Design Action
DESIGN ACTION celebrates creative activism. This digital showcase and events programme highlighted the work of London College of Communication’s Design School, as students and staff anticipate new futures in an uncertain world.
As the global pandemic causes us to rethink everything, we reconsider the Design School model and test our Manifesto against the shifting requirements of a changed world.
DESIGN ACTION featured a range of projects and work in progress from the School’s dynamic and collaborative community.
We questioned cultural, technological and disciplinary boundaries and confronted the social, systemic and ecological challenges of our time.
The programme included:
- An emerging research platform which explores the shifting definitions, debates and practices of graphic design
- A look at professional design practice in the wake of COVID-19
- An exploration of new ecological systems and tools
- A vision of the world in 2030 based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- An interaction design communication which rethinks concepts of audience participation, presence, and space.
Projects
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U-Turn
Ian Carr’s U-Turn is an audio-visual graphic work which focuses on the literal and abstract nature of ‘the u-turn' as a concept, its place within the creative process, and the ways in which it can be seen as an act of protest and ultimate move to a new front.
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Discovered Spaces
Discovered Spaces is a collaboration between MA Interaction Design Communication students on the theme of ‘Connection’. With a hybrid participatory format of both on- and offline elements, the work explores new ways to stay connected while relearning the possibilities of interaction design and ways its relevancy can evolve during times of crisis.
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Testing Times
Hosted by Sian Cook’s online archive of HIV/AIDS graphic ephemera, Testing Times is a reflection on language and health messages. This work draws comparisons between HIV and COVID-19 as two viruses with similar challenges but an opportunity for testing to break patterns of infection for both.
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In the course of time
Developed in Microsoft Teams, made in bedrooms and photographed on windowsills and kitchen tables, In the course of time is a group portrait of makers in isolation as 2 technicians and 9 students from LCC create a remote publication in Lockdown.
DESIGN ACTION is part of London Design Festival.
Stories
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MA Interaction Design students collaborate with Ars Electronica
Qingyi Ren discusses their interest in interaction design and the highlights of exploring digital transformation.
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Mentoring Spotlight: Victoire Colliou x Clive Baillie
We chat to MA Graphic Media Design student Victoire Colliou and her mentor, founding partner and CEO of BLT Communications, Clive Baillie about their experiences of taking part in the LCC Industry Mentoring Programme.
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Diploma in Professional Studies expands to Media and Screen Schools
The expansion will enable more students to develop their professional skills, expand their networks, and build on their academic knowledge.
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BA (Hons) Design Management students showcased at London Design Biennale 2021
Azy Mohamed and Phoebe Adams discuss the importance of developing ideas with social responsibility, and the things they've most enjoyed about studying at LCC so far.
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