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Free thinking future entrepreneurs, a catalyst for change A symposium and business to business event

What are the possibilities for innovation in trans-disciplinary research? BRIDGE : Building Research and Innovation Deals for the Green Economy THIS PROGRAMME IS SUPPORTED BY THE INTERREG IV A FRANCE !CHANNEL" # ENGLISH PROGRAMME

BRIDGE creates a cross channel trans-disciplinary partnership between centres of excellence in design research agro-engineering, sustainable construction, waste reprocessing & business incubation in the UK and France.

EXHIBITION Led by Principal Investigator Dr Joan Farrer, Director of DR-i, at the Centre for Research & Development, this project The true value demonstrates the opportunities for innovation arising from of materials trans-disciplinary research. Focused on eco materials, local growth & production, and use of disposal networks, timber & textiles are the key TH TH 9 ! 20 DECEMBER material streams. 10"# ! 5$# UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON GALLERY, GRAND PARADE

www.arts.brighton.ac.uk/projects/bridge/brightonbridgecircus [email protected] Brighton)BRIDGE)Circus):)Programme):)December)9th)and)10th)2013) Grand)Parade)Main)Building,)Grand)Parade)Campus)map)attached)as)PDF.)University)of)Brighton) ) Day)1:)Sallis)Benney)Theatre,)Grand)Parade,)University)of)Brighton) ! 9am:!Refreshments!and!registration.! 9.30am:)Dr!Joan!Farrer!(RCA),!Director!of!Design!Research!Initiatives,!Welcome!!! An#overview#of#the#research#project.#It’s#origins#and#focus#on#trans8disciplinary#research/working# research.#www.arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/design8research8brighton)# 9.40am:!Professor!Jonathan!Woodham,!Director!of!Research!and!Development,!The!UoB! (www.arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/jonathan8woodham)# 9.50am:!Laurent!Lecoeur,!European!Projects!Officer,!MIRIADE!! Gwladys!Lemenand,!European!Projects!Manager,!MIRIADE! Introduce#the#project#BRIDGE#(www.miriade8innovation.fr)# ! 10am)–)1.30pm:)Keynote)Speakers.)Green)Innovation:)A)catalyst)for)change?)(Half!hour!break!@!11.30am)! ! To!be!chaired!by!Gillian!Youngs,!Professor!of!Digital!Economy,!UoB!!! (http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/gillian8youngs)! 1. Beatrice!Rogers,!Deputy!Director!at!Creative!Industries,!KTN! (www.connect.innovateuk.org/web/creativektn)! 2. Professor!Huw!Taylor,!Professor!of!Microbial!Ecology,!UoB!! #(www.brighton.ac.uk/set/contact/details.php?uid=hdt)# 3. Andy!Cundy,!Professor!of!Geoscience,!UoB!(www.brighton.ac.uk/set/contact/details.php?uid=ac163)! 4. Rob!Holdway,!Owner!Giraffe!Innovation!Limited!(www.giraffeinnovation.com)! ! 1.30)–)2.30pm:!Lunch)and)networking) Optional)tour)of)The)Waste)House:)) http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/businessXandXcommunity/theXhouseXthatXkevinXbuilt! ! 2.30)–)4.30pm:!Panel)1:)New)Collaborations)within)Design,)Science)and)Trade)) ) 2.30)–)3pm:!‘Show!and!tell:!Fast!presentations!from!the!panel’! 3)–)4pm:!Panel!discussion! 4)–)4.30pm:!Questions! ! To!be!chaired!by!Dr!Jyri!Kermik!(RCA),!UoB!(http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/juri8kermik)! 1. Tamsin!Lejeaune,!Managing!Director!at!Ethical!Fashion!Forum!(www.ethicalfashionforum.com)# 2. Evy!Dutheil,!Designer:!Eco]Innovation!and!Identity!(www.evy8design.com),!Lab!Creatif!Project!Manager! (www.observatoire8ecodesign.com)! 3. Dr!David!Saunders,!Project!Manager!and!Company!Secretary!at!Woodland!Enterprises!Ltd.! (www.woodnet.org.uk)! 4. Dr!Cressida!Bowyers,!PABS,!UoB! 5. Zoe!Osmond,!Director!–!Green!Growth!Platform,!UoB!(www.brighton.ac.uk/set/business)! 6. Matthew!Illsley,!Research!Fellow,!UoB,!School!of!Pharmacy!and!Biomolecular!Sciences! ! ) 5.30pm:)Exhibition)opening.)) Introduction:)Karen)Norquay,)Head)of)School)of)Art,)Design)and)Media) (http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/karen5norquay)! Key)note:)Robert)Penn)(www.robpenn.net)# 8pm:)Dinner)with)speakers,)partners)and)staff)of)the)University.)) Venue:)The)New)Club,)King's)Rd,)Brighton,)East)Sussex)BN1)2FH) ! 1! Day)2:)The)Boardroom,)Mezzanine)Level,)Grand)Parade,)University)of)Brighton! ! 9.30am:!Refreshments!and!registration.! ! 10am)–)12pm)Panel)2:)Sustainable)City:)Trade)and)Commerce) ! 10.10)–)10.10am:!Introduction:!Dr!Jonathan!Sapsed,!Principal!Research!Fellow!at!CENTRIM! (http://centrim.mis.brighton.ac.uk/people/a8z/jds10)! 10.15)–)10.45am:!‘Show!and!tell:!Fast!presentations!from!the!panel’! 10.45)–)11.45am:!Panel!discussion!! 11.45)–)12.15pm:!Questions!! ! To!be!chaired!by!Dr!Jonathan!Sapsed! 1. Jonathan!Chapman,!Professor!of!Sustainable!Design,!UoB!(www.arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/jonathan8 chapman)# 2. Abigail!Petite,!Director/Owner!Gossypium,!an!ethical!trade!SME!(www.gossypium.co.uk)# 3. Olivier!Kersale,!Entrepreneurship!and!Innovation!Support!at!Normandie!Incubation!(www.normandie8 incubation.com)# 4. Peter!Grant,!Development!Manager!at!WSX!Enterprise!(www.wsxenterprise.co.uk)! 5. Duncan!Baker!Brown,!Brighton!Waste!House!at!UoB!(http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/business8and8 community/the8house8that8kevin8built)!! 7. Naresh!Ramchandani,!Do!The!Green!Thing!(www.dothegreenthing.com)! 8. Dr!Nicolas!Guy,!Applied!Mathematics!and!Transport!Engineer!(www.wikigo.fr#and#www.soyhuce.com)!! ! 12.15)–)1.15pm:)Early)lunch)and)networking) Optional)tour)of)The)Waste)House:)) http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/businessXandXcommunity/theXhouseXthatXkevinXbuilt! ) 1.15)–)3.15pm:)Panel)3:)Free)thinking)entrepreneurs) ) 1.15)–)1.25pm:)Introduction:!Jake!Leith,!President!of!the!Chartered!Society!of!Designers.! (www.arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/jake8leith)# 1.30)–)2pm:!‘Show!and!tell:!Fast!presentations!from!the!panel’! 2)–)2.45pm:!Panel!discussion! 2.45)–)3.15pm:!Questions! ! To!be!chaired!by!Jake!Leith! 1. Izzie!Roffe!Sylvester,!current!student,!MA!Sustainable!Design,!UoB! 2. Chris!Cooper,!current!student,!Mdes,!Design!and!Craft! 3. James!Dart,!UoB!Graduate,!(www.jamesdart.com)! 4. Elea!Nouraud,!UoB!Graduate,!(www.eleanouraud.com)! 5. Amy!Phipps,!UoB!Graduate,#(www.supersuperhq.com)! 6. David!Barbou,!current!student,!ESITCaen! 7. Richard!Simmonite,!UoB!Graduate,!(www.bagreborn.com)! 8. Jen!Dalby,!UoB!Graduate,!Knitted!Textiles!and!Spinning!Expert!! ! 3.15)–)4.30pm:)Closing)drinks)and)networking)session) ) 5)–)6.30pm:)Boardroom.)Steering)Group)Committee:)BRIDGE)Partners) 5)–)6.30pm:)G4,)ground)floor.)BRIDGE)Club:)For)students)and)interested)parties.)) ) 6.30pm:)Sallis)Benney)Theatre.)Optional)attendance.)Professor)Guy)Julier)‘Zombies)and)Pirates:)Practising) design)culture)in)the)21st)century’)Inaugural)Lecture.)) ! 2! Day)3:)Partner)Visit) ) 9.30)–)11am:)The!Earthship!Brighton!(http://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/earthship]brighton)! Please!meet!at!9.30am!at!Stanmer!House.!Address:!Stanmer!Park!Brighton!East!Sussex!BN1!9QA! !

! ! We!would!encourage!people!to!cycle!or!use!public!transport!as!buses!and!trains!run!regularly!to!within!20]30! minutes!walk!(through!Stanmer!Park)!to!the!lawns!in!front!of!the!church.!Stanmer!Park!is!located!near!Falmer,! on!the!outskirts!of!Brighton,!next!to!the!University!of!Sussex.!Earthship!Brighton!is!difficult!to!find!and!council! security!gates!en!route!may!be!locked!]!the!tour!guide!will!be!waiting!for!you!on!the!lawns!in!front!of!Stanmer! House!so!please!make!every!effort!to!be!prompt.!! ! Please!see!link!for!map!and!directions:!http://www.lowcarbon.co.uk/tours/map]directions!! ! 11am:!Partners!to!depart! ! For)students)(ESITCaen)and)ESITPA)) ! 10.30)–)11.30am:)!Tour!of!Science!and!Engineering!Labs!with!Cressida!Bowyer!of!the!School!of!Pharmacy!and! Biomolecular!Sciences.!Please!meet!in!Cockcroft!Building,!main!reception.!Moulsecoomb!Campus!map! attached!as!PDF.!! 12)–)1pm:!Tour!of!Faculty!of!Arts!with!Ex!and!Current!UoB!Students.!Please!meet!in!Grand!Parade!Main! Building,!main!reception.!Grand!Parade!Campus!map!attached!as!PDF.! 1)–)2pm:!Lunch!(Can!be!bought!in!canteen,!or!in!local!facilities!in!the!centre!of!Brighton.)! 2)–)3.30pm:!'ESITCaen!examination!board'!session!with!staff!and!students!of!the!UoB.!Grand!Parade!Main! Building.!Boardroom!on!the!Mezzanine!Level.!! ! Suggested)visit)to)Onca)Art)Gallery:)http://onca.org.uk/) )

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www.arts.brighton.ac.uk/projects/bridge/brightonbridgecircus BRIDGE (Building Research & Innovation Deals for the Green Economy) is a European Union INTERREG THE BRIGHTON BRIDGE THE BRIGHTON BRIDGE

ENGLISH PROGRAMME ENGLISH # " CHANNEL ! FRANCE A IV INTERREG THE BY

THIS PROGRAMME IS SUPPORTED SUPPORTED IS PROGRAMME THIS funded project linking partners from Southern England and Northern France to analyse, map and engage local and geographical networks in the field of eco materials: timber and textiles in order to create more sustainable materials practice, processes and reuse. The intention is to give ‘added value’ to the materials, from up-cycled CIRCUS CIRCUS and recycled sources through the development of design and craft prototypes, underpinned with hard

scientific data on production processes, lifecycle analysis, materials testing, through SME industrial

SYMPOSIUM & EXPOSITION SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION Channel eco-cluster Channel B RIDGE development and community engagement. La vraie valeur The True Value

des matériaux of Materials

Building Research and Innovation Deals for the Green Economy Green the for Deals Innovation and Research Building

: MEDWAY BRIDGE

This event is not about a romantic, back to nature,

GALLERY, GRAND PARADE GRAND GALLERY, Cet évènement n’est pas au sujet d’une idéologie mythologised Green ideology. Nor is it focused only

UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON BRIGHTON OF UNIVERSITY romantique, du retour à la nature, à un mythe Vert. on environmental carbon-footprint issues, Green ser-

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10AM 10AM Ce n’est pas non plus uniquement sur des sujets en- vices or re-use-recycling economics.

