About Design roast.open.lecture series

About Design roast.open.lecture series

The Design Roast is a new open discussion group for anyone interested in creative design practices and theories of cross-disciplinarity, interactive design, new media technologies, visual communication and philosophies of the state-of-the current and future design. The idea is derived from “The Thursday Club” – Goldsmith’s, University of London- founded by Professor Janis Jefferies in […]

20 March 2014 – Creative Professions & Digital Arts – Prof Gregory Sporton

20 March 2014 – Creative Professions & Digital Arts – Prof Gregory Sporton

Gregory Sporton, Professor of Digital Creativity, Head of the Creative Professions & Digital Arts Department UoG profile Projects Gregory’s research focuses on the application and development of new technologies in the visual and performing arts. Having been attracted to the potential of new technologies for creative practice, and spending some time exploring and repurposing them […]

13 March 2014 – Pat Tierney – branding / strategy and art direction

13 March 2014 – Pat Tierney – branding / strategy and art direction

I am obsessed by game changing ideas, over my professional career I have developed a clear mantra by which I live my creative life. All my work is ideas focused and developed from a clear and concise creative concept. I still get the same euphoric feeling from great ideas as when I first took my […]

9 may 2013 – Four Generations of Design Futures Graduates

9 may 2013 – Four Generations of Design Futures Graduates

Four generations of our graduates coming back to the Design Futures department to talk about their experiences after gained a BA hons degree. Watch part of the presentation on VIMEO here 2008 Chris Smyth – Creative Director – BA Hons in Graphic and Digital Design 2009 Giles Farmer – 3D Designer / Lecturer in Animation […]

2 May 2013 –  Why Not Associates – Gustavo Fernandes

2 May 2013 – Why Not Associates – Gustavo Fernandes

Theme: “Dresses, Eats, Drinks and Smokes with the airs and graces of a human being” by Gustavo Fernandes – Why not Associates – why not associates is a british graphic design company with global reach. we turn our passion for design into commercial success for clients in business, government and the public sector. for nearly […]

25 April 2013- Off the Cloud and Into the Cave: Designing for Tomorrow’s Digital Dystopia Today at Südthüringer-Wald-Institut

25 April 2013- Off the Cloud and Into the Cave: Designing for Tomorrow’s Digital Dystopia Today at Südthüringer-Wald-Institut

Off the Cloud and Into the Cave: Designing for Tomorrow’s Digital Dystopia Today at Südthüringer-Wald-Institut presented by Jason Reizner   Off the Cloud and Into the Cave: Designing for Tomorrow’s Digital Dystopia Today at Südthüringer-Wald-Institut Südthüringer-Wald-Institut is an independent, distributed research organization founded in a cave 200m deep below the Southern Thuringian Forest in the […]

18 April 2013 – Virgin Atlantic unveils new website, Christopher Ball

18 April 2013 – Virgin Atlantic unveils new website, Christopher Ball

LBi: A Marketing & Technology Agency for the Digital World : lbi.com Presented by Christopher Lee Ball With over 2,200 experts in 17 countries and 32 offices around the world, we’re drawn from a huge variety of disciplines and backgrounds, including creative, technology, strategy and media. And we’re united by our belief that blending our […]

21 Mar 2013 – Linkedin UK – Global Creative Solutions

21 Mar 2013 – Linkedin UK – Global Creative Solutions

  Thursday 21 March 2013 6.30 – 8.30pm QA 180, Greenwich Campus Open Lecture “How today’s evolving workplace requires multi-skilled individuals ready to adapt to company’s changing needs.” Emilie Rabot :Advertising Operations Technical Producer at LinkedIn & Iain Gilmore: Global Creative Solutions Lead at LinkedIn Iain Gilmore has been working at LinkedIn for nearly 4 […]