Archives: Events
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Stoke Newington Literary Festival: Get (typography) experimental with Sarah Hyndman
Date: 9 June 2024More info Why Fonts Matter author and Type Tasting founder Sarah Hyndman is writing a new book. Join her for an experiment-filled session and become part of the test group. She’ll be asking weird questions like: Do letter shapes alter what you taste? Can language transfer a real smell into your brain?…
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The Murray Lecture: Shaping the future of global cities
Date: 4 July 2024More info Join Peter Murray for the inaugural Murray Lecture, followed by a conversation with Beatrice Galilee, exploring London’s position on the global stage. Delving into the essence of what makes London the greatest city in the world, Peter Murray will discuss the key elements of great cities, with Beatrice Galilee, British…
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Type Tuesday: MuirMcNeil’s Two System
Date: 4 June 2024More info Eye magazine’s popular Type Tuesday returns in June with designers Hamish Muir and Paul McNeil. who explore systematic and algorithmic methods in type design, graphic design and moving image. (See also ‘Pleasure in the process’ in Eye 94, whose 8000 different covers were designed by MuirMcNeil.). Muir and McNeil will talk…
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ANFA Doctoral Platform: Neuroscientific insights on wayfinding
Date: 30 May 2024More info Dr Demet Yesiltepe (University of Sheffield) discusses the relationship between wayfinding performance, spatial layout and landmarks in virtual environments. Antonio Sorrentino (Sapienza University of Rome) talks about the spaces of urban decompression in individual and collective experience, a neurophenomenological approach to architecture. YouTube livestream link. Zoom link (Meeting ID: 853…
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Whenfinding? Accessible Wayfinding, Welcomes and Autonomy
Date: 30 May 2024 30 May 2025 (1pm BST) Alastair Somerville’s talk This talk, by Alastair Somerville of Acuity Design, used examples from projects for Imperial War Museum, English Heritage, National Trust, and Transport for Manchester to show how a sequence of wayfinding materials that pay attention to the active interaction of an individual’s capacities…
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Three-day lettercarving workshop with Pip Hall
Start date: 10 July 2024End date: 12 July 2024More info Beginners and intermediate workshop for anyone with enthusiasm anda little patience! L E T T E R C A R V I N G I N S T O N E three-day lettercarving course with Pip Hall, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Fee…
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Financial and CO2 budgeting in global rebrands
Date: 24 June 2024More info Learn how to effectively forecast and manage financial resources and carbon emissions on your client’s behalf during global rebranding initiatives. Discover strategies for optimising budgets, modelling CO2 emissions and reducing environmental impact by allocating sufficient resources and thought at the early stages of your project. Speakers: Erik Sørensen Ruiz, Sustainability and Global Partnership…
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Urban futures: Planning for city foresight and city visions
Date: 30 May 2024More info In an era of polarised opinions on net zero policies and how best to tackle climate change in our towns and cities, bringing people and organisations together to agree on the best pathway(s) to the future is essential. Co-produced city visions represent shared, and often desirable, expectations about our urban…
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What makes an age-friendly neighbourhood?
Date: 12 June 2024More info Engaging with the broader neighbourhood environment is a vital component of ageing well in place. However, depending on varied personal and environmental contexts, leaving the home can be far easier for some older people than others. To support ageing well in place, it is crucial that we design age friendly…
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Next-gen neighbourhoods, imagining the communities of the future …
Date: 18 June 2024More info Communities come in many forms, from isolated rural villages to sprawling urban metropolises or online global networks. With the thoughtful and creative use of interventions from mixed reality and immersive experiences to AI and avatars, virtual twins and next-gen transportation, our future will include the connected and harmonious communities we…