Professor of Ceramic Art and Design Rob Kesseler received support from NESTA as part of their fellowship programme (1999-2005) which supported the development of talented individuals working across science, technology and the arts.

During his fellowship, he worked with botanical scientists at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and used his artistic and technical skills to capture stunning images of microscopic plant material. Rob was recently invited by NESTA to discuss his work at their Innovation in the UK event. Details of his fellowship and the event can be found here.

Following on from the pioneering ‘cash-point art’ project carried out by CSM’s award-winning Design Against Crime Research Centre (DACRC) we’re thrilled to be able to offer a fully funded PhD studentship starting in October 2012. Research activity will be based around ‘Innovation Against ATM Crime’ with academic support from DACRC, funded by the UK cash machine network LINK.

The purpose of the PhD is to develop a practice-based and design led approach to enhancing customer experience and improving safety in the fight against cash-point crime.

The PhD Studentship totals £20,200 per year for three years, with the potential to extend it to 4 years. This covers full tuition fee support (currently at £4,200 per year for Home/EU students) and an annual tax-free stipend of £16,000, with some additional budget available to encourage and maximize the dissemination of key outputs.

We’re looking for a student with strong skills in design practice/strategy, a postgraduate qualification and first degree of 2:1 or above in a design related discipline. Prospective students should definitely take a look at the Designs Against ATM Crime publication, downloadable free of charge from the DACRC website.

To apply for this exciting opportunity download the RF1 application form and briefing document from the University of the Arts London applications page. You can email Research Management and Administration for more information: researchdegrees@arts.ac.uk, or call 0207 514 2120.

Completed forms must be emailed to researchdegrees@arts.ac.uk by the closing date March 1st 2012.

The Creative Industries Bootcamp is starting in just under a month and will involve high profile industry guests such as Michelle Alger, Buying Manager of Homeware at Liberty and Stefan Siegel, Co-Founder of Not Just a Label.

The Bootcamp is open to all creative graduates and will be hosted by Central Saint Martins Innovation at the brand new CSM campus, Kings Cross.

Launched by the Major’s Office in the spring, the 5-day intensive programme runs over 4 weeks and is designed to assist you in making key industry contacts. The programme is tailored to graduates interested in learning the skills needed to thrive in the design industry, as a freelancer or starting up a new creative business. The programme is suitable for all graduates including 3D design; product design; jewellery design; experience design; graphic and communication design; textile design; social innovation and service design.

Places are limited so don’t miss your chance to sign up!

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Launched by the Mayor’s Office in Spring 2011, and subsidised by leading Industry partners, Creative Industries BootCamp is a one of a kind opportunity.

The BootCamp is an intensive 5-day programme run over 4 weeks that will help develop your skills and knowledge base and assist you in making key industry contacts. The course will involve sector specific trainers, and industry professionals who have set up successful creative businesses. Specific industry speakers will also be part of the programme, helping participants to gain a real insider understanding of the sector.

The course is run by the Central Saint Martins Innovation Centre, which has a strong track record for delivering enterprise training for recent graduates in the creative sector, using its network of successful alumni and industry contacts. Previous programmes have involved companies including Liberty, We Made This, Think Public, Sugru and the Pentland Group.

Who’s it For?

This is for graduates interested in learning the skills needed to thrive in the design industry as a freelancer or starting up a new creative business. Early stage start-ups would also benefit from the programme. The programme is suitable for all graduates including 3D design; product design; jewellery design; experience design; graphic and communication design; textile design; social innovation and service design.

Programme

1. Exploring your vision and mapping your journey to success
2. Planning as a creative process, effective action planning, and the basics of writing a business plan
3. Developing effective networks, marketing yourself and your business
4. Pitching and preparing for presentations
5. Final presentations to an industry panel followed by a networking event

Dates

• Starting 29 September 2011
• 5-day programme running over 4 weeks

Spaces are limited and are on a first-come first-serve basis (open to all UK graduates)

Reserve your place: e.byrne@csm.arts.ac.uk
For more information visit the Innovation website training page

What?

Method Design Lab (MDL) is a business accelerator aimed at driving design-led innovation. The new partnership is between CSM and Method, a world-class innovation and design consultancy.

Why?

Simply to develop great ideas from CSM students and graduates.

When?

