Tag: Exhibition

Exhibition | Invisible Men: An Anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive

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When: 25 October 2019 to 24 November 2019

Where: Ambika P3, University of Westminster, Marylebone, London, NW1 5LS

Opening Hours: Wed-Sun 11am-7pm

Admission: FREE

The largest-ever exhibition devoted to menswear Invisible Men: An Anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive is now open to the public and features a collection of previously unseen examples of Alexander McQueen’s early menswear.

Situated in a vast 14,000sq ft subterranean space opposite Madame Tussauds Invisible Men will showcase 167 garments from over 50 different designers, the vast majority of which have never been on public display before, including a section devoted to Alexander McQueen. 

If tutors or course leaders would like to book for their class to visit the exhibition, please email mensweararchive@westminster.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Groves, the co-curator of Invisible Men, said:

We are thrilled to be able to display a selection of McQueen’s early menswear covering the years from 1997 to 1999 within the exhibition. There were no examples of McQueen’s menswear included in the V&A’s Savage Beauty exhibition, so this is the first chance for the public to see his early menswear designs. They will be able to study the exceptional tailoring skills that he learnt on Savile Row – these were the skills that informed the radical womenswear he was creating during the same period.

As well McQueen, the show also features the work of over 50 other designers covering sportswear, tailoring, uniforms and workwear and aims to redress the balance in fashion exhibitions that usually solely focus on displaying womenswear.

Drawn exclusively from the Westminster Menswear Archive the show explores the story of British menswear over the last 120 years, presenting designer garments alongside military, functional, and utilitarian outfits. It explores the design language of menswear, which predominately focuses on the replication of archetypal functional garments intended for specific industrial, technical or military use.

Contemporary designers featured include Craig Green, the current menswear Designer of the Year, and Samuel Ross, whose label A-COLD-WALL* won the BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund award in June.

Examples of menswear from British brand Burberry include a tailored evening tailcoat dating from 1925, and a Hi-Viz jacket from Christopher Bailey’s last Burberry collection in 2018, almost a century later. 

A section devoted to wearable technology includes an example of the world’s first Graphene coated jacket and a solar-powered trenchcoat designed by Junya Watanabe.  A section devoted to C.P. Company’s Urban Protection from the late 1990s includes garments that inflate, light up, detect toxic gas, or turn into chairs.

Also on display is a section devoted to Britain’s obsession to sportswear that includes garments from Gieves, Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, Palace, Mr Fish, Stone Island, Umbro, Aitor Throup and BodyMap. The exhibition includes several items from Stone Island’s very first collection from 1982, an Italian brand that went on to become firmly established as a favourite of British football casuals in the 1980s. 

Alongside the designer garments, there are examples of British workwear covering the last 100 years including prison uniforms, postman’s uniforms, a police taser suit, and military camouflage. These pieces highlight how influential utilitarian workwear and uniform have been in inspiring fashion designers to create new fashion.   

Invisible Men is curated by Professor Andrew Groves and Dr Danielle Sprecher.

DESIGNERS IN THE EXHIBITION INCLUDE:

A Cold Wall*, Adidas, Aitor Throup, Alexander McQueen, Austin Reed , Belstaff, Bernhard Willhelm , Blades, BodyMap, Burberry, Burton, C.P. Company, Calvin Klein, Carol Christian Poell, Christian Dior, Comme Des Garcons, Craig Green, Dege & Skinner, Gieves, H&M, Harrods, Helmut Lang, Irvine Sellars, Issey Miyake, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jeremy Scott, John Stephen, Junior Gaultier, Junya Watanabe, Left Hand, Levi’s, Lewis Leathers, Liam Hodges, Mackintosh, Martin Margiela, Massimo Osti, Meadham Kirchhoff, Michiko Koshino, Mr Fish, Nigel Cabourn, Palace, Paul Smith, Peter Saville, Prada, Sibling, Stella McCartney, Stone Island, Umbro, Undercover, Vexed Generation, Vivienne Westwood, Vollebak, Zegna Sport.

MORE2019 – Preview: Friday 13th of September, 18:00 – 21:00, Marylebone Studios, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS

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Where: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS

When: Friday 13th of September, 18:00-21:00

THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE + CITIES INVITES YOU TO MORE 2019

An exhibition of thesis projects from Masters courses across the School of Architecture + Cities, including: MA Architecture, MSc Architecture & Environmental Design, MA Interior Design, MA International Planning & Sustainable Development, MA Tourism & Events, MA Urban Design.