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TH KENT Vertes ou les économies de recyclage. Brighton BRIDGE Circus is about A BRAND NEW

of materials of HAMPSHIRE Le Cirque BRIDGE Brighton parle d’un TOUT NOU- GREEN. A Green that showcases new designs, new

VEAU VERT. Un Vert qui met en valeur de nouvelles materials, new potentials and new uses, so celebrating

The true value value true The conceptions, de nouveaux matériaux, de nouvelles the Green entrepreneur.

potentielles et utilités ainsi célébrant l’entrepreneur

Vert. Come and find sports equipment made from flax, items composed of bio-degradable resins, new gar- CIRCUS SOUTHAMPTON Venez découvrir de l’équipement sportif fabriqué en ments made from wool combined with plastic waste. lin, des objets en résines bio-dégradables, de no- This is a new Green which harnesses the imagination of vueaux habits fabriqués d’un mélange de laine et dé- creative designers and the discoveries of science to the

chets de plastique. C’est in nouveau Vert qui maîtrise dynamism of innovators with a vision of the future. BRIGHTON BRIDGE BRIGHTON l’imagination des dessinateurs créatifs et les décou- vertes de la science aux dynamisme des innovateurs The pre-industrial past was sustainable. Materials and avec une vision pour l’avenir. skills were valued, reused, adapted to new purposes. The present, by contrast, is a carnival of excess and BRIGHTON AND Le passé pré-industrialisé était durable. Les maté- waste. The problem we are faced with is this: How HOVE/EAST SUSSEX riaux et les peaux étaient tenus en valeur, réutilisés can we make the future become more sustainable, et adaptés pour de nouveaux buts. Le présent, au more resilient? contraire, est une fête d’excès et de perte. Notre dilemme est : Comment créer un avenir plus durable, A sustainable future can only be achieved by means of ISLE OF WIGHT plus résistant? smart solutions. The potential implicit in present Un avenir durable ne peut être atteint que par des technologies is infinite. solutions judicieux. Le potentiel implicite dans les technologies présentes est infini. The new – new ideas, new processes, new markets and new consumers - will emerge from the dynamism of Le nouveau – de nouveaux processus, de nou- small-scale adventurers. Local problems will find local veaux consommateurs, de nouveaux marchés et solutions. Local solutions will grow into regional de nouvelles idées – émergeront du dynamisme solutions. Regional solutions can become global. d’aventuriers à petite échelle. Les problèmes locaux trouveront des solutions locales. Les solutions locales When different disciplines are gathered together - THE BRIGHTON BRIDGE deviendront des solutions régionales. Les solutions designer, scientist, entrepreneur - ideas are shared, régionales peuvent devenir globales. concepts explored, possibilities analysed, technology CIRCUS developed and research is financed - then new territo- The True Value of Materials Quand des disciplines différentes sont réunies – ries are occupied and new horizons are envisaged. dessinateur, scientifique, entrepreneur – les idées sont BRIDGE was set up to harness, direct and instigate Principal Investigator School of Pharmacy and Bio-molecular partagées, des conceptes explorés, des possibilitées Director of Design Research Initiatives Sciences analysées, la technologie développée et la recherche new ways of developing Green jobs – of capturing Dr Joan Farrer Dr. Cressida Bowyer financée – alors de nouveaux territoires sont occupés exciting, strange, even provocative uses of the old, School of Pharmacy and Director of Flimwell Woodland Enter- et de nouveaux horizons sont envisagés. familiar world and its resources. We are establishing a Bio-molecular Sciences prise Centre Prof. Sergey Mikhalovsky David Saunders Green web between France and the UK as a step SEINE-MARITIME towards creating a world where Green principles are Research Assistants Design and Craft Principle Lecturer BRIDGE a été conçu pour maîtriser, pour diriger et in- Carolyn Watt Deputy Head of School for Economic stiguer de nouvelles méthodes pour développer des the core driver of progress. Maria Eva Russo and Social Engagement Marney Walker Nick Gant emplois verts – pour capter des moyens passionnants, Mylinh Nguyen bizarres et même provocateurs d’utiliser le monde Imagine the future as an egg. If we handle it carelessly INTERREG Project Administrator Key Investigators Diane Larribeau connu et familier et ses resources. Nous établissons it will crack and break. If we ignore it, it will rot. But if Deputy Head of the School of Art, we nurture and incubate it, it will hatch open and the Design and Media Art Director un réseau Vert entre la France et le Royaume Uni Dr. Jyri Kermik Jonathan Swain comme un pas vers la création d’un monde où les future will emerge.

School of Art, Design and Media Project Writer principes Vertes sont à la base du progrès. Textiles Senior Lecturer Jonathan Chamberlain Some of the exhibits represent the simple, local use Toni Hicks Graphic Design Imaginez l’avenir comme un œuf. Si nous n’en of natural materials – wood and textiles. Others are Design and Craft Senior Lecturer Anna-Kaisa Jormanainen provocations – concepts - symbols – works of the im- Stefano Santilli prenons pas soin il se fendra et se brisera. Si nous Printed at PurePrint l’ignorons, il pourrira. Mais si nous le soignons et le agination – examples of the mutability of materials. BRIDGE Club couvons, il éclorera et l’avenir émergera. Alice Liptrot, Amy Lamb, Amy Hurst, Anik Kurkjian, Anna Veglio-White, Ashleigh This is where we are going. Hambling, Bethan Hall, Caroline Carter, Cat Dimond, Charlotte Froud, Christian Certains expositions représentes l’utilisation simple Cooper, Claire Evans, Clare Evans, Claudia Hartley, Daisy Melhuish, Ed Pimm, CALVADOS des matériaux locaux – le bois et le tissu. D’autres Today, at the BRIDGE symposium and exhibition, this is Edward Bending, Elea Nouraud, Ellie Yiangou, Elmina Fors, Eloisa Henderson, Elona Hoover, Emily Hillier, Emma Brooks, Emma Burnstern, Eve Kelly, Gabbie Lake, sont provocateurs – conceptes- symboles- œuvres where we are at today. Harry Trimble, Hattie Godley, Hayley White, Hazel Hura, Hilary Owen, Hiu-Wing de l’imagination – des exemples de la mutabilité des Chan, Isabel Roffe-Silvester, Isobel Goodacre, James Dart, Jamie Richardson, Jared Philippo, Jasmine Nicholls, Jessica Hargreaves, Jessie Fleck, Jozefa Lewis, Julia Bar- matériaux. klem, Julia Smith, Julian Komosa, Juliet Millican, Kate Jopling, Katherine Ladd, Kse- niia Katok, Laura Berne, Laurence Lawson, Lily Eden, Lizzie Wester, Lucas Hobbs, Mariam Obeid, Marie-Claire Canning, Pippa Smart, Poppy Mosbacher,Rebecca C’est là notre direction. Haughton, Rosa Beesley, Rosey Walker, Rosie Nolan, Ruby Woodhouse, Rufus Curd, Ryan Neil, Sally Atalla, Shelly Stansfield, Sofia Duplain, Sophie Liengaard Aujourd’hui, au symposia et l’exhibition BRIDGE, c’est Forster, Stephanie Bartlett, Susannah Fenn, Tom Ainsworth, Victoria Watson, Vikki là où nous sommes. Haffenden, William Green, Xenia Moseley, Zohreh Adle-Ghadjar

Thank you to the continued research support from the Dean of the University of Brighton, Faculty of Art, Prof. Anne Boddington and Head of School of Art, Design and Media, Karen Norquay ORNE

Partners Dr. Joan Farrer (RCA) Director of Design Research Initiatives

Written by Jonathan Chamberlain WSX Translated by WSX Enterprise Limited Diane Larribeau EXHIBITORS