MDL will be scouring this months graduate degree shows for those groundbreaking ideas. It’s a busy time so make sure to submit your ideas no later than June 28, 2011. Each year up to 20 concepts will be developed with investments ranging up to $500,000.

Where?

For more information visit the MDL site: www.methoddesignlab.com.
For submission details email: i2i@csm.arts.ac.uk.

MA Innovation Management has left the studio to promote their upcoming degree show Create | Destroy | Innovate.

Difficult to miss, a sea of pink has washed over London with the launch of a guerilla campaign from MA Innovation Management. Donned in neon attire, with reflective signage and eye-popping stickers, these MA students are on a mission to find out what the world would create, destroy or innovate if given the opportunity.

Interacting not only with people on the street, the pink flash has also invaded organisations and agencies like Sense Worldwide, Brothers and Sisters, London Design Festival, Hill & Knowlton and BBH.

Watch out for more pink in the week to come, especially if you are in the Old Street or Clerkenwell areas.

• For more information about the upcoming events visit www.createdestroyinnovate.co.uk
• Follow on Twitter @CSMmaim and to see post-coverage of these activities search #WatchOutforPink.

Ideas worth spreading

Central Saint Martins MA Communication Design and MA Innovation Management students are proud to be hosting the international speakers event TEDx at the brand new Kings Cross campus in March 2012.

The theme selected for the conference is ‘Emergence’:

‘Our world is no longer easily compartmentalized. Archetypes and predictable stereotypes no longer reflect our world, and these ideals can no longer be used as a shortcut to understanding a global culture and the people in it. Emergence theories suggest that we must study each individual, each detail, each small space in order to understand a topic, group or individual. In short: systems of order that govern and explain our world are becoming outmoded, and a new shift in order is emerging. In reaction to this shift, we would like to host an event that allows experts from different disciplines to engage with Emergence, investigating how spontaneous order, self organization, complex patterns, chaos and their affect on the world society will shape the future of order for decades to come.’

The event will host speakers with varied perspectives from design, political, social and third sector backgrounds, new voices in sociology and anthropology, as well as those involved in new media behaviours, gaming and the often tumultuous private sector.

A limited amount of 100 guests will be able to attend TEDxCentralSaintMartins. Information on how to attend will be released in the near future.

TEDx is a program of local, self- organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event.

Contact information: e.salonen1@csm.arts.ac.uk, a.peplinski2@csm.arts.ac.uk or m.smith44@csm.arts.ac.uk

Visit:
- More on TEDx
- MA Innovation Management course page
- MA Communication Design course page

MA Innovation Management students Eri Tsustumi and Emma Berg write: year 1 students showcased their recent work on Social Innovation Monday 23rd May 2011 in an exhibition celebrating their collaboration with UK Sport and the Beckwith International Leadership Development (BILD) organization. Students were challenged to create innovative frameworks to aid BILD in creating youth leadership through sport in Ghana.

Students from MA Innovation Management collaborated with students from the University of Ghana (Accra) and University of Development Studies (Tamale) to create solutions for locally sourced, sustainable sport equipment across both urban and rural regions of Ghana, enabling the youth to enjoy sport, and at the same time build leadership skills within the BILD Ghana programme.

Monday’s celebration allowed students to present their concepts to UK Sport and BILD members, exchanging ideas to make an impact on youth leadership. The MA Innovation Management outcomes were received with positive feedback from UK Sport and BILD; some of the innovative outcomes will be prototyped and tested by BILD trainers this summer in Ghana.

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Each day a new idea to shake-up convention, unlock new business opportunities or make a better society.

As part of MA Innovation Management’s Create | Destroy | Innovate degree show, 29 graduate projects are being shared with the world via Twitter. Each day brings one new project into discussion, with tasters already including innovation opportunities for fashion, enterprise management, retail, real estate and finance.

There’s been chatter about how infographics can aid the sustainability movement, debate about the objectives of innovation and strategies for cross-cultural entrepreneurial success. As we leap into June, nearly 20 more ideas are to come, so follow MA Innovation Management at http://twitter.com/CSMmaim.

All 29 projects will be exhibited in the Innovation Centre during Central Saint Martin’s Degree Show Week, 20 to 23 June.

Find out more about MA Innovation Management: Create | Destroy | Innovate.