On Wed 2nd May Agitate-Propagate-Print!, a one-day screen-printing workshop for students with the activist graphics group Propagate Collective, took place in LCC’s screen-printing studio. The event was part of DARH’s Agitate-Propagate-68. The workshop drew inspiration from the political visuals and basic techniques of the Atelier Populaire, the occupied art school print studio in Paris which during… Continue reading Agitate-Propagate-Print!
Agitate – Propagate – 68!
Agitate – Propagate – 68! Provocations from Radical London Organised in collaboration with LCC Library 1 – 31 May 2018 To mark the 50th anniversary of ‘1968’, a year of global protest and unrest, the Design Activism Research Hub (DARH) is staging an exhibition/intervention in the LCC Library with related events for UAL students and… Continue reading Agitate – Propagate – 68!
Radical upsurge – 60’s Underground publishing
Radical upsurge – Underground publishing in the Sixties Exhibition at LCC as part of the London Design Festival Alternative do-it-yourself (DIY) publishing in the UK is often assumed to have started with photocopiers and punks. However, counterculture and grassroots movements from the mid-1960s onwards generated an explosion of alternative ‘not for profit’ print and publications,… Continue reading Radical upsurge – 60’s Underground publishing
DARH presents Cartoon Kate
Design Activism Research Hub Presents: Cartoon Kate Tuesday 9 May 5:30pm Lecture Theatre C, LCC, UAL *Open to all UAL staff and students* Sign up to Eventbrite here Kate Evans presents her award-winning new graphic novel Threads from the Refugee Crisis, a heartfelt, yet humorous, account of life in the Calais Jungle. Evans takes us… Continue reading DARH presents Cartoon Kate
Liz McQuiston Visual Impact Lecture
DARH presents: The author of Graphic Agitation and Suffragettes to She-Devils talks about her most recent book, Visual Impact: Creative Dissent in the 21st Century. Followed by a Q&A. On Wed 9th November at 17.30 in Lecture Theater B http://events.arts.ac.uk/event/2016/11/9/Design-Activism-Research-Hub-presents-Visual-Impact-Liz-McQuiston/
Punk Zine Workshop The Design Museum
The Design Activism Research Hub (DARH) will run a hands-on workshop on the theme of DIY graphics – create collages, posters and typographic layouts with simple tools and techniques on the working theme of Love and Hate. Get an insight into the fundamental principles of punk art and design and the longstanding heritage of home-made,… Continue reading Punk Zine Workshop The Design Museum
Staging the Message: Jan van Toorn & Els Kuipers
Jan van Toorn and Els Kuipers were invited to run a workshop ‘Staging the message – strategy, method and language use’ during the week of 23-27th Nov 2015 at London College of Communication. This practical workshop offers participants theoretical and practical tools for an editorial approach to visual production. It concentrates on the critical ‘journalistic’… Continue reading Staging the Message: Jan van Toorn & Els Kuipers
Radical Attic – Exhibition at LCC
The Design Activism Research Hub invites you to its first exhibition, Radical Attic. The exhibition features social and political activist material culture, highlighting the histories and memories associated with the items, from Greece to Greenham, Animal Liberation to ACT UP and the alter-globalisation movements to the recent student occupations. Private View: Thursday 14 May /… Continue reading Radical Attic – Exhibition at LCC
Radical Attic – Work In Progress
The Design Activism Research Hub works on its first exhibition, Radical Attic, taking place at LCC in May 2015. An exhibition that will feature social and political activist material culture, highlighting the histories and memories associated with the items.
Radical Attic – Call Out
The Design Activism Research Hub invites UAL staff and students to contribute to its first exhibition, Radical Attic, taking place at LCC in May 2015. The exhibition will feature social and political activist material culture, highlighting the histories and memories associated with the items. Do you have posters, stickers, banners, flyers, badges, pamphlets or… Continue reading Radical Attic – Call Out