ADI CHAMBERS CHLOE MEINECK DO THE FACULTY OF HARRY TRIMBLE JASMINE DR. JOAN DR. JYRI KERMICK KNITTING NATIVE HANDS SHELDON MARIE XENIA MOSELEY Stack The Food Project GREEN THING SCIENCE AND AND NICHOLLS FARRER ‘Woven Wind’ THE MAP Vessels STANSFIELD Journeywoman ENGINEERING OSCAR MEDLEY Rudimentary Conscience Seven Dials MATERIALS: MATERIALS: Posters Wharfware Clothing MATERIALS: Sue Craig first had MATERIALS: Memorial Bench MATERIALS: 219 layers of glass reinforced Posters MATERIALS: Fashion Shoot plywood, flax the idea to knit a raw Sussex clay, somerset willow, recycled Jesmonite Do The Green Thing Video 50% milk fibre version of the 1792 day lily, willow, MATERIALS: cow hide, sussex grey board weighted is an environmental Applications for flax A series of large scale The experimental seat Map of Brighthelmstone phormium elm (one piece) sheep wool, with lead charity that uses creativity versus climate fibres and flax by-products Inspired by the historic Through the use of organic materials and black and white photographs featuring ‘Woven Wind’ extends back in 2007, originally as brass upholstery pins, By taking the essence of a classic piece change to inspire people to be more Professor Sergey Mikhalovsky Southwark (South London) multi-media, ‘Rudimentary’ employs a respon- male fashion students from Central Saint Kermik’s research through an investigation a way of introducing the craft of knitting These selected pieces are from a new The memorial bench uses a single Elm log Handmade of furniture Adi wanted to translate tradi- Replica groceries are weighted according sustainable. In the five years since it was School of Pharmacy and ceramics industry that thrived in the sible design ethic whilst exploring the ideals Martins wearing their everyday clothes into the reinforcement potential of flax fi- to primary schoolchildren. body of work: one-off vessels made destined to be destroyed. The piece was made tional designing and making techniques to their embedded carbon emissions. The launched, their films, posters, podcasts and Biomolecular Sciences area surrounding the Design Museum of utility and simplicity in fabricating desirable and accessories. The text that accompa- bres. It followed from the invitation to con- from clay and plant fibres foraged from in collaboration with Brighton Tree surgeons, Journeyman (noun): An apprentice who to contemporary methods of creating heavier the food, the greater the embed- products have reached over 11 million peo- 300 years ago, Harry and Oscar have yet durable products. Distinct uses of Waste nies these ‘fashion plates’ aims to inform tribute to EcoDesign, held as part of the In 2008, she taught herself to spin with where Ruby Taylor lives, using timeless showcasing the importance of using local skills moves from one town to another, gaining furniture. The use of recycled card and ded carbon emission. The carbon emis- ple in 209 countries/territories and inspired The effect of widespread flax cultivation in produced a range of ceramics, materials have been manipulated and con- and raise issues about sustainability, Helsinki Design Week and World Design help from the Buxted Spinning Group. techniques. The clay is used straight and materials. With two seats extruding from an experience of different workshops. laser cutting highlights the juxtaposition sions produced in growing conditions, their subscribers to save 2.5 times more Normandy, France, on farmland wildlife Wharfware, made of clay dug from the structed to convey a sophisticated approach to connected to production, consumption Capital 2012 events. Kermik’s proposal was In 2009, the Brighton Spinning Group from the ground (dug in Sussex) and the central tree, it both celebrates the wood Considered an original way to learn a trade of material, use and time. transportation, packaging and livestock, CO2 than they otherwise would have. Bryony Tolhurst, Iain Allan, banks of the Thames between London recycling textiles, and new fibres such as milk and disposal of fashion from the global among 44 projects shortlisted from more at the Green Centre in East Brighton fired in a bonfire, which produces unpre- in its original state and demonstrates a simple while developing character, experiencing amongst other factors, are all taken into Deborah Glass, Paul Atkins, and Tower Bridges. Before the clay protein have been incorporated to suggest an market eg. Child labour, animal rights and than 100 internationally invited entries. was set up. The following year was dictable results. She starts this fire using yet efficient way to use the wasted wood, as a community life and travelling. Adi Chambers is a designer/maker with consideration. Each week the charity showcases posters Becky Taylor, Claudine Morvan could be used it had to undergo an alternative for British produce. environmental issues. spent devoted to learning about natural only flint and steel: struck together they communal memorial and legacy to the Elm trees a great variety of skills both in the design designed by world-famous designers, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular extensive refining process. The clay is The inclusion of flax in the material selec- dyeing and exploring ways to achieve make a spark, which is caught on dried and their environment. Exploring the connection Inspired by the European tradition of that materials hold to specific places, this body process, from concept to realisation, and Chloe Meineck is a designer, maker and artists and creatives. Each poster inspires Sciences; Plumpton College, CNRS, Rouen, dried and then made into a slip before [email protected] Joan Farrer is Director of the Design tion for the ‘Woven Wind’ demonstrates colours that did not fade, without using bindweed and wild clematis bark. This Journeymen, emerging designer Xenia of work sets out to create an insight into the in the crafts. She works with wood, metal, inventor. Currently Designer in Residence people to do one of the sustainable ac- Linières de Bosc Nouvel being sieved through progressively fine www.jasminemnicholls.co.uk Research Initiatives (DR-i) and Reader the potential of natural fibres for future chemical mordants. fragile ember is coaxed into a larger Moseley has set herself the challenge to culture and meaning behind one of Brighton’s ceramics and plastics at the University but at the Design Museum in London, her tions chosen by Do The Green Thing’s nine grades of mesh to remove impuri- in Design & Materials (including wood, design applications extending technologi- blaze, fed with local oak wood, loaded explore the traditional crafts still practiced most important, but overlooked resources, the for the past 3 years, predominantly with work is multidisciplinary and can cover environmental advisors. And it does so Flax for cleanup of oil spillages on lakes, ties. After further drying on plaster to metals, ceramics, plastics, fashion and cal possibilities associated with engineered In 2012, the group finally started knitting with pots and left for 24-36 hours. The in her county. Moseley has used the past 6 Elm. Sourcing the wood direct from Brighton’s metal and plastics art, design, science and technology. using world-class creativity, which they be- rivers and seas achieve the right consistency, the clay is textiles). She is a designer whose research wood. Moving beyond conventional the map at the Brighton Mini Makers willow bark has been dyed with wood months to learn new skills, experience dif- JEREMY PITTS streets and working with Brighton tree surgeons, Her work currently tries to identify key lieve is a brilliantly effective tool to seduce, Saad Alajmi ready to be moulded and fired. A com- expertise stems from a deep working techniques of plywood production, the Faire. Using all the techniques learnt, ash solution. The coiled basketry lid is the pieces highlight the importance of being re- ferent workshops, meet people and travel. [email protected] complex issues in society, for example, provoke and persuade people to change School of Computing, plex testing process was used to find No Tree knowledge of the industrial retail sector PlyFlax process developed by Kermik, the group and volunteers knitted areas day lily leaves stitched with phormium, Many practical trades, skills and crafts are Tree House sourceful and using what is locally available whilst www.adichambers.com dementia and global warming, and tries their behavior for the better. Engineering and Mathematics the right composition of clay with sand in Fashion, Textiles, Fibre and Materials combines the advantages of composite of the map. using an antler needle, which she has simultaneously celebrating the embedded mean- still thriving in Britain today, the antithesis to make the intangible physical, clear and and the correct firing temperature. product design, linked to knowledge of materials with the enhanced performance made using only flint tools, knapped for ing and stories of materials that surround us. of the processes behind the mass-pro- easier to understand. When the intan- Do The Green Thing is a not-for-profit pub- Mechanical and physical properties of MATERIALS: the global supply and disposal chain. Her of ‘stressed skin’ structures associated with “We had printed out patterns for knitting me by an expert colleague. duced, low value items that dominate the timber gible issue is clearly communicated it is lic service that inspires people to lead a gypsum reinforced by flax dust The geometric form of the works is Sustainable and ‘Smart’, transdisciplinary material innovation in early aviation. the first part of the East Laine, starting at shellystansfi[email protected] high street. Testing various craftspeople’s much easier to discuss and debate. greener life. Do The Green Thing’s mission Abidemi Oluwale process driven. Rather than using research collaborations, outside of the Chichester Place in the east and working Ruby Taylor makes her vessels from natu- patience and willingness to share, she’s This project is the design of a range of simple, www.sheldonstansfield.co.uk BRIDGE PAVILION is to get as many people in as many coun- School of Computing, traditional ceramics techniques unlikely Arts, include Physical and Biomedical Interlocked layers of birch veneer, and our way westwards through Kemptown. ral materials, which she has foraged from been turning up on their doorsteps, asking modern, tactile, sustainable timber buildings The Pavilion [email protected] tries as possible to Do the Green Thing to Engineering and Mathematics to work with the unpredictable raw clay, science, Computing and Mathematics, their inherent structural strength, are Not Kemp Town – two words – because the woods, hedgerows and land where for insight into their practice: a modern- with low environmental impact. The buildings www.chloemeineck.co.uk prevent climate change and then use that Harry and Oscar applied an industrial Engineering and Business. further reinforced with a skin of flax fibres that estate was built to the east of the col- she lives. Experiencing the whole cycle of day Journeywoman. Focusing on her local combine contemporary timber construction MATERIALS: ‘people power’ to persuade government Mechanical and physical properties of approach. Moulds were designed to to reduce the thickness of plywood shells oured strips, on the Black Rock Down, all production from harvesting materials in area of East Sussex, Moseley has met and technology with the products of English STEFANO SANTILLI ash wood, and business to Do the Green Thing too. recycled glass screed allow the clay to be shaped under woodland and traditional underwoodsman [email protected] without compromising their strength or of which Kemp owned. Although we were a sustainable way, processing them and ‘Domestic Objects’ mapped a spinner, basket-weaver, uphol- hemp rope Aziz Alamri pressure and easily removed from craft in the making of modern, minimal spaces. flexibility. The viscous-elastic properties of aware that the Saxon layout of the terrier finally creating a vessel, brings a deep sterer and boatmaker, all situated along [email protected] School of Computing, the mould. In creating Wharfware, The treehouse, which doesn’t require a tree, is fibres, and their visual quality, are embed- strips in 1792 had morphed into the roads sense of connection to the natural world. MATERIALS: the River Ouse. She has made an object This project started with a one week THE CONTINUUM www.dothegreenthing.com Engineering and Mathematics Harry and Oscar have created a locally the first of these to be constructed. ded within a matrix of bio-resin. still recognisable today, we hadn’t realised This gives her meaning and satisfies her ash, leather that combines and celebrates these crafts, summer workshop in the Faculty of Arts, Wool and Flax relevant product in an innovative and JOSH BITELLI how much the volunteer knitters appreci- compulsion to make with her hands. and symbolises an ongoing journey. It is involving students from Design and Craft, Continuum Innovative sustainable products made of resourceful way. The core of the building is a shell made from Repaired Vessel The ergonomics of the seat evolve from ated being able to find their own bit on English Oak is the a manifestation of the materials and craft Interior Architecture, Textiles and Graphic flax by-products lightweight, thermally efficient structural Kermik’s previous experiments with self- the map. Fortunately, we also had the Originally trained in 3D Craft at Brighton favoured species, providing methods encountered, transformed into Design. With an opportunity to showcase MATERIALS: ESITC CAEN B. Kusnyerova, E. Sazhina ‘Commissioned by the London Design insulated panels (the modern technology MATERIALS: forming plywood springs, which revealed 1838 companion map on display and we University, Ruby is also a qualified art the local sawmill with a good return for the a useful object that is also a metaphor for the work of the BRIDGE Interreg project flax, wool, Division of Engineering and Product Museum for its annual Designers in part) that stands elevated above ground on asphalt, line paint responsive geometries applicable to seat- all strained to see which ‘paul’ piece had and design teacher and has trained in processing from tree to beam. But what about collaboration and learning, an alternative at Bentley Woodfair, we decided to cre- beeswax, Posters Design, School of Computing, Residence exhibition in 2012 and its own ‘copse’ of coppiced Sweet Chestnut ing. Pressure causes springs to adjust their turned into which road. basketry. A team member at East Sussex English Ash? The logs are usually straight to our entrenched, modern systems. ate a pavilion from green ash milled to plastic bags Engineering and Mathematics answering a brief entitled ‘Thrift’, tree trunks. The outside is clad in cleaved Nodes: where systems of production shape in relation to the weight and move- Archaeology and Museums Partnership, with a good yield of tough and versatile 2.4m planks by Copford Farm Sawmill, During the final year London designers Harry Trimble (Studio (split) Sweet Chestnut and the interior is fully co-exist, where characters encounter ment of the body. The design metaphor In Brighton, only the North Laine area she is involved in experimental archaeol- timber,providing a valuable material to make [email protected] celebrating the versatility of the material The Continuum has evolved through the of the Masters program Investigating mechanical properties of flax- PSK) and Oscar Medley Whitfield lined and fitted out in native English timber. places and other commercial ac- to encapsulate movement and sustainable has reverted to its original name: Hano- ogy as well as archaeological interpreta- things. . Although, currently, the most likely www.xeniamoseley.co.uk and making reference to the standard Bridge project with collaborative work in Civil Engineering at the reinforced clay composites (Conrad Shawcross) share an interest The buildings are prefabricated off site and tivities. These points of intersection are qualities of the materials explored in the ver was once the Hilly Laine, St James’s tion, working with all ages. product is firewood. With Ash dieback, we might dimension of ubiquitous manufactured from Bridge club members from different ESITC Caen, the students worked on a Howard Kenning in sourcing local materials and using delivered as flat pack, which can be assembled often representative of a greater web of making of the seat is adopted from Japan, was the Little Laine and from the town expect a lot of tree felling in the South East. boards. Although the team knew that ash disciplines and levels. It demonstrates realistic multidisciplinary design project. School of Environment and bespoke manufacturing processes. quickly and easily using only manual labour. confusion and chaos and have intrinsic where flax is called ‘woven wind.’ centre towards the boundary with Hove [email protected] These Domestic Objects are propaganda to was not best suited to outdoor structures, some properties that wool and flax This year, the students were divided into Technology Nuffield scheme Together they experimented with how This, combined with a low impact removable environmental and socio-political impacts. was The West Laine. This latter area was www.nativehands.co.uk incite a fresh interest in what the species has to WILLIAM GREEN they thought at least the scale of the possess when combined by differing six groups. They have spent their time products can be independently made foundation system, enables the buildings to be Josh Bitelli makes interfaces and moor- Dr Jüri Kermik has an international reputa- entirely owned by the Kemp Family, and offer for designers and makers. Frugal Bench structure would attract attention! techniques. These include the use of nee- preparing a proposal for the refurbish- Animation and embody local identity and heritage. erected with minimal impact on the site. ings that articulate and engender these tion for research in materials and furniture is therefore entirely