Well here we are in the final 6 days of the Northern Design Festival on
in venues across Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland from the 10 – 20 October.
Get out and about and enjoy some of the events, activities and talks that make
up the festival. The majority of events are free too so come on and support
Northern talent.
Contemporary Art Society & Design Event -Behind The Scenes. TOUR15 Oct 18.30 – 20.00
Globe Gallery, Blandford Square, Newcastle NE1 4HZ
Come and find out more about Design Event, organisers of the Northern Design Festival and the Illustrate and Design Event MART exhibitions. The talk will be given by Design Event's Curator Olivia Ahmad. The Contemporary Art Society is a dynamic network interested in contemporary art, craft and design, working with cultural partners across the North to deliver a diverse programme of events.FREE, but book tickets via email to rebecca@contemporaryartsociety.org
Attaya Projects Showcase: Applied DigitalCreativity at the Northern
Design Festival
WORKSHOP: 17 Oct 14.00 - 17.00
B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, Newcastle
Attaya is the name of a West-African tea and the name of the Newcastle-based digital media arts collective, Attaya Projects, which presents their creative work and expertise at this inaugural showcase. During the coming week, 14- 19 October, Attaya are displaying interaction design projects and dynamic installations in tandem with creative workshops. The showcase and all events are free and open to the public. They take place at B&D Studios as part of the Northern Design Festival. Visitors are welcomed with a steaming cup of West-African tea and cookies. Attaya's showcase answers the Design festival's theme of Create:Digital by highlighting the process of working with digital technologies in design. The featured work includes projection mapping on 3D objects, product design with 3D printing, and electronic textiles. This Thursday 17th, from 14:00-17:00, Attaya will hold a children-friendly drop-in afternoon workshop called 100 Things, during which participants will take part in a city-wide game based on text messaging. Cake and Attaya tea will be served.
WORKSHOP: 17 Oct 14.00 - 17.00
B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, Newcastle
Attaya is the name of a West-African tea and the name of the Newcastle-based digital media arts collective, Attaya Projects, which presents their creative work and expertise at this inaugural showcase. During the coming week, 14- 19 October, Attaya are displaying interaction design projects and dynamic installations in tandem with creative workshops. The showcase and all events are free and open to the public. They take place at B&D Studios as part of the Northern Design Festival. Visitors are welcomed with a steaming cup of West-African tea and cookies. Attaya's showcase answers the Design festival's theme of Create:Digital by highlighting the process of working with digital technologies in design. The featured work includes projection mapping on 3D objects, product design with 3D printing, and electronic textiles. This Thursday 17th, from 14:00-17:00, Attaya will hold a children-friendly drop-in afternoon workshop called 100 Things, during which participants will take part in a city-wide game based on text messaging. Cake and Attaya tea will be served.
Daisy de Villeneuve: Run Colour RunTALK: 17 Oct 18.00 – 19.30, Design Building Northumbria University Campus East NE1 8ST
EXHIBITION: until 3 Nov. Laing Art Gallery, New Bridge St, Newcastle. NE1 8AG
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. Talk, Q&A - Christopher Hodge, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Communication at Northumbria University, chats to Daisy about Run Colour Run. It’s free but please register to attend.
D&AD Creative Brief-In
TALK: 18 Oct 12.00 – 14.00
Newcastle College, SPACE HE Centre, Rye Hill Campus. Scotswood Road NE4 7SA
D&AD's New Blood Awards give you the chance to work on industry-set briefs for renowned global brands. The talk is on at 12.00 where you can hear from leading creatives on the current themes, trends and practices to help you develop your responses to the briefs. This is followed by a workshop which is sold out. This talk is for students, recent graduate and the under 24s.
TALK: 18 Oct 12.00 – 14.00
Newcastle College, SPACE HE Centre, Rye Hill Campus. Scotswood Road NE4 7SA
D&AD's New Blood Awards give you the chance to work on industry-set briefs for renowned global brands. The talk is on at 12.00 where you can hear from leading creatives on the current themes, trends and practices to help you develop your responses to the briefs. This is followed by a workshop which is sold out. This talk is for students, recent graduate and the under 24s.
Maker
Events – Programming Mobile DevicesWORKSHOP: 19 Oct – 10.00 – 16.00
Life Science Centre, Newcastle NE1 4EP
The Centre for Life is joining forces with Sjoanda Creative for a series of exciting hands-on sessions designed for anyone (aged 12+) with an interest in making cool stuff. 'Make a digital musical instrument' gives participants the chance to construct their own electronic musical instrument whilst 'Introduction to Programming Mobile Devices' will take participants through the basics of coding for mobile devices. Tickets £20 includes lunch.
MAKLAB - WORKSHOP/TALK
19 Oct 10.00–18.00
20 Oct 11.00–16.00
Globe Gallery, Blandford Square, Newcastle NE1 4HZ
MAKLAB make extraordinary technologyaccessible to ordinary people, allowing anyone to be creative and make almost anything. MAKLAB will be running a popup version of their Glasgow studio, come along, learn more about creative technologies and see them in action. More importantly you can have a go designing something small and make it in a couple of hours using their 3D printer and Laser Engraver.
19 Oct 10.00–18.00
20 Oct 11.00–16.00
Globe Gallery, Blandford Square, Newcastle NE1 4HZ
MAKLAB make extraordinary technologyaccessible to ordinary people, allowing anyone to be creative and make almost anything. MAKLAB will be running a popup version of their Glasgow studio, come along, learn more about creative technologies and see them in action. More importantly you can have a go designing something small and make it in a couple of hours using their 3D printer and Laser Engraver.
Aether
and Hermera 'Fluidity'TALK: 15 Oct 18.30 – 20.00
Newcastle City Library, Newcastle NE1 8AX
‘Fluidity’ is an interactive lighting installation which visualises the ‘gender experiences’ of the festival’s audience. Aether & Hemera’s installation consists of dynamic lighting scenarios that elaborate on audience’s gender perception expressed on a chromatic scale, transforming the Central Library into a colourful and dynamic environment. Join us on 15 October to ask ‘Can we change our mind about gender?’. Inspired by Dr.Hilton’s research, we discuss Aether & Hemera’s ‘Fluidity’ challenging perceptions of gender, investigating more inclusive and richer representations Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
The full festival programme
is available
here.
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