Design: Product+Space MA: Events and lectures

There are always interesting activities taking place at Kingston and exciting opportunities to take advantage of. Here are some examples of what you could be involved with if you study this course.

The range of events and lectures in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture enhances your studies and adds an extra perspective to your learning.

Research group lectures and events

The Drawing Research Group organises:

• a public drawing lecture series - funded in part by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art;
• drawing masterclasses - covering topics such as hybrid anatomy and digital drawing;
• conferences; and
• exhibitions of artists' work.

The Curating Contemporary Design Research Group organises:

• an active visiting professor programme - which has included Craig Miller (Denver Museum of Art) and Pablo Helguera (Guggenheim Museum, NY);
• a series of Stanley Picker Design Research Fellows - the first of whom was Charles Kriel; and
• a series of themed research conferences with leading London museums entitled Collecting Now.

Professional practice lectures

'Interdependence' is a series of lectures for postgraduate design students in which leading practitioners explore the key issues for the creative industries.

For example, in 'Help Change The World During Working Hours' Tim Ashton (Antidote), a former Kingston graduate, and Eugenie Harvey (We Are What We Do) discussed themes from their latest book. The seminar 'Now Voyager: Greg Votolato in conversation with Anne Wealleans' was held at the V&A Museum, London.

In September 2007, the School of Art & Design History hosted the Annual Conference of the Design History Society. Entitled 'Design/Body/Sense', the conference explored the physical and sensual histories and experiences of design.