Evening to be opened by Professor Harry Charrington, Head of School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster

Exhibition continues until SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

SA+C MArch students’ work at Blueprint for the Future _ 9-11 July, Senator Showroom in Clerkenwell

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Where: 25 Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AE

When: 9 – 11 July 2019

Blueprint for the Future is a free, three-day showcase of the work of the brightest, most interesting and challenging architecture students graduating Part II across London and the UK, as selected by Blueprint Magazine.

Blueprint Magazine has paired 13 leading architecture schools with 13 international design brands, resulting in a ‘trail’ of exhibitions held over three days (9, 10, 11 July), in showrooms across Clerkenwell, London’s beating heart of design.

Works of MArch students from the School of Architecture and Cities are showcased at Senator Showroom in Clerkenwell.

This event is free.

To find out more about the exhibition and the series of events taking place over the three days, please visit here.

OPEN2019 – Preview: Thursday 13th of June, 18:00 – 21:00, Marylebone Studios, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS

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THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND CITIES INVITES YOU TO OPEN 2019

An exhibition of the work of Architecture BA, Interior Architecture BA, Architecture and Environmental Design BSc, Architectural Technology BSc, Designing Cities BA and MArch

PREVIEW

THURSDAY 13 JUNE, 6 – 9pm
To be opened by Angela Brady OBE PRIBA
Click here to register

STUDENTS AWARDS EVENING AND ALUMNI RECEPTION

FRIDAY 14 JUNE, 6.30 – 8.30pm (Registration from 5.30pm)
RSVP to DCDI-Events@westminster.ac.uk

EXHIBITION CONTINUES DAILY
FRIDAY 14 – SUNDAY 30 JUNE, 10am – 6pm (Weekends 10am – 2pm)

GOOD FENCES, BAD FENCES

3 JUNE 7PM
An interdisciplinary approach to the theme of boundaries, as understood by architects, planners, tourism and property students and experts.
For more information click here.

BLURRING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN INHABITING, DESIGNING, AND MAKING

6 JUNE 6:30 – 9.15PM
Five practices in the fields of architecture, landscape, and art, discuss co-design and co-making processes through the presentations of five case studies.
For more information click here.

AIR GRID: ARISTIPPIAN STRUCTURES

3 – 30 JUNE
A family of four, new AIR Grid structures. The work process will be open for public viewing and participation across the duration of the festival.
For more information click here.

WOVEN PAVILION

13 JUNE – 13 JULY
The Woven Pavilion has been developed on the Rear Podium and built by DS 3(2) using advanced parametric software and CNC cutting at the FabLab. Funded by the Quentin Hogg Trust.
For more information click here.

SPIRITUAL, SACRED, SECULAR: THE ARCHITECTURE OF FAITH IN MODERN BRITAIN

20 – 21 JUNE
This ground-breaking conference, organised in partnership with the RIBA, examines the boundaries between the sacred, spiritual and secular in modern British architecture.
For more information click here.

All exhibitions take place at:

University of Westminster,
35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS

T: 020 3506 7003
westminster.ac.uk/events

Image: Adam Todhunter

Exhibition Opening: “Dressing / Undressing the Landscape” curated by DS22 tutor Yara Sharif, Friday, March 1, 18:00-20:00, Rich Mix

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When: Friday, 1st of March 2019, 18:00 – 20:00 GMT

Where: Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA

 

Dressing/Undressing the Landscape explores means to rethink the current cultural landscape of the Middle East.

In a dialogue between architecture, art and spatial design, female architects and artists from the Arab world and beyond, bring forward new insights to the cities of Gaza, Mosul, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Ramallah and the rural villages of Palestine.

The works provoke the current geography of the Middle East and the way it is being represented, exploited and imagined — especially with the on-going colonial project that continues to dress it with alien layers and new sceneries.

The contributors question through design, what might a landscape crafted by women be like? They offer alternatives that resist the legislated power of men, the power of war and the power of image, which have been constantly reinvented.

In the cities of Mosul, Damascus and Baghdad Dressing/Undressing the Landscape goes beyond the surface to cultivate hope; contributors share the beauties of everyday life and the hidden agencies that shape their cities.

In Palestine, Undressing the Landscape is a way to expose the hidden potentials of the ‘edges’ and what has become a leftover landscape. In Beirut however, the work reveals the naked reality of what appears to be a ‘magical’ setting; it narrates the underground life of Syrian Refugees.

