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Royal visit to LCF’s Chelsea Flower Show retreat

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Sophie, Countess of Wessex and LCF Royal Patron, visits LCF's stand at the Chelsea Flower Show

HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex and LCF Royal Patron, visits LCF’s artisan retreat at the Chelsea Flower Show

MA Fashion and the Environment students received a royal visit from HRH Sophie the Countess of Wessex at their Chelsea Flower Show retreat, which has been created in collaboration with designers, Story Storey.

HRH the Countess of Wessex visited the retreat which exhibits one of the students’ current projects: a Dye Garden installation using locally grown, natural plant dyes to colour fabric.

The royal smiled as she received a Chelsea Flower Show centenary t-shirt designed by LCFstudent, Katie Bowkett, BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles. HRH was named Royal Patron of LCF last month.

Following her visit, HRH joined Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen to tour the rest of the Flower Show.

  • Photo: AFP PHOTO, Ben Stansall, Getty Images via Metro Online

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LCF Alumni to show at Venice exhibition

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Taeseok Kang: MA Fashion Artefact alum

With just over a week to go until the White Light | White Heat exhibition opens at the Venice Biennale, here’s a preview of LCF alumni, Taeseok Kang’s work which features in the show.

Taeseok graduated from the MA Fashion Artefact course in 2012 and has since set up his own fashion accessories label and has recently been working for Alberta Ferretti as an accessories designer.

White Light | White Heat is a development of Glasstress, originally conceived in 2009 by Adriano Berengo, President of Berengo Glass Studio and Venice Projects. The latest exhibition is a dramatic expansion of the original Glasstress concept, which launched in 2009, to include London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London and The Wallace Collection working in collaboration with Berengo Glass Studio.

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Students envision Beautify with Goldwell

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FdA Hair and Make Up for Fashion students have collaborated with hair styling brand, Goldwell, in their annual exploration of the brand’s current Colour Zoom trend.

Students produced videos and shoots capturing their interpretation of this year’s theme, ‘Beautify’, a celebration of the power of style to generate positive thinking.

Made in collaboration with students from LCF’s School of Media and Communications, the productions showcased the artists’ hair and make-up creations.

Each student brought their individual style to their vision of the theme. Split into groups they created six projects: New Masters of Colour, Scarabaidae, Blonde Forever, Morphing Magdalene, Pop Tarts and Berlin 2013, all of which revelled in colour, empowerment and personality.

Goldwell Creative & Technical Director, William Wilson, told students: “What you’ve shown as creative people is that you don’t just turn up to a shoot and make it up – you’ve shown the journey to get there.”

The students’ work is featured on Goldwell’s youtube channel and will be featured as part of Creative Head Magazine’s newly launched app.

The students’ collection can be viewed on Goldwell’s website and will be preserved in the brand’s archive.

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J.Crew announces a scholarship program with CSM and opens a temporary concept store in King’s Cross

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J.Crew, the iconic American retailer, have announced a special design project and scholarship program with Central Saint Martins MA Fashion students. This program will underscore the brand’s commitment to nurture up and coming design talent.

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For just two days, 24th-25th May, J.Crew has opened a concept store in the Western Transit Shed, located at King’s Cross Central, next door to CSM. The temporary space will provide Londoners with special access to the Summer ’13 women’s, men’s and children’s (crewcuts) collections as well as a preview of the Fall ’13 J.Crew women’s, men’s and crewcuts collections. The collections will be presented alongside a selection of Italian cashmere pieces that the public will be able to purchase on the day.

‘I am thrilled that we are working in partnership with Central Saint Martins College on this exciting project. Design students are the lifeblood of our industry. Their creativity and enthusiasm is a constant inspiration for all of us at J.Crew’ President and Executive Creative Director of J.Crew Group, Jenna Lyons

J.Crew Concept Store Information
• The store will be open to the public for a limited time (24th May – 25th May)
• AW/13 keys looks will be displayed including men’s, women’s and crewcuts, 32 looks in total
• Address: Western Transit Shed, 4 Stable Street (off Goods Way), King’s Cross,
• Opening Times: Friday 24th May 10am – 8pm, Saturday 25th May 10am – 7pm

 

Find out more:

CSM Sponsored Student Projects

CSM MA Fashion

J Crew

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50 Career Mentors wanted, includes training – apply now!

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Develop your mentoring skills on the University of the Arts London’s brand new Career Mentorship Programme. We are looking for 50 mentors to support a talented group of new emerging graduates to develop their career plans during the first 6 months of graduating from UAL.This programme includes a free full day’s mentor training with a highly experienced external trainer and member of the EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) who works with a wide variety of business sectors and universities across Europe.

