Design Action x London Design Festival
13-20 September 2020
Design Action was a digital showcase and events programme that took place at London College of Communication. The work celebrated creative activism and highlighted the work of LCC’s Design School, as students and staff anticipated new futures in an uncertain world.
In the wake of the global pandemic, LCC's Design School tested their 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. It 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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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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Image credit: Collective Canvas, Earth Day 2022. Design School students celebrate Earth Day through illustrated mural
BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media student Sun Woo Kim explains how her creative collective designed a window mural to honour the planet as part of this year’s Earth Day celebrations.
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Image credit: LCC x OPX. Design School students collaborate with OPX to create new climate conscious microsite
Recent BA (Hons) Information and Interface Design graduates Christine Zhang and Matt Richmond discuss how collaborating with a leading, established studio like OPX supported them to grow as designers.
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Image credit: LCC Shows Identity 2022, Olly Corps. London College of Communication celebrates creative play at LCC Shows 2022
Launching on Wednesday 25 May, discover new possibilities in creative communications at our 2022 degree shows.
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Image credit: Amanda Aspeborg, designed with Domenic Lippa. Image courtesy of Pentagram. Graduate Voices: Amanda Aspeborg
Recent graduate Amanda Aspeborg discusses taking the plunge into a new creative specialism, and the importance of freedom and support when developing a new skillset.