Exhibitors:

  • Palestine Regeneration Team (PART) — Yara Sharif, Hemali Rathod, Julia Topley
  • Sakiya: Art, Science, Agriculture — Sahar Qawasmi
  • Rim Kalsoum
  • Hiba Al-Safi
  • Nuha Hansen
  • Angeliko Sakellariou
  • Dana Nasser
  • May Sayrafi
  • Samar Maqusi

This exhibition is curated by Yara Sharif from Palestine Regeneration Team (PART).

It will be accompanied by a panel discussion on Arab cities and the making, redefining and reclaiming of public space, on 9 March 2019 as part of Arab Women Artists Now Festival @ Rich Mix main space from 14.00 – 16.00pm.

AWAN, which is about to enter its 5th edition, showcases the work of contemporary Arab women artists in the UK, Europe and beyond, providing opportunities for artists and audiences to celebrate, be informed and network whilst exposing new audiences to the work of emerging and established artists. www.awan.org.uk

AWAN is produced by Arts Canteen and supported by Rich Mix London

This private view of the “Dressing/Undressing the Landscape” exhibition event is free and open to all but registration is essential to attend.

To book please go to: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dressingundressing-the-landscape-tickets-56815700289?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

 

Keynote Lecture by DS2.5 Tutor Camilla Wilkinson at Dazzle Study Day, Southampton University, 30th June

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When: Saturday 30 June, 9:00 – 16:45 (with a break for lunch)

Where: St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in New Street, Lymington

Tickets are £15 (£12.50 concs) and include refreshments.

DS2.5 tutor Camilla Wilkinson, is the Keynote Speaker, presenting her Dazzle research, at the Southampton University Study Day in Lymington.

For more info and bookings please go to: https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/discover/news.php?p=2018-05-09-dazzling-event-to-mark-centenary-of-first-world-war

The exhibition, “Dazzle: Disguise and Disruption in War and Art”, is at St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in New Street, Lymington, from 16 June – 23 September. It includes work by Norman Wilkinson, Edward Wadsworth, Montague Dawson, John Everett and many more artists, on loan from national, regional and private collections, including the Imperial War Museum and British Maritime Museum.

Fab Fest 2018: “Digital City”, 2nd-10th July 2018

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FAB FEST is a week-long celebration of design and making, hosted by the Fabrication Lab at the University of Westminster. For the third year running, it invites creative designers from around the world to envision and build their ideas about architecture and the city. It will feature over 80 pavilions and installations designed internationally, manufactured in the Fabrication Lab, and assembled and installed in Central London.

After five days of making, entertainment and international competition, FAB FEST opens to the local community and the general public, with lightweight, recyclable pavilions forming the transient architecture for a series of making events, live musical performances and a three-day exhibition. All the materials for FAB FEST are then recycled, for next year’s event.

FAB FEST this year asks designers to reflect on and offer creative responses to the contemporary digital condition. Proposals might push the boundaries for the digital production of architecture, or engage with wider aspects of how the digital affects our architecture, cities and daily lives. The challenge is to propose a compelling and engaging proposal for a pavilion or installation to manifest your ideas. What does the Digital City mean to you?

For full details, see FABFEST.London

Key Dates:

International Fabrication Competition: July 2nd – 6th | Prize-Giving, Friday July 6th 19:00

Let’s Make! Family-Friendly Making Festival: Saturday July 7th 12:00-16:00 | Music@FABFEST 18:00-22:00

FAB FEST Exhibition: Sunday – Tuesday July 8th – 10th 10:00 – 17:00

“Where Do Houses Live?” Exhibition, Proctor and Matthews Architects, 11th-15th June, 10:00-17:00, 184 – 192 Bermondsey Street

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When: 11th to 15th June, 10.00 – 17.00

Where: 184 – 192 Bermondsey Street, London

 

If people live in houses where do the houses live? If they are homeless all we are left with is the typical endless, featureless suburbia. (Gordon Cullen, Maryculter, 1974)

The week-long exhibition of projects by the practice explores the issues of identity and sense of place, offering an approach to the design of new neighbourhoods which is anchored in the social, environmental and cultural contexts specific to each location.

Tickets available now ‘Where do Houses Live?’