green. Needless to dle punch felting, wet felting, knit, heat ment of the southern port area of Safi, They believe both this approach has human actions, that frame the hypnosis design, for both small scale and volume pro- say the most difficult colour to obtain Stefano Santilli’s work with the University of MATERIALS: Working collaboratively with a network of local After a week experimenting with form pressure, lamination and laser cutting. Morocco, which included among other Project Biocare Marine significant economic, environmental of normality. duction. Joining the University of Brighton using natural dyes is green – the most NEW LIFE Brighton Faculty of Arts runs alongside running ash underwoodsmen and craftsmen enables the a practice as a designer maker, working in wood, and construction we set aside one week Some additional materials have been things an extension of the port and the Dr. Iain Allan, Dr. Cressida Bowyer and emotional benefits. Harry and Os- in 2003, Kermik developed the Design prevalent individual colour in the whole PAINTS LTD construction of buildings that represent and metals and plastics. For many years he pursued in September to build the pavilion, from added to sections, including plastic bags creation of a university campus. The School of Pharmacy and car graduated in 2011 from Design and Josh Bitelli, recent graduate from Technologies subject area, and currently map, because Kemp owned approxi- Reborn Paint When designing, Green find new uses and new markets for the timber a career in the designing and production of start to finish. With a fresh supply of ash and beeswax. Individual developments project involves architectural, structural, Biomolecular Sciences Craft from the University of Brighton Brighton University exhibits and sells leads the Design Futures Programme within mately half of Brighton at the turn of the believes that he has a responsibility to produced from local woodland. The establish- furniture objects for private commission, for sale from Copford, six coppice poles from demonstrate the potential application for societal, and economic aspects of a large- and Product Design at Kingston Univer- work nationally and internationally, he has the School of Art, Design and Media. He nineteenth century. By the time we’d MATERIALS: think sustainably. His work aims to be envi- ment of these new markets encourages the through London showrooms or to fit out interior [email protected] recycled matt Flimwell and our own hand made hemp elements of this material. scale international construction project. sity respectively. proper management of local woodland and, in made work for the Serpentine gallery & is retains an international presence founded finished knitting the East Laine and were retail spaces. As the opportunities for working in ronmentally friendly but to not jeopardize rope, the majority of processing was As a part of the scope, the students also [email protected] a modest way, contributes to the maintenance represented by Gallery FUMI. on expertise in materials technology and poised to start on the Hilly Laine, we’d emulsion education increased, Stefano’s output has shifted the design or aesthetic; he wants people undertaken by student volunteers, making Continuum developers and construc- took into account the use of what could [email protected] of woodland that characterises so much of the experimental design applications. A used up all our green. We estimate we away from commercial activity and towards a pre- to appreciate his work before they know use of an array of techniques developed tors: Chris Cooper, Lizzie Wester, Becca be characterised as eco-materials for the www.harrytrimble.co.uk landscape of South East England. [email protected] sharpened focus on environmental concerns now have enough handspun, hand-dyed Reborn is a superb collection of 28 dominantly conceptually-based enquiry through about the sustainable qualities that have or invented during the summer workshop. Haughton, Hilary Owen, Grace Martin, construction in view of the local context. www.joshbitelli.co.uk provides the context for Kermik’s current yarn in the other four colours to com- beautifully subtle tones of high quality, making that interrogates the values determining been installed in them. Claudia Hartley, Gabbie Lake, Hayley Each group presents and develops their [email protected] [email protected] research projects in ecological design. plete the Hilly Laine.” low carbon, matt emulsion eco paint. relationships between objects and users. Pavilion developers and constructors: White, Mariam Obeid, Maria Eva Russo, approach to this issue in a poster. FLAXLAND www.oscarmw.com www.jeremypitts.co.uk The whole collection is designed to bring The idea behind the Frugal Bench is to Chris Cooper, Jasmine Nicholls, Ana Toni Hicks. Canoe [email protected] www.knittingthemap.org a wonderful new look throughout your [email protected] maximize the material productivity and Sidorova, Shelly Stansfield, Ryan Neil, Student participants: Group 1: Adèle JULIA DESCH http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/ home, effortlessly covering all of your www.stefanosantilli.co.uk address the 200% wastage of material from James Dart, Mylinh Nguyen, Xenia Examples of developed designs: Chris Bailly, German Gonzales, Juliette Bernard, MATERIALS: Rare Breed Sheep juri-kermik interior walls and ceilings including dry tree to product. The images show the bench Moseley, Jorunn Hustoft, Marie-Claire Cooper, James Dart, Eléa Nouraud. Clément Corlay, Justine Quatromme, 90% flax JESSIE FLECK Spun Shawl plaster, as well as woodchip, vinyl wallpa- and the control piece of wood that is exactly Canning, Camilla Small, Alice Stewardson, Nicolas Coromines,Chloé Woehrel; Group HEATHER Unfold MARIA EVA RUSSO pers and old paint finishes. the same amount of wood used to construct Toni Hicks, Glen Longden-Thurgood, 2: David Barbou, Loïc Dartnell, Hubert Flaxland canoes are BELCHER MATERIALS: Lookerers Cloak TANYA DEAN AND the 2.75 metre object. To make the most Stefano Santilli. De Labauve D’Arifat, Cédric Dupeux, built to harmonise with the environ- Tea with Elsie MATERIALS: British wool KIMVI NGUYEN The Reborn Collection has been cre- NICK GANT from the wood, he studied industrial con- Antoine Patoux, Audrey Quinard; Group ment, the covering being made from ash, steel, rope Bow MATERIALS: ated to help protect and preserve our ‘Sole Searching’ struction techniques on a large scale, aimed DASHING TWEEDS 3: Alexandre Berhault, François Emako, renewable natural materials. Flax is one MATERIALS: Julia Desch is passionate traditionally precious natural environment. Each at creating the greatest strength with the Lumatwill™ Chloé De Vos, Marie Froidevaux, Barbara of our oldest crops. Fibre from the stems 100% handmade Unfold is an experiment about sharing heritage skills based MATERIALS: produced smooth, soft shade is lovingly repro- MATERIALS: least amount of material. Green had to be Quere, Deborah Chestier, Benoît Francois, is prepared in such a way that it absorbs wool felt into the use of thin strips of timber under on her Rare Breed Black Wensleydale ash wood, felt from Wensleydale cessed and blended from previously reformed synthetic extremely careful with his cuts and consider BRIGHTON MATERIALS: Perrine Pradelle; Group 4: Charles-An- the resin, which is made from the oil tension. It is an exploration of a spiraling, Longwool Flock. She works both alone nylon thread, and Romney March fleece, unused paints. This directly reduces the wine corks, such fine details as saw blade widths and REPAIR CAFÉ reflective toine Da Silva Pareicio, Marion Fruchart, extracted from the seeds of flax/linseed Heather’s work explores handmade felt- pivoting motion that allows the participant and in co-operation with several groups, Neodymium magnets recycled Tents (silicon coated polyester) amount of unwanted paint that would plastic beach waste tensile strength capabilities. Another inter- filament, Emilie Garino, Oscar De Bruyne, Florian plants. Technical developments in the ing processes, incorporating techniques to engage in a physical way with the piece to including Woolcraft with Wensleydale otherwise end up in landfill, and poten- esting detail about the table is that all of the The production wool Guillemette, François Le Corvic; Group 5: biocomposite industry from two UK such as hand knitting, printing and also transform it from one state to another. (four Breeders with similar interests and For the making of the Bow Sculpture, Kimvi The Lookerers Cloak is a slow designed tially damage the environment. The project endorses and demonstrates the wood is cut to the same thickness, requiring industry will continue to Mathieu Geslin, Zaag Ghada, Alexandre companies have introduced eco-friendly drawing directly with loose wool fibres, skills), East Sussex Guild of Weavers, Spin- went to William Turner, a local joiner in garment specially created for a commu- value of ‘designed’ objects and materials as only one machine for almost the entire con- dictate how we use our Lumatwill ™ was created in 2005 by Kirsty Gouaillier, Coline Isambert, Benoît De La products with none of the drawbacks to to create images of domestic objects Jessie Fleck is interested in experience, and ners and Dyers. As a designer, maker and Alresford, Hampshire, for advice on the nity of modern shepherds of Brighton Newlife Paints Ltd is based in Ford, West critical aspects of the methodological process struction. This makes it easy for production things and for how long unless we begin McDougall and Guy Hills as part of the Fourniere, Sébastien Laidin, Inès Morel; the user or the environment associated and clothing that become integrated in in facilitating interesting sensory and social facilitator she set up the Lottery Funded management of the project and to use his and Hove. Based on the idea of creat- Sussex. They professionally reprocess and in facilitating research and new knowledge and offers exciting parameters within which to occupy our objects... range of fabric offered by their woven tex- Group 6: Mélanie Duchier, Joris Marc, with petrochemical-based resins. Our the structure of the cloth. experiences around objects. Touch is the Sheep to Shawl Project as a means of machinery and space. Whilst investigating ing a ‘new folk’ attire, the purpose was waste water-based paint back into a production. to develop more products, using the same tiles fabric business, Hills McDougall and Mathilde Prugneau, Etienne Delanoue, experience with fabric-covered craft and primary sense towards which her work is ori- supporting this work with equipment, tu- materials she had many discussions with to blend and convey past and present. premium grade emulsion. All products wood cut dimensions. Based on the Dutch Repair Café model, Dashing Tweeds. Lumatwill is a fabric that Damien Lefranc, Florent Magnier flax growing led us to develop light, flex- [email protected] ented, enriching and extending knowledge tors and courses. Her top quality, ethically experts, considering the possibility of differ- This closed loop project covers the in our paint range guarantee a minimum Each pair of shoes is a distinct ‘material story’ the Brighton Repair Café (BRC) is a social combines reflective filament with a tradi- ible canoes, suited to sheltered waters, www.healtherbelcher.co.uk of a piece through a tactile, as well as a produced products are sold through The ent types of wood. Ash wood was chosen four streams of integrated sustainability 50% recycled content, made up from and methodology composed around four key William Green is a recent graduate of 3D enterprise run by volunteers to encourage tional worsted or tweed wool yarn. The www.esitc-caen.fr rivers and lakes: the 21st century evolu- visual, understanding. Great English Outdoors in Hay-on-Wye. as it was a locally sourced material and (environment, people, economy, and waste paint diverted from landfill or ‘actors’ - the object (shoe), the material, the Design; he currently works at Aarchitect more people to repair their things (from cloth appears to be a traditional suiting or tion of skin-on-frame boats. She regularly sells her luxury, locally spun, for its quality of smoothness, colour and culture) and the cloak can be seen as a incineration. making process and user (hypothetical). Cen- Company who has clients such as Grayson clothing to electrical goods). The ethos tweed but is reflective in certain light. The Fleck hopes to connect people with material, worsted yarns at the I Knit London Show. minimal wood grain. The construction for textile metaphor of endurable design tral, and seminal, to the consideration of the Perry and Antony Gormley. He is also form and movement and promote curiosity in shoe and the subject is the unique relational behind the enterprise is to reduce waste fabric was first made public and sold com- simon@flaxland.co.uk the Bow uses a similar technique found in culture. [email protected] currently setting up a design studio with playful interactions. There is also a social ele- notion of the material seeing these as waste, and shift consumption practices whilst mercially in 2005. The fabrics were initially ELÉA NOURAUD ann@flaxland.co.uk JAMES DART [email protected] the making of boats. The layers of wood are www.rebornpaints.co.uk two friends aimed at creating low carbon ment to the work. By encouraging a physical this project reveals these materials as having empowering the individual and creating sold by the metre through tailors on Savile ApiSoap www.flaxland.co.uk Duo Lin www.woolcraftwithwensleydale.com steamed to allow the flexibility needed to Born and bred in Buenos Aires, Argen- furniture from local resources. interaction with the piece, the opportunity enriched and exploitable embodied histories, community cohesion. Events take place at Row and via the Dashing Tweeds website: create the semi-circle. Using a jig the wood tina, Maria Eva studied Fine Art, Image arises for participants to engage with each stories, meanings and experiences held within cafés and events around Brighton where dashingtweeds.co.uk. MATERIALS: MATERIALS: other around the activity. layers are then glued and clamped together and Sound Design at the University their materiality. Each material narrative and [email protected] volunteers support participants to carry flax oil, flax, bio-resin creating the bow shape. So even in this of Buenos Aires. Her career began as PATRICK methodology forming distinct algorithms for out repairs using tools provided by BRC, Dashing Tweeds is Britain’s latest tweed rapeseed oil Her work combines elements of sculpture, practical stage there appears to be a lot of a set and costume designer but her LETSCHKA ‘material meaning making’ that are then ex- in a social and informal learning environ- textile and menswear company. They and flax fibres GARETH NEAL Duo Lin is funded by architecture, furniture and playgrounds to tension. To create a further visual indication natural curiosity led her to explore Coat Hangers hibited and evaluated by public and industrial ment. This happens in return for a skill use the best British mills and workshops Bodged Chair the BRIDGE (Building create an ambiguous space that invites of tension two powerful neodymium mag- other disciplines, such as photography, participants. The stories are established by the ZOSIA POULTER swap or discretionary donations. to create a truly original British brand. ApiSoap is funded by the BRIDGE Research & Innovation Deals for Green exploration. nets were used. Placing one hidden within mural and fresco painting, etching, 3D MATERIALS: researchers identifying waste streams and/or Forensic Opening up a contemporary arena for (Building Research & Innovation Deals MATERIALS: Economy) research project. Duo Lin one end of the bow itself, the other was design and fashion. In 1999, Maria Eva coppice timber associated organisations that promote the ethi- Investigation www.brightonrepaircafe.wordpress.com classic quality fabric they have created a for Green Economy) research project. ash is a project exploring new biopoly- jessiefl[email protected] attached to a black nylon cord threaded at left Argentina to travel, live and work cal consideration of material culture. range of tweeds, accessories and clothing Oleaginous flax can be grown every- mers and flax. Duo Lin uses flaxseed www.jessiefleck.com the other end of the bow. The cord, being in Latin America and Europe pursuing The wood used to make MATERIALS: for the 21st century. The company was where. Most opportunities for flax oil On the 30th of March oil-based resin, utilising the natural two inches shorter than the diameter of the her endless passion for art, design and these coat hangers comes directly from Tanya Dean is joint area leader for Polymers yarn, wood chips, founded by photographer Guy Hills and are industrial: paint, soap, detergent, 2010, nine prospective ‘Bodgers’ met strength characteristics of flax fibres as bow, created an illusion of the nylon cord culture. In 2011, Maria Eva undertook an coppiced trees in New England Woods, and Composites on the Design and Craft pro- steel chips, paper, Woven Textile Designer Kirsty McDougall, special lubricants and floor covering. It up at Gudrun Leitz’s outdoor workshop a knitted and woven reinforcement. The floating taut in mid air. The Bow Sculpture MA in Sustainable Design in which she Cuckfield, Sussex (ten miles north of gramme and co-founder of acclaimed design plastic chips consultancy Studio BoBo. Described by Design who share a dedication to challenging the contains polyunsaturated oils (omega3), in Clissett Wood. The team comprised: project is taken further by producing a JORUNN HUSTOFT evolves from a sculpture, installation to a produced a fine collection of products Brighton). They were born of necessity. menswear market with elegance, colour, presenting a nutritional value for humans. Amos Marchant, Carl Clerkin, Chris prototype cycle helmet, with a durable performative object. The work continues to and projects that endorse sustainable