Form, meaning and context explores the aesthetics of the image and its role within fantasy, desire and social memory.
Joseph Kohlmaier
Studio 21: The Nonsensical Realm is a cross-disciplinary studio. This year it will engage with the idea of metaphor in art, architecture, design and music.
Paul Harper
Studio 22: Meaningful work explores the value of making and the idea of craft as meaningful work.
Gina Pierce
Studio 23: A Common Thread examines the relationship between textiles and everyday life, including its design, trade, sustainability and more.
David Price
Studio 24: Words in Space reflects on the role that words play in our visual world, performative spaces and the urban environment.