
2016/17 Yearbook
Here, we gather together the highlights of the academic year
Degree Shows
Show Two Theme: Virtual Reality Check
With Show Two: Design about to open, we connect the dots on students presenting their work to the public for the first time. A glimpse into the unsettling near-future of […]
Show Two Theme: Beyond Borders
For Show Two: Design, we connect the dots on a few students presenting their work to the public for the first time. In a current climate focused on borders and boundaries, […]
Show One Theme: Alternate Realities
With Show One: Art about to open, we connect the dots on some of the students’ work as they prepare to share it with the public for the first time […]
MullenLowe NOVA Awards announcement
From kabuki-inspired textiles to a menstruation co-op, the diverse winners of this year’s MullenLowe NOVA Awards have been announced. Paying tribute to all the shortlisted graduating students, Jose Miguel Sokoloff, President of MullenLowe […]
Show Two Theme: From Trash to Treasure
For Show Two: Design, we connect the dots on students presenting their work to the public for the first time. Kevin Germanier’s BA Fashion collection looks as far from waste as it’s […]
Highlights

Creative Unions
We launched an initiative to demonstrate that creativity must operate across borders – geographical, social and disciplinary

Business of Fashion
Central Saint Martins named leading global fashion school by Business of Fashion for second year in a row

MBA
We launched an innovative MBA in partnership with Birkbeck, University of London

Makeright
Design Against Crime worked on an award-winning project that took design thinking into Serco’s HMP Thameside prison

Tate Exchange
Fine Art took over a floor in Tate Modern's fifth floor to present an alternative art school for the public

Rethinking with Renault
MA Industrial Design partnered with Renault to rethink the car interior for future self-driving vehicles

Foundation
A stellar year for Foundation which went spanned from Ofsted’s “Outstanding” to outer space

A centenary of clay
We celebrated a century of clay and ceramic design at Central Saint Martins

Winning Worms
A cross-disciplinary student duo won the first international Biodesign Challenge
Hellos and goodbyes

Rob Kesseler
After four decades at the College spanning life as a student, technician, tutor and UAL chair, Rob Kesseler talks to us about his career in ceramics

Willie Walters
We said goodbye to the wonderful Willie Walters, following 24 years teaching at the College and 18 years as director of the Fashion programme

David Jackson
We welcomed a new Course Leader to BA Acting, from Birmingham School of Acting

Alex Warnock-Smith and Andreas Lang
Starting the year with new Course Leaders in both BA and M ARCH: Architecture, we took the opportunity to chat over the programme’s newly published manifesto
Farewell to the Futuro House
After two years, Central Saint Martins says farewell to the spaceship resident on the roof. The Futuro House, designed by Matti Suuronen in the 60s, was brought to Central Saint Martins […]
Student wins RSA Design Award with indoor wheelchair
BA Product Design’s Nelson Noll has won an RSA Student Design Award for his innovative indoor wheelchair. Curve is designed as any other piece of furniture for the home, a resolutely domestic object. I […]
Postgraduate Art Auction breaks records
Last night, friends, staff and students gathered together for the Postgraduate Art Auction in an extraordinary show of generosity and support of arts education. This year’s auction raised a record-breaking […]