Twice a year a group of students harvest Week as a ‘master of material manipulation’, Zosia Poulter’s work aims to explore the Upholstered she utilises her expertise to develop research heritage, technology, innovation and It prevents heart problems, and food Eckersley, Dave Green, Gareth Neal, outerskin made of flaxseed oil based be reused and renewed. culture. Maria Eva believes that culture wood, work with hand tools and learn possible ‘afterlife’ for objects otherwise Beanbags initiatives and projects that explore, develop, test humour, developing fabrics and garments derived from ani¬ mals fed on flax seeds Gitta Gschwendtner, Rory Dodd, Suzanne resin, reinforced with knitted and woven is core to sustainability, therefore, most about using this material far away from presumed as ‘dead’. Viewing landfill sites and apply new materials design innovations in that will last a life time. (meat, milk, eggs) benefit those who eat Barnes, and William Warren. With no long strand flax fibres. The dense and MATERIALS: Kimvi Nguyen is a British Vietnamese of her projects are based on observing, modern life. Letschka felt he needed a broad range of industrial and public contexts as mass graves, she collect objects from them. Flaxseed oil is used to moisturize electricity (and therefore no power tools), protective inner core is developed from 100% merino blend Conceptual Artist, born in Bangor, North interacting and working in situations of to hang up his coat rather than let it and in the promotion of charities, NGOs and various ‘end-of-life’ scenarios: street cor- [email protected] and smooth the skin in cosmetics. Skin no computers or drawing boards and with modified bio-resin foam, co-moulded pure new wool Wales in 1982, now living and working in interest alongside their protagonists. rest on the floor. So through a series exemplar ‘materialists’. ners, house clearances, freecycle, car boot [email protected] care experts claim that flaxseed oil nour- very little protection against the elements, in the same efficient process. Cycle hel- Winchester. Kimvi’s work is characterised This greatly strengthens the research and of experiments, the first rather crude sales; and explores ways that she could www.dashingtweeds.co.uk ishes the skin and has properties that heal the group were removed from their mets are often made from petrochemi- The layers upon layers of merino blend 100% by her sensitivity to the quality of materi- enriches her life. hanger was made. Letchka now pro- Nick Gant is co-director of the Inheritable divert these objects from the grave. By and firm, softening the look of fine lines. comfort zone and quickly had to rethink cal plastics with finite lifespan. James pure new wool provide a soft and tactile finish als, process and site, by producing work duces a range of hangers for adults and Futures Laboratory (IF:Lab), sustainable design characterising the objects as living beings, Flaxseed oil needs very little processing. their way of working. In the world of chair aims to change and improve on that. whilst the visually striking form provides the that responds to her immediate environ- [email protected] children, all of which are hand made, research group and Assistant Head of School she applies methodologies associated with The ApiSoap is a unique combination of design this is probably as back-to-basics user with a unique and versatile product for ment. Using locally produced or source www.mariaevarusso.com using traditional skills and completely for Economic and Social Engagement. He is death in the human context, in the hope locally sourced ingredients such as bee as you can get! James Dart, a recent graduate from the their living space. All over textural detailing materials enables Kimvi to produce work sustainable materials. co-founder of Community21 (online network of provoking an emotional response that produce and Flax. It is a product that re- University of Brighton is currently study- enhances their versatility, offering a more that has minimum impact on the environ- and planning tool for sustainable communities) retunes our perception as to the value and spects the human body and the surround- Gareth Neal has a unique approach ing for his Masters at Ecole Cantonale sculptural, three-dimensional appearance. ment. This becomes a tool to push the Patrick trained initially as a Patternmaker and director of acclaimed design consultancy meaning of the objects. ing environment. The arti¬ sanal ApiSoap to design, through material inventive- D’Art de Lausanne ECAL in Switzerland. work in a fresh direction, opens the work in wood, serving a four year apprentice- Studio BoBo. He co-wrote the MA in Sustainable is a demonstration of one of the versatile ness, curiosity, and reinterpretation; he His research lies in exploring a new Creator of non-conventional knit-wares, Nnuroj up to new ideas and informs and defines ship prior to establishing a successful pat- Design and Design and Craft programmes at Forensic Investigation explores the ‘after- uses of the flax plant. One of the primary has helped to shape a new era within type of resin material. With water and (pronounced // or ‘nuh-roy’) has received the language of the object. ternmaking business in Mid-Sussex. As an Brighton and is a PHD supervisor. life’ of a dumped green suitcase: aims of this product is to raise awareness the context of design and craft. The heat, some bio-resin begins to foam a warm welcome to the design world since established craftsperson, his area of ex- “On the 28th of January, a simple green Both Dean and Gant have been using some and promote local biodiversity. studio’s varied spectrum of business and expand. He has refined a number launching in the summer of 2012. UK-based [email protected] pertise lies with the design and making of suitcase is reported, discarded by a bin in unorthodox waste materials including dog hair, ranges from individual pieces for the of ways of altering the material through Norwegian designer, Jorunn Hustoft, works www.kimvi.co.uk contemporary ecclesiastical furniture and Brighton. A forensic investigator is called chip fat and breast milk in the formation of Eléa is a recent graduate from the Univer- international collectors market; and to using bio-based polymers from natural from her studio near the seaside in Brighton. artefacts, examples of which can be seen in. The victim is photographed and taken All her products are manufactured using a objects that mediate complex issues of material sity of Brighton. She is currently studying bespoke commissions for private clients oils, such as sunflower seed or linseed in church buildings throughout Sussex and culture. Dean and Gant have turned their indus- to the lab for further tests. The autopsy hand-powered domestic knitting machine. The for her Masters at Ecole Cantonale D’Art to the design of production pieces for (flax). They are an ideal alternative to beyond. Letschka is the Admissions Tutor trially developed knowledge to the creation of reveals a telling tale of the complexity of modernisation of traditional crafts techniques de Lausanne ECAL in Switzerland. She is industry. His work engages with his own non-renewable resources. He believes and area leader for the Wood Department materials and objects that promote awareness of production and possibilities for rebirth”. is a central theme in the development of her sensitive to the impact humans create on personal research through Brighton that many new applications lie undis- and Visual Research on the Design and exemplar applications, signal future sustainable designs. Inspired by lace making, upholstery earth. Issues like recycling and producing University into traditional processes and covered, as these materials continue Craft BA. He successfully completed a use and change behaviour and perceptions of By forensically separating, shredded and and the ways that wool can benefit our living materials that respect the earth are impor- digital manufacture with designs that to evolve and assume new roles. His postgraduate certificate in learning and materials in times of dwindling resources and processing the object back into raw materi- environment, her main concerns during the tant to her. Raising awareness about local intuitively engage with the tacit quali- products aim to be an intriguing step teaching in 2007 and is a Fellow of the material security. als, the process highlights the perversity biodiversity and using locally sourced ties embedded within the materials, towards new material possibilities with design process are to create pieces that are Higher Education Academy. of complex, ‘modern’ production methods unique, durable and sustainable. materials are essential in her projects. processes, and function. bio-resin. [email protected] but also the inherent resource. Stay warm please. 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ADI CHAMBERS CHLOE MEINECK DO THE FACULTY OF HARRY TRIMBLE JASMINE DR. JOAN DR. JYRI KERMICK KNITTING NATIVE HANDS SHELDON MARIE XENIA MOSELEY Stack The Food Project GREEN THING SCIENCE AND AND NICHOLLS FARRER ‘Woven Wind’ THE MAP Vessels STANSFIELD Journeywoman ENGINEERING OSCAR MEDLEY Rudimentary Conscience Seven Dials MATERIALS: MATERIALS: Posters Wharfware Clothing MATERIALS: Sue Craig first had MATERIALS: Memorial Bench MATERIALS: 219 layers of glass reinforced Posters MATERIALS: Fashion Shoot plywood, flax the idea to knit a raw Sussex clay, somerset willow, recycled Jesmonite Do The Green Thing Video 50% milk fibre version of the 1792 day lily, willow, MATERIALS: cow hide, sussex grey board weighted is an environmental Applications for flax A series of large scale The experimental seat Map of Brighthelmstone phormium elm (one piece) sheep wool, with lead charity that uses creativity versus climate fibres and flax by-products Inspired by the historic Through the use of organic materials and black and white photographs featuring ‘Woven Wind’ extends back in 2007, originally as brass upholstery pins, By taking the essence of a classic piece change to inspire people to be more Professor Sergey Mikhalovsky Southwark (South London) multi-media, ‘Rudimentary’ employs a respon- male fashion students from Central Saint Kermik’s research through an investigation a way of introducing the craft of knitting These selected pieces are from a new The memorial bench uses a single Elm log Handmade of furniture Adi wanted to translate tradi- Replica groceries are weighted according sustainable. In the five years since it was School of Pharmacy and ceramics industry that thrived in the sible design ethic whilst exploring the ideals Martins wearing their everyday clothes into the reinforcement potential of flax fi- to primary schoolchildren. body of work: one-off vessels made destined to be destroyed. The piece was made tional designing and making techniques to their embedded carbon emissions. The launched, their films, posters, podcasts and Biomolecular Sciences area surrounding the Design Museum of utility and simplicity in fabricating desirable and accessories. The text that accompa- bres. It followed from the invitation to con- from clay and plant fibres foraged from in collaboration with Brighton Tree surgeons, Journeyman (noun): An apprentice who to contemporary methods of creating heavier the food, the greater the embed- products have reached over 11 million peo- 300 years ago, Harry and Oscar have yet durable products. Distinct uses of Waste nies these ‘fashion plates’ aims to inform tribute to EcoDesign, held as part of the In 2008, she taught herself to spin with where Ruby Taylor lives, using timeless showcasing the importance of using local skills moves from one town to another, gaining furniture. The use of recycled card and ded carbon emission. The carbon emis- ple in 209 countries/territories and inspired The effect of widespread flax cultivation in produced a range of ceramics, materials have been manipulated and con- and raise issues about sustainability, Helsinki Design Week and World Design help from the Buxted Spinning Group. techniques. The clay is used straight and materials. With two seats extruding from an experience of different workshops. laser cutting highlights the juxtaposition sions produced in growing conditions, their subscribers to save 2.5 times more Normandy, France, on farmland wildlife Wharfware, made of clay dug from the structed to convey a sophisticated approach to connected to production, consumption Capital 2012 events. Kermik’s proposal was In 2009, the Brighton Spinning Group from the ground (dug in Sussex) and the central tree, it both celebrates the wood Considered an original way to learn a trade of material, use and time. transportation, packaging and livestock, CO2 than they otherwise would have. Bryony Tolhurst, Iain Allan, banks of the Thames between London recycling textiles, and new fibres such as milk and disposal of fashion from the global among 44 projects shortlisted from more at the Green Centre in East Brighton fired in a bonfire, which produces unpre- in its original state and demonstrates a simple while developing character, experiencing amongst other factors, are all taken into Deborah Glass, Paul Atkins, and Tower Bridges. Before the clay protein have been incorporated to suggest an market eg. Child labour, animal rights and than 100 internationally invited entries. was set up. The following year was dictable results. She starts this fire using yet efficient way to use the wasted wood, as a community life and travelling. Adi Chambers is a designer/maker with consideration. Each week the charity showcases posters Becky Taylor, Claudine Morvan could be used it had to undergo an alternative for British produce. environmental issues. spent devoted to learning about natural only flint and steel: struck together they communal memorial and legacy to the Elm trees a great variety of skills both in the design designed by world-famous designers, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular extensive refining process. The clay is The inclusion of flax in the material selec- dyeing and exploring ways to achieve make a spark, which is caught on dried and their environment. Exploring the connection Inspired by the European tradition of that materials hold to specific places, this body process, from concept to realisation, and Chloe Meineck is a designer, maker and artists and creatives. Each poster inspires Sciences; Plumpton College, CNRS, Rouen, dried and then made into a slip before [email protected] Joan Farrer is Director of the Design tion for the ‘Woven Wind’ demonstrates colours that did not fade, without using bindweed and wild clematis bark. This Journeymen, emerging designer Xenia of work sets out to create an insight into the in the crafts. She works with wood, metal, inventor. Currently Designer in Residence people to do one of the sustainable ac- Linières de Bosc Nouvel being sieved through progressively fine www.jasminemnicholls.co.uk Research Initiatives (DR-i) and Reader the potential of natural fibres for future chemical mordants. fragile ember is coaxed into a larger Moseley has set herself the challenge to culture and meaning behind one of Brighton’s ceramics and plastics at the University but at the Design Museum in London, her tions chosen by Do The Green Thing’s nine grades of mesh to remove impuri- in Design & Materials (including wood, design applications extending technologi- blaze, fed with local oak wood, loaded explore the traditional crafts still practiced most important, but overlooked resources, the for the past 3 years, predominantly with work is multidisciplinary and can cover environmental advisors. And it does so Flax for cleanup of oil spillages on lakes, ties. After further drying on plaster to metals, ceramics, plastics, fashion and cal possibilities associated with engineered In 2012, the group finally started knitting with pots and left for 24-36 hours. The in her county. Moseley has used the past 6 Elm. Sourcing the wood direct from Brighton’s metal and plastics art, design, science and technology. using world-class creativity, which they be- rivers and seas achieve the right consistency, the clay is textiles). She is a designer whose research wood. Moving beyond conventional the map at the Brighton Mini Makers willow bark has been dyed with wood months to learn new skills, experience dif- JEREMY PITTS streets and working with Brighton tree surgeons, Her work currently tries to identify key lieve is a brilliantly effective tool to seduce, Saad Alajmi ready to be moulded and fired. A com- expertise stems from a deep working techniques of plywood production, the Faire. Using all the techniques learnt, ash solution. The coiled basketry lid is the pieces highlight the importance of being re- ferent workshops, meet people and travel. [email protected] complex issues in society, for example, provoke and persuade people to change School of Computing, plex testing process was used to find No Tree knowledge of the industrial retail sector PlyFlax process developed by Kermik, the group and volunteers knitted areas day lily leaves stitched with phormium, Many practical trades, skills and crafts are Tree House sourceful and using what is locally available whilst www.adichambers.com dementia and global warming, and tries their behavior for the better. Engineering and Mathematics the right composition of clay with sand in Fashion, Textiles, Fibre and Materials combines the advantages of composite of the map. using an antler needle, which she has simultaneously celebrating the embedded mean- still thriving in Britain today, the antithesis to make the intangible physical, clear and and the correct firing temperature. product design, linked to knowledge of materials with the enhanced performance made using only flint tools, knapped for ing and stories of materials that surround us. of the processes behind the mass-pro- easier to understand. When the intan- Do The Green Thing is a not-for-profit pub- Mechanical and physical properties of MATERIALS: the global supply and disposal chain. Her of ‘stressed skin’ structures associated with “We had printed out patterns for knitting me by an expert colleague. duced, low value items that dominate the timber gible issue is clearly communicated it is lic service that inspires people to lead a gypsum reinforced by flax dust The geometric form of the works is Sustainable and ‘Smart’, transdisciplinary material innovation in early aviation. the first part of the East Laine, starting at shellystansfi[email protected] high street. Testing various craftspeople’s much easier to discuss and debate. greener life. Do The Green Thing’s mission Abidemi Oluwale process driven. Rather than using research collaborations, outside of the Chichester Place in the east and working Ruby Taylor makes her vessels from natu- patience and willingness to share, she’s This project is the design of a range of simple, www.sheldonstansfield.co.uk BRIDGE PAVILION is to get as many people in as many coun- School of Computing, traditional ceramics techniques unlikely Arts, include Physical and Biomedical Interlocked layers of birch veneer, and our way westwards through Kemptown. ral materials, which she has foraged from been turning up on their doorsteps, asking modern, tactile, sustainable timber buildings The Pavilion [email protected] tries as possible to Do the Green Thing to Engineering and Mathematics to work with the unpredictable raw clay, science, Computing and Mathematics, their inherent structural strength, are Not Kemp Town – two words – because the woods, hedgerows and land where for insight into their practice: a modern- with low environmental impact. The buildings www.chloemeineck.co.uk prevent climate change and then use that Harry and Oscar applied an industrial Engineering and Business. further reinforced with a skin of flax fibres that estate was built to the east of the col- she lives. Experiencing the whole cycle of day Journeywoman. Focusing on her local combine contemporary timber construction MATERIALS: ‘people power’ to persuade government Mechanical and physical properties of approach. Moulds were designed to to reduce the thickness of plywood shells oured strips, on the Black Rock Down, all production from harvesting materials in area of East Sussex, Moseley has met and technology with the products of English STEFANO SANTILLI ash wood, and business to Do the Green Thing too. recycled glass screed allow the clay to be shaped under woodland and traditional underwoodsman [email protected] without compromising their strength or of which Kemp owned. Although we were a sustainable way, processing them and ‘Domestic Objects’ mapped a spinner, basket-weaver, uphol- hemp rope Aziz Alamri pressure and easily removed from craft in the making of modern, minimal spaces. flexibility. The viscous-elastic properties of aware that the Saxon layout of the terrier finally creating a vessel, brings a deep sterer and boatmaker, all situated along [email protected] School of Computing, the mould. In creating Wharfware, The treehouse, which doesn’t require a tree, is fibres, and their visual quality, are embed- strips in 1792 had morphed into the roads sense of connection to the natural world. MATERIALS: the River Ouse. She has made an object This project started with a one week THE CONTINUUM www.dothegreenthing.com Engineering and Mathematics Harry and Oscar have created a locally the first of these to be constructed. ded within a matrix of bio-resin. still recognisable today, we hadn’t realised This gives her meaning and satisfies her ash, leather that combines and celebrates these crafts, summer workshop in the Faculty of Arts, Wool and Flax relevant product in an innovative and JOSH BITELLI how much the volunteer knitters appreci- compulsion to make with her hands. and symbolises an ongoing journey. It is involving students from Design and Craft, Continuum Innovative sustainable products made of resourceful way. The core of the building is a shell made from Repaired Vessel The ergonomics of the seat evolve from ated being able to find their own bit on English Oak is the a manifestation of the materials and craft Interior Architecture, Textiles and Graphic flax by-products lightweight, thermally efficient structural Kermik’s previous experiments with self- the map. Fortunately, we also had the Originally trained in 3D Craft at Brighton favoured species, providing methods encountered, transformed into Design. With an opportunity to showcase MATERIALS: ESITC CAEN B. Kusnyerova, E. Sazhina ‘Commissioned by the London Design insulated panels (the modern technology MATERIALS: forming plywood springs, which revealed 1838 companion map on display and we University, Ruby is also a qualified art the local sawmill with a good return for the a useful object that is also a metaphor for the work of the BRIDGE Interreg project flax, wool, Division of Engineering and Product Museum for its annual Designers in part) that stands elevated above ground on asphalt, line paint responsive geometries applicable to seat- all strained to see which ‘paul’ piece had and design teacher and has trained in processing from tree to beam. But what about collaboration and learning, an alternative at Bentley Woodfair, we decided to cre- beeswax, Posters Design, School of Computing, Residence exhibition in 2012 and its own ‘copse’ of coppiced Sweet Chestnut ing. Pressure causes springs to adjust their turned into which road. basketry. A team member at East Sussex English Ash? The logs are usually straight to our entrenched, modern systems. ate a pavilion from green ash milled to plastic bags Engineering and Mathematics answering a brief entitled ‘Thrift’, tree trunks. The outside is clad in cleaved Nodes: where systems of production shape in relation to the weight and move- Archaeology and Museums Partnership, with a good yield of tough and versatile 2.4m planks by Copford Farm Sawmill, During the final year London designers Harry Trimble (Studio (split) Sweet Chestnut and the interior is fully co-exist, where characters encounter ment of the body. The design metaphor In Brighton, only the North Laine area she is involved in experimental archaeol- timber,providing a valuable material to make [email protected] celebrating the versatility of the material The Continuum has evolved through the of the Masters program Investigating mechanical properties of flax- PSK) and Oscar Medley Whitfield lined and fitted out in native English timber. places and other commercial ac- to encapsulate movement and sustainable has reverted to its original name: Hano- ogy as well as archaeological interpreta- things. . Although, currently, the most likely www.xeniamoseley.co.uk and making reference to the standard Bridge project with collaborative work in Civil Engineering at the reinforced clay composites (Conrad Shawcross) share an interest The buildings are prefabricated off site and tivities. These points of intersection are qualities of the materials explored in the ver was once the Hilly Laine, St James’s tion, working with all ages. product is firewood. With Ash dieback, we might dimension of ubiquitous manufactured from Bridge club members from different ESITC Caen, the students worked on a Howard Kenning in sourcing local materials and using delivered as flat pack, which can be assembled often representative of a greater web of making of the seat is adopted from Japan, was the Little Laine and from the town expect a lot of tree felling in the South East. boards. Although the team knew that ash disciplines and levels. It demonstrates realistic multidisciplinary design project. School of Environment and bespoke manufacturing processes. quickly and easily using only manual labour. confusion and chaos and have intrinsic where flax is called ‘woven wind.’ centre towards the boundary with Hove [email protected] These Domestic Objects are propaganda to was not best suited to outdoor structures, some properties that wool and flax This year, the students were divided into Technology Nuffield scheme Together they experimented with how This, combined with a low impact removable environmental and socio-political impacts. was The West Laine. This latter area was www.nativehands.co.uk incite a fresh interest in what the species has to WILLIAM GREEN they thought at least the scale of the possess when combined by differing six groups. They have spent their time products can be independently made foundation system, enables the buildings to be Josh Bitelli makes interfaces and moor- Dr Jüri Kermik has an international reputa- entirely owned by the Kemp Family, and offer for designers and makers. Frugal Bench structure would attract attention! techniques. These include the use of nee- preparing a proposal for the refurbish- Animation and embody local identity and heritage. erected with minimal impact on the site. ings that articulate and engender these tion for research in materials and furniture is therefore entirely green. Needless to dle punch felting, wet felting, knit, heat ment of the southern port area of Safi, They believe both this approach has human actions, that frame the hypnosis design, for both small scale and volume pro- say the most difficult colour to obtain Stefano Santilli’s work with the University of MATERIALS: Working collaboratively with a network of local After a week experimenting with form pressure, lamination and laser cutting. Morocco, which included among other Project Biocare Marine significant economic, environmental of normality. duction. Joining the University of Brighton using natural dyes is green – the most NEW LIFE Brighton Faculty of Arts runs alongside running ash underwoodsmen and craftsmen enables the a practice as a designer maker, working in wood, and construction we set aside one week Some additional materials have been things an extension of the port and the Dr. Iain Allan, Dr. Cressida Bowyer and emotional benefits. Harry and Os- in 2003, Kermik developed the Design prevalent individual colour in the whole PAINTS LTD construction of buildings that represent and metals and plastics. For many years he pursued in September to build the pavilion, from added to sections, including plastic bags creation of a university campus. The School of Pharmacy and car graduated in 2011 from Design and Josh Bitelli, recent graduate from Technologies subject area, and currently map, because Kemp owned approxi- Reborn Paint When designing, Green find new uses and new markets for the timber a career in the designing and production of start to finish. With a fresh supply of ash and beeswax. Individual developments project involves architectural, structural, Biomolecular Sciences Craft from the University of Brighton Brighton University exhibits and sells leads the Design Futures Programme within mately half of Brighton at the turn of the believes that he has a responsibility to produced from local woodland. The establish- furniture objects for private commission, for sale from Copford, six coppice poles from demonstrate the potential application for societal, and economic aspects of a large- and Product Design at Kingston Univer- work nationally and internationally, he has the School of Art, Design and Media. He nineteenth century. By the time we’d MATERIALS: think sustainably. His work aims to be envi- ment of these new markets encourages the through London showrooms or to fit out interior [email protected] recycled matt Flimwell and our own hand made hemp elements of this material. scale international construction project. sity respectively. proper management of local woodland and, in made work for the Serpentine gallery & is retains an international presence founded finished knitting the East Laine and were retail spaces. As the opportunities for working in ronmentally friendly but to not jeopardize rope, the majority of processing was As a part of the scope, the students also [email protected] a modest way, contributes to the maintenance represented by Gallery FUMI. on expertise in materials technology and poised to start on the Hilly Laine, we’d emulsion education increased, Stefano’s output has shifted the design or aesthetic; he wants people undertaken by student volunteers, making Continuum developers and construc- took into account the use of what could [email protected] of woodland that characterises so much of the experimental design applications. A used up all our green. We estimate we away from commercial activity and towards a pre- to appreciate his work before they know use of an array of techniques developed tors: Chris Cooper, Lizzie Wester, Becca be characterised as eco-materials for the www.harrytrimble.co.uk landscape of South East England. [email protected] sharpened focus on environmental concerns now have enough handspun, hand-dyed Reborn is a superb collection of 28 dominantly conceptually-based enquiry through about the sustainable qualities that have or invented during the summer workshop. Haughton, Hilary Owen, Grace Martin, construction in view of the local context. www.joshbitelli.co.uk provides the context for Kermik’s current yarn in the other four colours to com- beautifully subtle tones of high quality, making that interrogates the values determining been installed in them. Claudia Hartley, Gabbie Lake, Hayley Each group presents and develops their [email protected] [email protected] research projects in ecological design. plete the Hilly Laine.” low carbon, matt emulsion eco paint. relationships between objects and users. Pavilion developers and constructors: White, Mariam Obeid, Maria Eva Russo, approach to this issue in a poster. FLAXLAND www.oscarmw.com www.jeremypitts.co.uk The whole collection is designed to bring The idea behind the Frugal Bench is to Chris Cooper, Jasmine Nicholls, Ana Toni Hicks. Canoe [email protected] www.knittingthemap.org a wonderful new look throughout your [email protected] maximize the material productivity and Sidorova, Shelly Stansfield, Ryan Neil, Student participants: Group 1: Adèle JULIA DESCH http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/ home, effortlessly covering all of your www.stefanosantilli.co.uk address the 200% wastage of material from James Dart, Mylinh Nguyen, Xenia Examples of developed designs: Chris Bailly, German Gonzales, Juliette Bernard, MATERIALS: Rare Breed Sheep juri-kermik interior walls and ceilings including dry tree to product. The images show the bench Moseley, Jorunn Hustoft, Marie-Claire Cooper, James Dart, Eléa Nouraud. Clément Corlay, Justine Quatromme, 90% flax JESSIE FLECK Spun Shawl plaster, as well as woodchip, vinyl wallpa- and the control piece of wood that is exactly Canning, Camilla Small, Alice Stewardson, Nicolas Coromines,Chloé Woehrel; Group HEATHER Unfold MARIA EVA RUSSO pers and old paint finishes. the same amount of wood used to construct Toni Hicks, Glen Longden-Thurgood, 2: David Barbou, Loïc Dartnell, Hubert Flaxland canoes are BELCHER MATERIALS: Lookerers Cloak TANYA DEAN AND the 2.75 metre object. To make the most Stefano Santilli. De Labauve D’Arifat, Cédric Dupeux, built to harmonise with the environ- Tea with Elsie MATERIALS: British wool KIMVI NGUYEN The Reborn Collection has been cre- NICK GANT from the wood, he studied industrial con- Antoine Patoux, Audrey Quinard; Group ment, the covering being made from ash, steel, rope Bow MATERIALS: ated to help protect and preserve our ‘Sole Searching’ struction techniques on a large scale, aimed DASHING TWEEDS 3: Alexandre Berhault, François Emako, renewable natural materials. Flax is one MATERIALS: Julia Desch is passionate traditionally precious natural environment. Each at creating the greatest strength with the Lumatwill™ Chloé De Vos, Marie Froidevaux, Barbara of our oldest crops. Fibre from the stems 100% handmade Unfold is an experiment about sharing heritage skills based MATERIALS: produced smooth, soft shade is lovingly repro- MATERIALS: least amount of material. Green had to be Quere, Deborah Chestier, Benoît Francois, is prepared in such a way that it absorbs wool felt into the use of thin strips of timber under on her Rare Breed Black Wensleydale ash wood, felt from Wensleydale cessed and blended from previously reformed synthetic extremely careful with his cuts and consider BRIGHTON MATERIALS: Perrine Pradelle; Group 4: Charles-An- the resin, which is made from the oil tension. It is an exploration of a spiraling, Longwool Flock. She works both alone nylon thread, and Romney March fleece, unused paints. This directly reduces the wine corks, such fine details as saw blade widths and REPAIR CAFÉ reflective toine Da Silva Pareicio, Marion Fruchart, extracted from the seeds of flax/linseed Heather’s work explores handmade felt- pivoting motion that allows the participant and in co-operation with several groups, Neodymium magnets recycled Tents (silicon coated polyester) amount of unwanted paint that would plastic beach waste tensile strength capabilities. Another inter- filament, Emilie Garino, Oscar De Bruyne, Florian plants. Technical developments in the ing processes, incorporating techniques to engage in a physical way with the piece to including Woolcraft with Wensleydale otherwise end up in landfill, and poten- esting detail about the table is that all of the The production wool Guillemette, François Le Corvic; Group 5: biocomposite industry from two UK such as hand knitting, printing and also transform it from one state to another. (four Breeders with similar interests and For the making of the Bow Sculpture, Kimvi The Lookerers Cloak is a slow designed tially damage the environment. The project endorses and demonstrates the wood is cut to the same thickness, requiring industry will continue to Mathieu Geslin, Zaag Ghada, Alexandre companies have introduced eco-friendly drawing directly with loose wool fibres, skills), East Sussex Guild of Weavers, Spin- went to William Turner, a local joiner in garment specially created for a commu- value of ‘designed’ objects and materials as only one machine for almost the entire con- dictate how we use our Lumatwill ™ was created in 2005 by Kirsty Gouaillier, Coline Isambert, Benoît De La products with none of the drawbacks to to create