15th November 2024
November news: Time to start breaking things
Two Temple Place takes on class, design with care from Heirloom, reshaping architecture with the LSA, and making floristry sustainable.
Paul and Zac in the Garden by Rene Matić. Image courtesy of Two Temple Place.
Two Temple Place
Platforming diverse working class artists in radical exhibition
Platforming diverse working class artists in radical exhibition
In a world that has historically excluded underprivileged voices, the representation of working-class people is steadily getting worse. Enter Two Temple Place’s Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen, an exhibition that offers a more complete, and diverse take on working-class art in Britain.
More than a refreshed art history the exhibition presents stories of censorship, subcultural resistance, and the quiet dignity of community, all set in dialogue with the Neo-Gothic grandeur of Two Temple Place. Comprising 150+ artworks of painting, photography, film, sculpture and ceramics from the postwar period to the present day, the exhibition questions the distinction between object and subject in art – and calls for fresh thinking about working-class identity and representation.
Free exhibition opens on 25 January 2025
More than a refreshed art history the exhibition presents stories of censorship, subcultural resistance, and the quiet dignity of community, all set in dialogue with the Neo-Gothic grandeur of Two Temple Place. Comprising 150+ artworks of painting, photography, film, sculpture and ceramics from the postwar period to the present day, the exhibition questions the distinction between object and subject in art – and calls for fresh thinking about working-class identity and representation.
Free exhibition opens on 25 January 2025
Heirloom's studio and workshop in East London. Image courtesy of Heirloom.
Heirloom
Designing with care, joy and a spot of mischief
Designing with care, joy and a spot of mischief
Whether it’s revolutionising gene-sequencing technology with Vega by PacBio; transforming ocean plastics into furniture with the 3D-printed Flump Stool; or helping us escape our echo chambers with Break The Web, Heirloom bring playfulness, purpose and a touch of poetry to every project they touch.
The supergroup of celebrated designers behind Heirloom – ’a design studio in the image of what the industry’s potential can be’ according to Surface Mag’s Jenna Adrian-Diaz – works across sectors, spanning from consumer technology to domestic design via medical devices, office environments and digital futures. Despite the diversity of their outputs and interests, everything they do is united by the desire to put joy and care back into the stuff humans use every day.
Form and function, with feeling
The supergroup of celebrated designers behind Heirloom – ’a design studio in the image of what the industry’s potential can be’ according to Surface Mag’s Jenna Adrian-Diaz – works across sectors, spanning from consumer technology to domestic design via medical devices, office environments and digital futures. Despite the diversity of their outputs and interests, everything they do is united by the desire to put joy and care back into the stuff humans use every day.
Form and function, with feeling
Flowers from the School of Sustainable Floristry’s farm on the outskirts of Bedford.
The School of Sustainable Forestry
A wild idea: floristry that helps the environment
A wild idea: floristry that helps the environment
From the shocking carbon footprint of Valentine's Day to the enormous gaps in regulation on pesticide use, the floristry industry is long overdue a sustainability transformation. From an idyllic flower farm on the outskirts of Bedford, an uncompromisingly sustainable vision for the future of flowers is blooming.
Founders of the School of Sustainable Floristry Cissy Bullock and Lucy Copeman are pushing seasonality and sustainability to the forefront of their industry, challenging the status quo of monocrops, pesticides and carbon-intensive transport.
With its range of workshops and courses, the school is the only place in the UK training a new generation of florists and amateur flower growers in season-led floristry, leading a revolution in thinking and practice.
Way to grow
Founders of the School of Sustainable Floristry Cissy Bullock and Lucy Copeman are pushing seasonality and sustainability to the forefront of their industry, challenging the status quo of monocrops, pesticides and carbon-intensive transport.
With its range of workshops and courses, the school is the only place in the UK training a new generation of florists and amateur flower growers in season-led floristry, leading a revolution in thinking and practice.
Way to grow
Brixton House Build by MATT+FIONA. Photo by Luke O'Donovan.
MATT+FIONA
Social enterprise engages young people to transform the built environment
Social enterprise engages young people to transform the built environment
Matthew Springett and Fiona MacDonald have a simple yet radical strategy to improve public space: asking young people what they think.
