Wednesday 16 October 2013

Northern Design Festival – ONE OFFS 16 & 17 October


Here are just a few of the one off events, activities and workshops taking place over the next couple of days 16 – 20 October, not to be missed!

EX25 Digital – PREVIEW & EXHIBITION
16 October (preview) 1800 - 2100
17, 21 - 24 October 0900 – 1700
Madela Gallery, Newcastle College, Newcastle NE4 7SA
Newcastle College's School of Creative Industries has a national reputation for producing some of the best talent in the UK and across the Globe. This exhibition celebrates the work of alumni from the past 25 years. It will showcase a range of design disciplines including animation, advertising, graphic communication, fashion, photography and 3D. It explores the use of digital design and the influence that modern technological advances continues to have on the creative process; with a showcase of exciting outcomes produced by ex graduates who are leading in their current field of design.


MakerSpace - WORKSHOPS
16 & 17 October from 18.00
Makes Space, 18 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle
Makerspace is a community owned workshop. An eclectic group of makers, creatives, programmers, scientists and engineers designing and making cool things because they love to learn and create.  Think of it as a communal garden shed full of mad inventors!
Join us for Welcome Wednesday, a night of meeting fellow makers, exchange knowledge, show off creations, and even use the workshop facilities. Then come down to 3D Thursday to learn about 3D printing. Our discussions have a range of themes from how to design objects for printing to how to build a printer.


Dreamland - EXHIBITION
17 October 17.30 – 20.30
26-31 Back Goldspink Lane, Newcastle NE2 1NU
Dreamland is a series of images, which create a curve in reality. A collaborative work between photographer Sasa Savic and digital artist Graham Taylor, Dreamland is a vision of many different fantasy worlds. The reality is photographed, taken apart and reassembled in order to be presented as an entirely new form of realism. PLEASE REGISTER FOR YOUR FREE DREAMLAND EXHIBITION TICKET

A Cup of Attaya - WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION
17 October  - WORKSHOP
10 – 20 October - EXHIBITION
B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle NE1 6QE
A showcase of the work and expertise of Attaya projects, a Newcastle-based digital media arts company specialising in interactive art installations, consulting in physical interaction design and workshops on creative technologies. Attaya Projects will inhabit the living space of B&D Studios, redecorate it with interactive installations and a chill-out salon area, propose creative workshop activities and welcome visitors with a nice cup of West-African Attaya tea. Creative Uses of Mobile Phones In the Arts and Social Sector - 17 October: drop in at B&D Studios and play a game of 100 Things (there is a delicious prize for anyone who can’t take part), have a cup of tea and a chat with Andrew Wilson about using all sorts of personal mobile technology in the arts and social sector, and in all sorts of contexts from mental health to Augmented Reality games for family groups. Andrew has been using mobile technology creatively since 2000, and he’s learned from a lot of mistakes along the way. The previous record for 100 Things is 35, set in London. Can Newcastle beat that? Come along and take part!


17 Oct 18.00 – 21.00 – TALK at Northumbria University
Design Building Northumbria University, Campus East, Newcastle, NE1 8ST
14 Oct– 3 Nov  - EXHIBITION at Laing Art Gallery
Best known for her eye-catching designs for the likes of the V&A, Nike, MOËT, Chandon and Topshop, designer and illustrator Daisy de Villeneuve is creating a series of portraits in her distinctive colourful style for Great North Run Culture 2013 featuring at the Laing Art Gallery.  

On 17 October Christopher Hodge, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Communication at Northumbria University, chats to Daisy about Run Colour Run at the Northumbria University. Free but you must register online here.




– EXHIBITION

14 - 18 October 9.00 – 17.00 
Design Centre Gallery, University of Sunderland SR1 3DS
Andrew Richardson, Carl Gregg and the design work of Roger Thomas examines the use of computation within the context of creative practice, exploring the process of using computer code as a way of making artifacts using the 'raw material' of programming language and digital interaction.

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