Join us for the preview of OPEN 2018 on Thursday 14th June, 18:00-21:00

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Calendar of Events

PREVIEW :

THURSDAY 14 JUNE, 6 – 9PM

To be opened by Dr Peter Bonfield OBE
Register at open18.eventbrite.co.uk

STUDENT AWARDS EVENING AND ALUMNI RECEPTION:

FRIDAY 15 JUNE, 6.30 – 8.30PM (Registration from 5.30PM)

RSVP to alumni@westminster.ac.uk

EXHIBITION CONTINUES DAILY:

FRIDAY 15 JUNE – TUESDAY 10 JULY 10AM – 5PM (WEEKENDS 10AM – 2PM)

OCULUS PAVILION: 

THURSDAY 14 JUNE – FRIDAY 13 JULY 9AM – 9PM (SUNDAY 10AM – 2PM)

5m2 pavilion at the rear podium of the University, developed by degree students with the aim to bring people together within a comfortable outdoor microclimate. Precision CNC cut within the University’s Fabrication Laboratory.

Partners: DS3.2, Quintin Hogg Trust Fund, Weber Industries, StructureMode, Fabrication Laboratory, LFA

SYRIA VISIONS OF HOPE: BLOSSOMING IDENTITIES:

THURSDAY 14 JUNE – FRIDAY 13 JULY 9AM – 9PM (SUNDAY 10AM – 2PM)

An experimental exhibition exploring the theme of identity, its manifestations and importance in creating the conditions for a hopeful future with thriving communities and spaces.

FAB FEST ’18: INTERNATIONAL FABRICATION COMPETITION AND PUBLIC FESTIVAL:

FRIDAY 6 JULY: Awards Night, 6.30 – 10PM

SATURDAY 7 JULY: Let’s Make: Family Friendly Making Festival, 12 – 4PM MUSIC@FABFEST, 6 – 10PM

SUNDAY 8 JULY – TUESDAY 10 JULY : Public Exhibition, 10AM – 5PM

All exhibitions are taking place at: University of Westminster
35 Marylebone Road
London NW1 5LS
T: 020 3506 7003

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/open-2018

FAB FEST 2018 “Digital City”

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The next edition of FAB FEST will take place from 2nd to 10th July 2018 in Ambika P3.

The festival will broadly follow the same format as the previous two events, although some changes are to make it even bigger and better.

Notes from the organiser on the changes for FAB FEST ’18:

  • We are making an open call to all interested students of architecture and are asking for submissions of Design Concepts this year for either pavilions or smaller installations. All the requirements for submission are on our website.
  • Teams have a month from now to form a team and submit their applications. Successful teams will have a further two months to develop their ideas and produce, with our help, the fabrication information for their pavilion or installation. We’ll then manufacture the parts in the Lab and provide them flat-packed, ready for teams to assemble in P3 from the 2nd July.
  • During the assembly week, we will now have use of the newly refurbished Fabrication Lab, and it will be open in the evening all week for participants in the festival to meet each other and unwind.
  • As requested by previous participants, we are asking teams to keep more closely to the brief and to the rules this time, and so will be making the competition aspect of FAB FEST fairer and more prominent. Many teams have taken the competition seriously, and FAB FEST prizes are becoming prestigious for students to win. We will be making more of this aspect of FAB FEST this year, with more guest judges and a bigger judging and prize-giving event on the Friday night.
  • The following events on the Saturday and afterwards are also differentiated more clearly this time. There are now three distinct events following the main week of pavilion assembly and competition:
  • ‘Let’s Make!’ – We are working with a number of local schools over the coming months to develop the community outreach aspect of FAB FEST, and the Saturday afternoon will now be an opportunity to share the contribution from our local community, and to have a more family-oriented set of making and drawing workshops.
  • ‘Music@ FAB FEST’ – For the Saturday evening, there will be a much higher profile musical performance, making use of the one-off artistic venue that P3 and the pavilions provide. We have some of London’s hottest bands in our sights to make the most of this unique opportunity. The event will be open to all FAB FEST participants, but strictly ticketed this year.
  • FAB FEST Exhibition – Finally, we’re extending the exhibition element of the event, to give more people the opportunity to see the pavilions that everyone has worked so hard to produce, before it is recycled back into new card boards for next year’s event (98% of it!).
  • We are also developing the underlying research interests we have been pursuing through FAB FEST. We’ll be building on papers presented last year both on the role of FAB FEST as an experiment in teaching digital design and fabrication, and as a transient intervention in the City. This year we’re working on links to industry, exploring its relevance to the trend towards offsite construction. Let us know if you might be interested in working with us on any of this research.
  • Finally, we have new partners this year contributing to the events, including the Westminster Architecture Society and Digital Construction Week, with more joining over the coming months. Please refer back to the website for current developments.

For full details, please see the new website: fabfest.london, or pop down to the FabLab if you have any questions.