An award-winning social enterprise working with architects, local authorities, placemakers and institutions, MATT+FIONA have delivered over 40 built projects and installations, collaborated with more than 6,500 young people and, have most notably, worked with the Greater London Authority to integrate the voices of young Londoners into the updated London Plan. Their latest project with LDA Design is a garden playspace co-designed with a local youth group on an HS2 meanwhile site in Euston.
Youth-led revolution
An award-winning social enterprise working with architects, local authorities, placemakers and institutions, MATT+FIONA have delivered over 40 built projects and installations, collaborated with more than 6,500 young people and, have most notably, worked with the Greater London Authority to integrate the voices of young Londoners into the updated London Plan. Their latest project with LDA Design is a garden playspace co-designed with a local youth group on an HS2 meanwhile site in Euston.
Youth-led revolution
Collaborative event between LAGO, ODI, Phaidon and Moleskine Foundation as part of the London Migration Film Festival 2023.
LAGO Collective
Multidisciplinary collective rewrites narratives on migration, culture and the arts
Multidisciplinary collective rewrites narratives on migration, culture and the arts
The UK and Europe’s visa system enforces deep inequalities that harm us all. From failing to help refugees facing crises to creating barriers for the international creative industries, the social and economic consequences ripple through our society.
That’s why LAGO Collective, a growing community of creatives and researchers, is working to change the narrative on the global movement of people. Led by Marta Foresti, its mission is to highlight the value – and beauty – of movement, celebrating the circulation of ideas, talent and cultures.
From delivering public talks on their groundbreaking work to collaborations with artists to ‘make data sing’, LAGO is a vital and creative voice in the conversation about migration. Drop us a line if you’d like to be in the know about what comes next.
Think global
That’s why LAGO Collective, a growing community of creatives and researchers, is working to change the narrative on the global movement of people. Led by Marta Foresti, its mission is to highlight the value – and beauty – of movement, celebrating the circulation of ideas, talent and cultures.
From delivering public talks on their groundbreaking work to collaborations with artists to ‘make data sing’, LAGO is a vital and creative voice in the conversation about migration. Drop us a line if you’d like to be in the know about what comes next.
Think global
Image courtesy of London School of Architecture.
London School of Architecture
Breaking down barriers, transforming the industry
Breaking down barriers, transforming the industry
The failings that led to Grenfell. The ongoing housing crisis. Chronic workplace issues of overwork, low pay and exclusion. It’s indisputable that the architecture profession must change, and overhauling the education system is an essential stepping stone to do this.
That’s why we’re passionate about the mission of the UK's first independent architecture school, the London School of Architecture. Established in 2015 and now led by Dr Neal Shasore, LSA creates a link between students and practice envisaging the cities of tomorrow. And, recognising that there is an urgent need to transform architecture to be more inclusive, the LSA is working with the GLA and the Crown Estate to launch Good Growth in Practice, a transformative initiative to empower underrepresented practice owners within architecture and construction.
Transforming the profession
That’s why we’re passionate about the mission of the UK's first independent architecture school, the London School of Architecture. Established in 2015 and now led by Dr Neal Shasore, LSA creates a link between students and practice envisaging the cities of tomorrow. And, recognising that there is an urgent need to transform architecture to be more inclusive, the LSA is working with the GLA and the Crown Estate to launch Good Growth in Practice, a transformative initiative to empower underrepresented practice owners within architecture and construction.
Transforming the profession
Portrait of Dian Small by Morley von Sternberg.
Dian Small
Inclusion hero leading LSA’s Good Growth in Practice programme
Inclusion hero leading LSA’s Good Growth in Practice programme
A leading voice for an inclusive, sustainable architecture industry, Dian is at the helm of the LSA’s Good Growth in Practice programme. Using an approach she has dubbed ‘Living IRIE’, which stands for Interactive Relevant Inclusive Experience, Dian works as a practitioner, consultant, thought leader and facilitator, challenging industry norms, celebrating and empowering difference, and embracing equitable and sustainable futures.
Former Director of RIBA London Region, Dian founded the Cultural Architect, a platform that goes beyond the design of physical spaces to encompass the creation of inclusive environments and the shaping of cultural experiences and human interactions within them.
The Cultural Architect
Former Director of RIBA London Region, Dian founded the Cultural Architect, a platform that goes beyond the design of physical spaces to encompass the creation of inclusive environments and the shaping of cultural experiences and human interactions within them.
The Cultural Architect
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