GDEN Locals are a series of smaller meet-ups across the UK. Each meet-up includes filling out a survey collectively, in order to capture what’s going on in our studios, classrooms and communities. The insights gathered will shape September’s national gathering and wider work moving forward. We expect the meetings to last between 1-2 hours, please see initial schedule in the post. If you’re interested in hosting one please DM or email [email protected]
🟢🟡🔴 BIG THINGS 🟢🟡🔴
The event will take place on Friday 13th February at @csm_news and @mcrschart with live streaming. Guests are welcome to attend in person at Manchester Metropolitan University or Central Saint Martins, London.
The following speakers will be joining us from both locations: @economic_waste , @amy.ether.work , @rifke.world , JP Hartnett, Kevin Biderman, @hnnhlls , @laylagharibdesign + @drnraven .
Register via the Eventbrite links in the bio. If you booked for January please choose the FREE ticket option 💌
Following the recent postponement of GDEN BIG THINGS, we’re pleased to invite you to the rescheduled event on Friday 13th February.
The event will take place across two locations with live streaming, and guests are welcome to attend in person at Manchester Metropolitan University or Central Saint Martins, London. We’ll be hosting a very similar programme of speakers, joining us from both locations.
To help us confirm numbers, registering via the Eventbrite links in the bio for either London or Manchester.
If you booked for January please choose a FREE ticket at your chosen location, alternatively you can book a new ticket and invite your friends!
We hope you can join us !
Confirming that today’s GDEN Big Things event at Manchester School of Art will no longer be going ahead and will be rescheduled for a later date.
Will Bindley, along with a few other GDEN attendees and committee members, will be at Altogether Otherwise from 12noon for an informal meet-up. They plan to get food together after from This n That at 2:00pm. Please feel free to join them at any point during today. Stay safe.
Dear GDEN attendees,
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
We are sorry to announce that we have made the very difficult decision to postpone the GDEN Big Things event tomorrow, due to the weather warnings. After checking the latest weather and travel updates, and having received numerous emails from speakers and attendees about train cancellations, especially those coming from the North or the Midlands, we think it is best for everyone to stay safe and to not make long journeys tomorrow. We will be in touch soon about a new date and we’re sorry for any inconvenience.
Send our very best,
GDEN Committee
Final schedule for BIG THINGS this Friday. The day is divided into three sections: the first two sections (TOOLS + TECHNOLOGY and SYSTEMS + SECTORS) are a series of short presentations with group discussions and the last is a workshop on HOPE.
BOOKS + LUNCH
Lunch on Friday will be communal and collaborative, think potluck-style. Please bring a dish to share, or a packed lunch with a little extra if you’re able. We’ll provide labels for dietary requirements and allergens so everyone can eat safely and comfortably.
We’re also encouraging attendees to bring a book to swap with someone else, as a way of sharing current reading and exchanging knowledge. The following publications will also be available to purchase at the end of the day:
@tendenciesbulletin is a printed socialist zine exploring poetry, art, football, fashion, politics, people, and place. Issue 7 was shaped by a visit from 17 members and collaborators to the MayDay Rooms Archive, used as a living resource to help envision the future.
‘Font Pro: The Irreducible Practice of Robert Schenk’ is No Hype Type’s first publication, co-run by @ayayaykok and @abc.lacy , celebrating the prolific work of the “amateur” type designer Robert Schenck.
* Please note: these publications are separate from the book exchange.
We’ll be ending the afternoon with a workshop on HOPE from Darren Raven. Exploring how hope is not a mood or attitude, but something that educators do, test, withhold, share, or struggle to sustain. Darren’s workshop will help educators identify where hope already exists in our teaching. It will be:
– a language for hope
– a spectrum, not a binary
– a collective reflective method, not therapy or motivation
Participants will leave with a recalibrated sense of what counts as meaningful pedagogic work.
@drnraven
SYSTEMS & SECTORS PANEL
Policy shifts and precarity in design education, national representation and sector health. Where does graphic design education sit in the wider landscape of HE and the ‘creative industries’?
Presentations and group discussions with Hannah Ellis, Kevin Biderman and Layla Gharib.
@hnnhlls@laylagharibdesign
TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES PANEL
AI and Automation. Technology’s ethical, environmental, and pedagogical implications. Who controls the tools, what are their impacts and what gets left behind?
Panel discussion with J-P Hartnett, Rifke Sadleir, amy etherington & Jack Clarke
@rifke.world@amy.ether.work@economic_waste
