MA Narrative Environments students produced a series of six fascinating proposals for Numberfit, a social enterprise that helps teachers and parents deliver novel mathematics activities with movement and mindfulness, to benefit every child. Numberfit invited inspirational individuals working in STEM professions to act as ‘role models’ in order to challenge dominant white, male stereotypes of mathematicians. …
“The design of narrative environments is a collaborative, transdisciplinary practice that challenges deep seated assumptions about hierarchies and boundaries in art and design.” – Tricia Austin MA Narrative Environments course leader Tricia Austin’s much anticipated new book ” Narrative Environments and Experience Design: Space as a Medium of Communication”, published by Routledge, is out now! Tricia’s comprehensive …
The Design Museum and MA Narrative Environments came together on Wednesday 20th February 2019 to host an all day Industry Insights event exploring the relationship between space and stories. A diverse panel of designers and architects shared examples of their work and captivating insights into how to harness storytelling as a tool to narrate and …
In September, MA NE alumni Radha Mistry was a guest speaker at the inspiring Future of Women breakfast in LA, on women in architecture. Radha Mistry has a background in architecture, narrative environments, and strategic foresight. In the Office of the CTO (OCTO) at Autodesk, Radha explores the impact of emerging technologies and how it will change …
Digua Community – a space originally designed, programmed and run as Shu Zhou’s MA Narrative Environments Major Project – has been shortlisted for The Design Museum’s 2018 Beazley Designs of the Year. “Digua Community is an experimental social design project transforming unused air raid shelter basement spaces into shared community spaces. The vision of Digua …
Sarah Featherstone, MA NE course tutor and co-founder of the architectural firm Featherstone Young, has been praised in a Guardian architectural review for the understated re-design of a covered market in Wrexham to include a new arts space. Tŷ Pawb, meaning “Everyone’s House” in Welsh, is designed as a space that unites art and commerce to …