Designing with Biodiversity
On show in Designing in Turbulent Times at the Lethaby Gallery, Olivia Page's Recipes of North Portugal proposes new processes and materials to incorporate industrial and bio-based waste in construction
CSM Public
Together we collaborate to transform objects, systems and lives for the better.
"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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MAKE @ Story Garden
A new public space for creative collaboration and social innovation opening in Somers Town
A collaboration between BA Ceramic Design, M ARCH Architecture and Global Generation to provide community access to the pleasures of social making in urban settings.
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.
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
Prison cell furniture for the future
Students from BA Product Design work with the Design Against Crime Research Centre to improve prison cell furniture
Tate Exchange
Over three years, the Fine Art programme has taken up residence at Tate Modern to open up art school to the public
Unblocking prison conversations
How four BA Product Design students worked with Design Against Crime to create a game reconnecting inmates and their children
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
On the Road
M ARCH Architecture students, Grizedale Arts and Ruskin's centenary combine to create award-winning community structures
Makeright
An initiative which takes design-thinking into prisons to produce a series of anti-theft bags
Home and Belonging
A bespoke arts programme for clients of Crisis Skylight Brent to improve the well-being of the homeless and vulnerably-housed residents in the area
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Designing with Communities
On show in Designing in Turbulent Times at the Lethaby Gallery, Holly Le-Var's Centre for Civic Festivity explores how architecture can bring agency to a community
The Community Kiln
Building on Ignition – a public participation project connecting people with clay – the staff and students of BA Ceramic Design have created a community kiln at The Skip Garden.
Resilience in Residencies
In collaboration with the British Council, the Resilience in Residencies programme bought two Brazilian artists and their activism to Central Saint Martins.