Archives: Events
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Women on the move: rethinking urban mobility (part 2)
Date: 15 December 2023More info Urban mobility is vital for everyone to participate in a city in all its dimensions. Research around the world has shown that women are more dependent on walking and public transport for their everyday commute as compared to men. However, women continue to be underrepresented in this field facing several…
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Why Public Space Matters
Date: 12 December 2023 Tuesday 12 December ’23 (1pm ET / 6pm GMT / 7pm CET) Setha Low talk Continuing our exploration of place and placemaking, Setha Low joined us to examine the importance of public space to the creation of towns and cities that flourish, and how the methodology she’s designed – Toolkit for the…
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People, place, planet: the debate
Date: 17 January 2024 Join us for this free online debate open to all audiences, which aims to create a safe space for discussion and debate and to challenge the status quo of how we shape our places and spaces. How can we think differently about how we shape our places? How can we collaborate more…
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Glass-House Chats: People, place, planet
Date: 12 March 2024More info As we continue to shape our places, we are faced with the huge challenge of balancing our personal needs, the collective needs of our communities and those of our increasingly fragile planet. In this session, we will be exploring the opportunities and synergies that exist when we strive to balance…
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Untangling design purpose
Date: 17 April 2024More info The symposium Untangling Design Purpose is poised to delve profoundly into the core essence of design today, all in pursuit of answering fundamental questions. Our overarching goal is to envision new potentials of design for a hypercomplex world, transcending its origins and problematics, and harnessing its capacity to evolve into…
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SEGD: Graffiti to graphics: 50 years of Hip Hop and design (1)
Date: 7 December 2023More info Join us as we honor the 50th anniversary of both Hip Hop culture and SEGD. We will trace the transformative journey of the music genre from its humble beginnings to its widespread impact on design worldwide. Through this virtual event, experience a curated convergence of historical insights and future-forward dialogue…
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SEGD: Graffiti to graphics: 50 years of Hip Hop and design (2)
Date: 14 December 2023More info Join us as we honor the 50th anniversary of both Hip Hop culture and SEGD. We will trace the transformative journey of Hip Hop from its humble beginnings to its widespread impact on design worldwide. Through part two of this virtual event, experience a curated convergence of historical insights and…
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Bristol letterpress wayzgoose
Date: 2 December 2023More info A day of sharing stories of print, technical know-how and a fine range of letterpress posters, prints, books and cards.
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Sustainable Public Spaces Unit: Public spaces for, and by people with Ethan Kent
Date: 6 December 2023More info Join Ethan Kent Executive Director at PlacemakingX for this live webinar on the importance of creating public spaces that are for, and by, people. Brought to you by the Sustainable Public Spaces Unit at British University in Egypt (BUE), please contact info.spsu@bue.edu.eg for join-up information for this webinar.
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Flowering Cyrillic or the genesis of the Ukrainian typography
Date: 4 December 2023More info Oleksiy Chekal will give a history of the rich tradition and the evolution of the Ukrainian Cyrillic letterform from the perspective of calligraphy and typography.