The Career Mentorship Programme is a pilot project running for six months from June to December 2013 as part of SEE’s portfolio of services to support UAL graduates to make, take and connect to ideas, opportunities and networks so that they can go on to be successful creative professionals and world-leading innovators, practitioners, employees and entrepreneurs.

For more information http://see.arts.ac.uk/cmp

To register your interest to be a Mentor please complete the online form here by 7th June 2013.

Building closures at John Prince’s Street and High Holborn

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Please note that both the John Prince’s Street and High Holborn buildings will be closed to all staff and students from Saturday 25th May to Tuesday 28th May 2013, in order to facilitate building works at High Holborn and a survey in preparation for the refurbishment work planned to take place over the summer at JPS.

Both buildings will reopen as normal after the Bank Holiday on Tuesday 28th May – High Holborn will open at 07:00 and John Prince’s Street at 08:30. 

If you need any further information please contact Upma Matharu (High Holborn) on 07703 717696 or Errol Ali (JPS) on 07872 004 266.

Professorial Platform Lecture: Professor Marina Wallace

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Professor Marina Wallace personally invites you to her Professorial Platform Lecture event, on Thursday 23 May at 18:30

Professor Wallace will be introduced by Professor Martin Kemp FBA, Emeritus Professor in the History of Art at Trinity College, Oxford University.

This lecture is mainly based on Professor Wallace’s research for Volume X of La Cultura Italiana published by UTET in 2010. The volume is in Italian and, by translating it, Professor Wallace can now share it with colleagues, students and friends. The relationship that each citizen has with his/her own country and culture is mediated by personal experiences matured during a lifetime. It is a delicate task to identify what motivates the consciousness of “insiders” of a culture whilst, at the same time, stimulating the interest of outsiders. To be able to observe the prodigious artistic production of one’s own country from the point of view of another culture and another genetic material offers fresh cues. Curiosity, prodded by geographical and physical distance, helps to identify in a schematic way those characteristics that define a country’s visual culture in a decisively distinctive way.

Please do RSVP research.events@arts.ac.uk

 

ACTION! CSM Graphics at Cannes Film Festival: student Lucas Gloppe’s film is selected

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Still from “Prince”, as seen on 1 Granary

The BA Graphic Design team is bursting with pride this year at the news that student Lucas Gloppe’s film will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

Look out for Lucas’s film “Prince” on the Moving Image showreel at this years BA Graphic Design degree show, beginning 18 June 2013 at King’s Cross. There is a lot of talent in the Moving Image pathway, a rich area of design, which has been quietly gaining prescence since Esteban Gitton took over in 2011. Find film and video work alongside the other student work from the Design & Interaction, Illustration and Advertising pathways at this year’s degree show.

View stills from Lucas’s film, and read an in-depth interview with Lucas on CSM student-created website 1Granary.

Congratulations Lucas!

Find out more:
- Lucas Gloppe’s website
- “Prince” on the Cannes website
- CSM Degree shows 2013

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New Talent Day – for emerging international journalists and filmmakers

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Image from BBC Two film ‘Toughest Place to be a Binman’

Tuesday 28 May 2013, 1.30-5.30pm
Main Lecture Theatre

New Talent Day – for emerging international journalists and filmmakers

The London College of Communication is hosting a free event for student journalists and filmmakers, as well as emerging professionals, titled the New Talent Day.

The event will focus on creative, innovative ways to tell international stories, particularly stories from the developing world. It will feature experienced media professionals, including people who commission content, discussing their work and answering questions.

The event is being run by the charity One World Media, as part of the Beyond Your World project, which is inspiring the next generation of journalists in Europe to cover global issues.
You can register for free here: http://newtalentday.eventbrite.co.uk/.

Speakers will include Seyi Rhodes, award winning journalist and filmmaker and regular reporter for Channel 4’s Unreported World; Andrea Thompson, Features Director at Marie Claire; and the team behind the acclaimed BBC Two film Toughest Place to be a Binman, in which a London binman went to Indonesia to find out about the lives of people doing the same job in Jakarta.

On the day there will also be the opportunity to pitch brief ideas for creative ways to cover international stories.

One World Media is a charity that promotes media that contributes to global dialogue and understanding, human rights and development. It has run a number of events at LCC before, including a showcase evening for student media about international stories. Read more: www.oneworldmedia.org.uk.

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