CSM Public
"In many and varied ways, CSM Public highlights how creative collaboration can be a potent tool for community resilience and social cohesion; a process that, crucially, benefits all who participate" Jeremy Till, Head of Central Saint Martins
Through CSM Public we turn the studio ethos ‘inside-out’ working with a variety of academic, corporate, non-profit, citizen-led and government organisations to actively engage with societal issues and co-design more optimistic futures for all.
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Call us on 020 7514 8716, or email: public@csm.arts.ac.uk to discuss how we can work with you to make change happen.
MAKE @ Story Garden
A new public space for creative collaboration and social innovation opening in Somers Town
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A collaboration between Central Saint Martins, English National Ballet and University College London's neuroscience department, working to better understand and improve the perception of Parkinson’s through arts and science research.
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Generations, Platform Theatre, 2018. Photo: Monica Alcazar-Duarte
Generations
Improvisation forms the heart of Improbable theatre's workshops with a group of Islington residents over the age of 60 and Central Saint Martins students.
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Work in progress, The Kiln House, M ARCH Architecture
The Community Kiln
Staff and students of BA Ceramic Design collaborate with M ARCH Architecture to create a local community kiln at The Skip Garden
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Sloot, Alfred Low Wei Leong BA Product Design
Prison cell furniture for the future
Students from BA Product Design work with the Design Against Crime Research Centre to improve prison cell furniture
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Work in progress
Unblocking prison conversations
How four BA Product Design students worked with Design Against Crime to create a game reconnecting inmates and their children
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Overcrowded Housing Project. Photo: Liliya Galabova, Barbara Guoth, Elora Pierre, Zoe Kahane, Giorgia Rossi, Yin Wang
Overcrowded Housing
Customisable furniture to alleviate overcrowding created through collaboration between Camden Council, the Public Collaboration Lab, MA Industrial Design students and local authority housing residents
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Tate Exchange, 2018 (Photo: Belinda Lawley)
Archive
Explore more CSM Public projects from recent years
CSM Public stories
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MAKE Socials
In a national lockdown, can a making space exist online and help tackle social isolation?
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Graduates in the Making
At a time when community spirit and inclusion feel so vital, participation may be more important than ever. In February 2020, students gained insight into how communities can work together to plan and deliver meaningful projects.
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What is it like to live with Parkinson's?
A cross-disciplinary collaboration, Patterns of Perception aims to help us better understand life lived with Parkinson's. In this ongoing project, a group of individuals with Parkinson’s collaborated with practitioners from Central Saint Martins
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The Roundhouse at The Story Garden
Making Week, a collective project building a structure at 1:1 scale, saw students working on site to create a Roundhouse for the local community at The Story Garden.