images of domestic objects Jessie Fleck is interested in experience, and ners and Dyers. As a designer, maker and Alresford, Hampshire, for advice on the nity of modern shepherds of Brighton Newlife Paints Ltd is based in Ford, West critical aspects of the methodological process struction. This makes it easy for production things and for how long unless we begin McDougall and Guy Hills as part of the Fourniere, Sébastien Laidin, Inès Morel; the user or the environment associated and clothing that become integrated in in facilitating interesting sensory and social facilitator she set up the Lottery Funded management of the project and to use his and Hove. Based on the idea of creat- Sussex. They professionally reprocess and in facilitating research and new knowledge and offers exciting parameters within which to occupy our objects... range of fabric offered by their woven tex- Group 6: Mélanie Duchier, Joris Marc, with petrochemical-based resins. Our the structure of the cloth. experiences around objects. Touch is the Sheep to Shawl Project as a means of machinery and space. Whilst investigating ing a ‘new folk’ attire, the purpose was waste water-based paint back into a production. to develop more products, using the same tiles fabric business, Hills McDougall and Mathilde Prugneau, Etienne Delanoue, experience with fabric-covered craft and primary sense towards which her work is ori- supporting this work with equipment, tu- materials she had many discussions with to blend and convey past and present. premium grade emulsion. All products wood cut dimensions. Based on the Dutch Repair Café model, Dashing Tweeds. Lumatwill is a fabric that Damien Lefranc, Florent Magnier flax growing led us to develop light, flex- [email protected] ented, enriching and extending knowledge tors and courses. Her top quality, ethically experts, considering the possibility of differ- This closed loop project covers the in our paint range guarantee a minimum Each pair of shoes is a distinct ‘material story’ the Brighton Repair Café (BRC) is a social combines reflective filament with a tradi- ible canoes, suited to sheltered waters, www.healtherbelcher.co.uk of a piece through a tactile, as well as a produced products are sold through The ent types of wood. Ash wood was chosen four streams of integrated sustainability 50% recycled content, made up from and methodology composed around four key William Green is a recent graduate of 3D enterprise run by volunteers to encourage tional worsted or tweed wool yarn. The www.esitc-caen.fr rivers and lakes: the 21st century evolu- visual, understanding. Great English Outdoors in Hay-on-Wye. as it was a locally sourced material and (environment, people, economy, and waste paint diverted from landfill or ‘actors’ - the object (shoe), the material, the Design; he currently works at Aarchitect more people to repair their things (from cloth appears to be a traditional suiting or tion of skin-on-frame boats. She regularly sells her luxury, locally spun, for its quality of smoothness, colour and culture) and the cloak can be seen as a incineration. making process and user (hypothetical). Cen- Company who has clients such as Grayson clothing to electrical goods). The ethos tweed but is reflective in certain light. The Fleck hopes to connect people with material, worsted yarns at the I Knit London Show. minimal wood grain. The construction for textile metaphor of endurable design tral, and seminal, to the consideration of the Perry and Antony Gormley. He is also form and movement and promote curiosity in shoe and the subject is the unique relational behind the enterprise is to reduce waste fabric was first made public and sold com- simon@flaxland.co.uk the Bow uses a similar technique found in culture. [email protected] currently setting up a design studio with playful interactions. There is also a social ele- notion of the material seeing these as waste, and shift consumption practices whilst mercially in 2005. The fabrics were initially ELÉA NOURAUD ann@flaxland.co.uk JAMES DART [email protected] the making of boats. The layers of wood are www.rebornpaints.co.uk two friends aimed at creating low carbon ment to the work. By encouraging a physical this project reveals these materials as having empowering the individual and creating sold by the metre through tailors on Savile ApiSoap www.flaxland.co.uk Duo Lin www.woolcraftwithwensleydale.com steamed to allow the flexibility needed to Born and bred in Buenos Aires, Argen- furniture from local resources. interaction with the piece, the opportunity enriched and exploitable embodied histories, community cohesion. Events take place at Row and via the Dashing Tweeds website: create the semi-circle. Using a jig the wood tina, Maria Eva studied Fine Art, Image arises for participants to engage with each stories, meanings and experiences held within cafés and events around Brighton where dashingtweeds.co.uk. MATERIALS: MATERIALS: other around the activity. layers are then glued and clamped together and Sound Design at the University their materiality. Each material narrative and [email protected] volunteers support participants to carry flax oil, flax, bio-resin creating the bow shape. So even in this of Buenos Aires. Her career began as PATRICK methodology forming distinct algorithms for out repairs using tools provided by BRC, Dashing Tweeds is Britain’s latest tweed rapeseed oil Her work combines elements of sculpture, practical stage there appears to be a lot of a set and costume designer but her LETSCHKA ‘material meaning making’ that are then ex- in a social and informal learning environ- textile and menswear company. They and flax fibres GARETH NEAL Duo Lin is funded by architecture, furniture and playgrounds to tension. To create a further visual indication natural curiosity led her to explore Coat Hangers hibited and evaluated by public and industrial ment. This happens in return for a skill use the best British mills and workshops Bodged Chair the BRIDGE (Building create an ambiguous space that invites of tension two powerful neodymium mag- other disciplines, such as photography, participants. The stories are established by the ZOSIA POULTER swap or discretionary donations. to create a truly original British brand. ApiSoap is funded by the BRIDGE Research & Innovation Deals for Green exploration. nets were used. Placing one hidden within mural and fresco painting, etching, 3D MATERIALS: researchers identifying waste streams and/or Forensic Opening up a contemporary arena for (Building Research & Innovation Deals MATERIALS: Economy) research project. Duo Lin one end of the bow itself, the other was design and fashion. In 1999, Maria Eva coppice timber associated organisations that promote the ethi- Investigation www.brightonrepaircafe.wordpress.com classic quality fabric they have created a for Green Economy) research project. ash is a project exploring new biopoly- jessiefl[email protected] attached to a black nylon cord threaded at left Argentina to travel, live and work cal consideration of material culture. range of tweeds, accessories and clothing Oleaginous flax can be grown every- mers and flax. Duo Lin uses flaxseed www.jessiefleck.com the other end of the bow. The cord, being in Latin America and Europe pursuing The wood used to make MATERIALS: for the 21st century. The company was where. Most opportunities for flax oil On the 30th of March oil-based resin, utilising the natural two inches shorter than the diameter of the her endless passion for art, design and these coat hangers comes directly from Tanya Dean is joint area leader for Polymers yarn, wood chips, founded by photographer Guy Hills and are industrial: paint, soap, detergent, 2010, nine prospective ‘Bodgers’ met strength characteristics of flax fibres as bow, created an illusion of the nylon cord culture. In 2011, Maria Eva undertook an coppiced trees in New England Woods, and Composites on the Design and Craft pro- steel chips, paper, Woven Textile Designer Kirsty McDougall, special lubricants and floor covering. It up at Gudrun Leitz’s outdoor workshop a knitted and woven reinforcement. The floating taut in mid air. The Bow Sculpture MA in Sustainable Design in which she Cuckfield, Sussex (ten miles north of gramme and co-founder of acclaimed design plastic chips consultancy Studio BoBo. Described by Design who share a dedication to challenging the contains polyunsaturated oils (omega3), in Clissett Wood. The team comprised: project is taken further by producing a JORUNN HUSTOFT evolves from a sculpture, installation to a produced a fine collection of products Brighton). They were born of necessity. menswear market with elegance, colour, presenting a nutritional value for humans. Amos Marchant, Carl Clerkin, Chris prototype cycle helmet, with a durable performative object. The work continues to and projects that endorse sustainable Twice a year a group of students harvest Week as a ‘master of material manipulation’, Zosia Poulter’s work aims to explore the Upholstered she utilises her expertise to develop research heritage, technology, innovation and It prevents heart problems, and food Eckersley, Dave Green, Gareth Neal, outerskin made of flaxseed oil based be reused and renewed. culture. Maria Eva believes that culture wood, work with hand tools and learn possible ‘afterlife’ for objects otherwise Beanbags initiatives and projects that explore, develop, test humour, developing fabrics and garments derived from ani¬ mals fed on flax seeds Gitta Gschwendtner, Rory Dodd, Suzanne resin, reinforced with knitted and woven is core to sustainability, therefore, most about using this material far away from presumed as ‘dead’. Viewing landfill sites and apply new materials design innovations in that will last a life time. (meat, milk, eggs) benefit those who eat Barnes, and William Warren. With no long strand flax fibres. The dense and MATERIALS: Kimvi Nguyen is a British Vietnamese of her projects are based on observing, modern life. Letschka felt he needed a broad range of industrial and public contexts as mass graves, she collect objects from them. Flaxseed oil is used to moisturize electricity (and therefore no power tools), protective inner core is developed from 100% merino blend Conceptual Artist, born in Bangor, North interacting and working in situations of to hang up his coat rather than let it and in the promotion of charities, NGOs and various ‘end-of-life’ scenarios: street cor- [email protected] and smooth the skin in cosmetics. Skin no computers or drawing boards and with modified bio-resin foam, co-moulded pure new wool Wales in 1982, now living and working in interest alongside their protagonists. rest on the floor. So through a series exemplar ‘materialists’. ners, house clearances, freecycle, car boot [email protected] care experts claim that flaxseed oil nour- very little protection against the elements, in the same efficient process. Cycle hel- Winchester. Kimvi’s work is characterised This greatly strengthens the research and of experiments, the first rather crude sales; and explores ways that she could www.dashingtweeds.co.uk ishes the skin and has properties that heal the group were removed from their mets are often made from petrochemi- The layers upon layers of merino blend 100% by her sensitivity to the quality of materi- enriches her life. hanger was made. Letchka now pro- Nick Gant is co-director of the Inheritable divert these objects from the grave. By and firm, softening the look of fine lines. comfort zone and quickly had to rethink cal plastics with finite lifespan. James pure new wool provide a soft and tactile finish als, process and site, by producing work duces a range of hangers for adults and Futures Laboratory (IF:Lab), sustainable design characterising the objects as living beings, Flaxseed oil needs very little processing. their way of working. In the world of chair aims to change and improve on that. whilst the visually striking form provides the that responds to her immediate environ- [email protected] children, all of which are hand made, research group and Assistant Head of School she applies methodologies associated with The ApiSoap is a unique combination of design this is probably as back-to-basics user with a unique and versatile product for ment. Using locally produced or source www.mariaevarusso.com using traditional skills and completely for Economic and Social Engagement. He is death in the human context, in the hope locally sourced ingredients such as bee as you can get! James Dart, a recent graduate from the their living space. All over textural detailing materials enables Kimvi to produce work sustainable materials. co-founder of Community21 (online network of provoking an emotional response that produce and Flax. It is a product that re- University of Brighton is currently study- enhances their versatility, offering a more that has minimum impact on the environ- and planning tool for sustainable communities) retunes our perception as to the value and spects the human body and the surround- Gareth Neal has a unique approach ing for his Masters at Ecole Cantonale sculptural, three-dimensional appearance. ment. This becomes a tool to push the Patrick trained initially as a Patternmaker and director of acclaimed design consultancy meaning of the objects. ing environment. The arti¬ sanal ApiSoap to design, through material inventive- D’Art de Lausanne ECAL in Switzerland. work in a fresh direction, opens the work in wood, serving a four year apprentice- Studio BoBo. He co-wrote the MA in Sustainable is a demonstration of one of the versatile ness, curiosity, and reinterpretation; he His research lies in exploring a new Creator of non-conventional knit-wares, Nnuroj up to new ideas and informs and defines ship prior to establishing a successful pat- Design and Design and Craft programmes at Forensic Investigation explores the ‘after- uses of the flax plant. One of the primary has helped to shape a new era within type of resin material. With water and (pronounced // or ‘nuh-roy’) has received the language of the object. ternmaking business in Mid-Sussex. As an Brighton and is a PHD supervisor. life’ of a dumped green suitcase: aims of this product is to raise awareness the context of design and craft. The heat, some bio-resin begins to foam a warm welcome to the design world since established craftsperson, his area of ex- “On the 28th of January, a simple green Both Dean and Gant have been using some and promote local biodiversity. studio’s varied spectrum of business and expand. He has refined a number launching in the summer of 2012. UK-based [email protected] pertise lies with the design and making of suitcase is reported, discarded by a bin in unorthodox waste materials including dog hair, ranges from individual pieces for the of ways of altering the material through Norwegian designer, Jorunn Hustoft, works www.kimvi.co.uk contemporary ecclesiastical furniture and Brighton. A forensic investigator is called chip fat and breast milk in the formation of Eléa is a recent graduate from the Univer- international collectors market; and to using bio-based polymers from natural from her studio near the seaside in Brighton. artefacts, examples of which can be seen in. The victim is photographed and taken All her products are manufactured using a objects that mediate complex issues of material sity of Brighton. She is currently studying bespoke commissions for private clients oils, such as sunflower seed or linseed in church buildings throughout Sussex and culture. Dean and Gant have turned their indus- to the lab for further tests. The autopsy hand-powered domestic knitting machine. The for her Masters at Ecole Cantonale D’Art to the design of production pieces for (flax). They are an ideal alternative to beyond. Letschka is the Admissions Tutor trially developed knowledge to the creation of reveals a telling tale of the complexity of modernisation of traditional crafts techniques de Lausanne ECAL in Switzerland. She is industry. His work engages with his own non-renewable resources. He believes and area leader for the Wood Department materials and objects that promote awareness of production and possibilities for rebirth”. is a central theme in the development of her sensitive to the impact humans create on personal research through Brighton that many new applications lie undis- and Visual Research on the Design and exemplar applications, signal future sustainable designs. Inspired by lace making, upholstery earth. Issues like recycling and producing University into traditional processes and covered, as these materials continue Craft BA. He successfully completed a use and change behaviour and perceptions of By forensically separating, shredded and and the ways that wool can benefit our living materials that respect the earth are impor- digital manufacture with designs that to evolve and assume new roles. His postgraduate certificate in learning and materials in times of dwindling resources and processing the object back into raw materi- environment, her main concerns during the tant to her. Raising awareness about local intuitively engage with the tacit quali- products aim to be an intriguing step teaching in 2007 and is a Fellow of the material security. als, the process highlights the perversity biodiversity and using locally sourced ties embedded within the materials, towards new material possibilities with design process are to create pieces that are Higher Education Academy. of complex, ‘modern’ production methods unique, durable and sustainable. materials are essential in her projects. processes, and function. bio-resin. [email protected] but also the inherent resource. Stay warm please. [email protected] http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/tanya-dean [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/patrick- [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.eleanouraud.com www.garethneal.co.uk www.jamesdart.com letschka http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/nick-gant www.zosiapoulter.co.uk www.nnuroj.com

