design school | B3 Designers

10/06

Central Saint Martins Pop Up 2060

103 students x 20 objects = 2060 Pop Up

After a five week process that I imagine involved a lot of hard work the second year BA Graphic design students from Central Saint Martins hosted a week long pop up shop in Clerkenwell. The focus was on manufacture being an integral part of design, and we’re all very grateful, it gave us a chance to buy work from talented young designers.

Apart from the great work they were selling they also hosted interesting events, they had everything from children’s design workshops to design speed dating.

Here are some pictures of the goods that were on sale:

(via Notcot)

24/07

Free Range Graduate Art & Design Interior Design Show

by Tina M Cheng

The 2009 show is the first time that all Interior Design School have exhibited together under one roof as unified discipline. Student prior to this did have the opportunity of exhibiting at the Business Design Centre in Islington, at the New Designers Exhibition, but were always pushed out the the edge of the building while other disciplines took centre stage.

The show which was piloted in conjunction with Tamsin O’Hanlon who set up Free range at the Truman Brewery and Andrew Stone the Interior Educators President. The exhibition has given the new crop of talent a wonderful platform to work from. We can only image the benefit this will also have on all students still studying that have seen the show and want to better the standard or at least aim to parr with the standard that has been set by their peers.

We have collated some of the students work that piqued our interest are shown here. Free Range Art & Design Summer Show

Alexandra Sheperd Model of ex-prisoners drop in centre

Alexandra Sheperd: Kingston students interior design work, plan view

Alexandra Sheperd: Kingston student

Rebecca Pitt

Rebecca Pitt, plan view of designed space

09/07

Folding Plug by RCA Grad Student

by Tina M Cheng

At the Royal College of Art’s 2009 Graduate Show, Korean-born Min-Kyu Choi showcased a surprisingly simple design that electrified the crowds. Choi rearranged the formation of blades on a plug, folding it down to just 10mm wide, no thicker than a Macbook Air. The transformation from flat to functional is a cinch: swivel the two flat blades 90 degrees and fold the plastic flaps forward to create a standard UK plug-face. Accessories were also displayed, including a multi-plug adaptor and a USB device charger. Choi should have no problem launching his career as a Creative Engineer with the radical reinvention of this common household item.

Photos courtesy of Icon Eye