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www.arts.brighton.ac.uk/projects/bridge/brightonbridgecircus BRIDGE (Building Research & Innovation Deals for the Green Economy) is a European Union INTERREG THE BRIGHTON BRIDGE THE BRIGHTON BRIDGE

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THIS PROGRAMME IS SUPPORTED SUPPORTED IS PROGRAMME THIS funded project linking partners from Southern England and Northern France to analyse, map and engage local and geographical networks in the field of eco materials: timber and textiles in order to create more sustainable materials practice, processes and reuse. The intention is to give ‘added value’ to the materials, from up-cycled CIRCUS CIRCUS and recycled sources through the development of design and craft prototypes, underpinned with hard

scientific data on production processes, lifecycle analysis, materials testing, through SME industrial

SYMPOSIUM & EXPOSITION SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION Channel eco-cluster Channel B RIDGE development and community engagement. La vraie valeur The True Value

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Building Research and Innovation Deals for the Green Economy Green the for Deals Innovation and Research Building

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UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON BRIGHTON OF UNIVERSITY romantique, du retour à la nature, à un mythe Vert. on environmental carbon-footprint issues, Green ser-

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of materials of HAMPSHIRE Le Cirque BRIDGE Brighton parle d’un TOUT NOU- GREEN. A Green that showcases new designs, new

VEAU VERT. Un Vert qui met en valeur de nouvelles materials, new potentials and new uses, so celebrating

The true value value true The conceptions, de nouveaux matériaux, de nouvelles the Green entrepreneur.

potentielles et utilités ainsi célébrant l’entrepreneur

Vert. Come and find sports equipment made from flax, items composed of bio-degradable resins, new gar- CIRCUS SOUTHAMPTON Venez découvrir de l’équipement sportif fabriqué en ments made from wool combined with plastic waste. lin, des objets en résines bio-dégradables, de no- This is a new Green which harnesses the imagination of vueaux habits fabriqués d’un mélange de laine et dé- creative designers and the discoveries of science to the

chets de plastique. C’est in nouveau Vert qui maîtrise dynamism of innovators with a vision of the future. BRIGHTON BRIDGE BRIGHTON l’imagination des dessinateurs créatifs et les décou- vertes de la science aux dynamisme des innovateurs The pre-industrial past was sustainable. Materials and avec une vision pour l’avenir. skills were valued, reused, adapted to new purposes. The present, by contrast, is a carnival of excess and BRIGHTON AND Le passé pré-industrialisé était durable. Les maté- waste. The problem we are faced with is this: How HOVE/EAST SUSSEX riaux et les peaux étaient tenus en valeur, réutilisés can we make the future become more sustainable, et adaptés pour de nouveaux buts. Le présent, au more resilient? contraire, est une fête d’excès et de perte. Notre dilemme est : Comment créer un avenir plus durable, A sustainable future can only be achieved by means of ISLE OF WIGHT plus résistant? smart solutions. The potential implicit in present Un avenir durable ne peut être atteint que par des technologies is infinite. solutions judicieux. Le potentiel implicite dans les technologies présentes est infini. The new – new ideas, new processes, new markets and new consumers - will emerge from the dynamism of Le nouveau – de nouveaux processus, de nou- small-scale adventurers. Local problems will find local veaux consommateurs, de nouveaux marchés et solutions. Local solutions will grow into regional de nouvelles idées – émergeront du dynamisme solutions. Regional solutions can become global. d’aventuriers à petite échelle. Les problèmes locaux trouveront des solutions locales. Les solutions locales When different disciplines are gathered together - THE BRIGHTON BRIDGE deviendront des solutions régionales. Les solutions designer, scientist, entrepreneur - ideas are shared, régionales peuvent devenir globales. concepts explored, possibilities analysed, technology CIRCUS developed and research is financed - then new territo- The True Value of Materials Quand des disciplines différentes sont réunies – ries are occupied and new horizons are envisaged. dessinateur, scientifique, entrepreneur – les idées sont BRIDGE was set up to harness, direct and instigate Principal Investigator School of Pharmacy and Bio-molecular partagées, des conceptes explorés, des possibilitées Director of Design Research Initiatives Sciences analysées, la technologie développée et la recherche new ways of developing Green jobs – of capturing Dr Joan Farrer Dr. Cressida Bowyer financée – alors de nouveaux territoires sont occupés exciting, strange, even provocative uses of the old, School of Pharmacy and Director of Flimwell Woodland Enter- et de nouveaux horizons sont envisagés. familiar world and its resources. We are establishing a Bio-molecular Sciences prise Centre Prof. Sergey Mikhalovsky David Saunders Green web between France and the UK as a step SEINE-MARITIME towards creating a world where Green principles are Research Assistants Design and Craft Principle Lecturer BRIDGE a été conçu pour maîtriser, pour diriger et in- Carolyn Watt Deputy Head of School for Economic stiguer de nouvelles méthodes pour développer des the core driver of progress. Maria Eva Russo and Social Engagement Marney Walker Nick Gant emplois verts – pour capter des moyens passionnants, Mylinh Nguyen bizarres et même provocateurs d’utiliser le monde Imagine the future as an egg. If we handle it carelessly INTERREG Project Administrator Key Investigators Diane Larribeau connu et familier et ses resources. Nous établissons it will crack and break. If we ignore it, it will rot. But if Deputy Head of the School of Art, we nurture and incubate it, it will hatch open and the Design and Media Art Director un réseau Vert entre la France et le Royaume Uni Dr. Jyri Kermik Jonathan Swain comme un pas vers la création d’un monde où les future will emerge.

School of Art, Design and Media Project Writer principes Vertes sont à la base du progrès. Textiles Senior Lecturer Jonathan Chamberlain Some of the exhibits represent the simple, local use Toni Hicks Graphic Design Imaginez l’avenir comme un œuf. Si nous n’en of natural materials – wood and textiles. Others are Design and Craft Senior Lecturer Anna-Kaisa Jormanainen provocations – concepts - symbols – works of the im- Stefano Santilli prenons pas soin il se fendra et se brisera. Si nous Printed at PurePrint l’ignorons, il pourrira. Mais si nous le soignons et le agination – examples of the mutability of materials. BRIDGE Club couvons, il éclorera et l’avenir émergera. Alice Liptrot, Amy Lamb, Amy Hurst, Anik Kurkjian, Anna Veglio-White, Ashleigh This is where we are going. Hambling, Bethan Hall, Caroline Carter, Cat Dimond, Charlotte Froud, Christian Certains expositions représentes l’utilisation simple Cooper, Claire Evans, Clare Evans, Claudia Hartley, Daisy Melhuish, Ed Pimm, CALVADOS des matériaux locaux – le bois et le tissu. D’autres Today, at the BRIDGE symposium and exhibition, this is Edward Bending, Elea Nouraud, Ellie Yiangou, Elmina Fors, Eloisa Henderson, Elona Hoover, Emily Hillier, Emma Brooks, Emma Burnstern, Eve Kelly, Gabbie Lake, sont provocateurs – conceptes- symboles- œuvres where we are at today. Harry Trimble, Hattie Godley, Hayley White, Hazel Hura, Hilary Owen, Hiu-Wing de l’imagination – des exemples de la mutabilité des Chan, Isabel Roffe-Silvester, Isobel Goodacre, James Dart, Jamie Richardson, Jared Philippo, Jasmine Nicholls, Jessica Hargreaves, Jessie Fleck, Jozefa Lewis, Julia Bar- matériaux. klem, Julia Smith, Julian Komosa, Juliet Millican, Kate Jopling, Katherine Ladd, Kse- niia Katok, Laura Berne, Laurence Lawson, Lily Eden, Lizzie Wester, Lucas Hobbs, Mariam Obeid, Marie-Claire Canning, Pippa Smart, Poppy Mosbacher,Rebecca C’est là notre direction. Haughton, Rosa Beesley, Rosey Walker, Rosie Nolan, Ruby Woodhouse, Rufus Curd, Ryan Neil, Sally Atalla, Shelly Stansfield, Sofia Duplain, Sophie Liengaard Aujourd’hui, au symposia et l’exhibition BRIDGE, c’est Forster, Stephanie Bartlett, Susannah Fenn, Tom Ainsworth, Victoria Watson, Vikki là où nous sommes. Haffenden, William Green, Xenia Moseley, Zohreh Adle-Ghadjar

Thank you to the continued research support from the Dean of the University of Brighton, Faculty of Art, Prof. Anne Boddington and Head of School of Art, Design and Media, Karen Norquay ORNE

Partners Dr. Joan Farrer (RCA) Director of Design Research Initiatives

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