Call for participants: Sustainable design workshop with British entrepreneurs and sustainable designers Nick Rawcliffe and Adam Fairweather, July 12th & 13th
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The aim of the two day workshop is to give sentimental and useless things a new, useful life by creating new functional objects (furniture, lightning, decors). During the workshop participants will design and create a unique functional design objects by recycling and/or upcycling the raw materials found in newly developed Cultural centre in Riga, Skolas 15 (previously Jazepa Medina music school).
In two days 15 young Latvian designers will have an opportunity to work side by side with two British designers Nick Rawcliffe and Adam Fairweather, both of whom are running their own sustainable design enterprises in the United Kingdom (see their profile below).
In total there will be five groups of three young designers which will be supervised and assisted by two British designers. Groups will work with raw materials found in Cultural centre (e.g. old doors, boards, furniture, window frames, wires, lampshades etc.) – anything which can be found on the spot! All technical equipment will be provided by the organisers. The end-objects will become an integral part of the interior for the new Cultural centre in Skolas iela. Working language will be English.
At the end of the two day workshop each participant will be awarded with Certificate from the British Council as well as Nick Rawcliffe and Adam Fairweather.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Day 1, Tuesday, July 12
10.00 Get together @ Cultural centre, Skolas 15
10.15 Welcoming remarks from British Council & Cultural centre
10.25 Presentation about the concept of ‘Adhocism’ by A.Fairweather and N.Rawcliffe
10.45 Briefing to workshop participants / split into 5 groups by 3 in each group / Q&A
11.00 Work in groups
13.00 LUNCH @ the spot provided by British Council
14.00 Work in groups
16.30 Closing of the workshop
Day 2, Wednesday, July 13
10.00 Get together @ Cultural centre, Skolas 15
10.10 Revision of day 1 designs, Q&A
10.30 Work in groups
13.00 LUNCH @ the spot provided by British Council
14.00 Work in groups
16.00 Final presentations of the design work / objects
17.00 Awarding the Certificate by British Council to Workshop participants
17.30 Closing of the workshop
HOW YO APPLY: please apply to workshop by Friday, July 8, 5pm to Maija Udre, British Council Young Creative Entrepreneurs Programme Manager via phone: 29424646 or e-mail: maija.udre@britishcouncil.lv. Please note – there are only 15 places available for this workshop -first comes first serves!
About Nick Rawcliffe
- Founder and owner of Rawstudio,UK
- British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur Award finalist in theUK
- Fiat design competition 2008 winner with £50k to develop the Snowbone product to go to market
- Shortlisted as the best new exhibitor at 100%Design in 2007 inLondon
- Graduated in Industrial Design Engineering from theRoyalCollegeof Art,London
- First engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering fromBristolUniversity
Rawstudio is about creating something different, products which have a reason and have been approached from a fresh angle. All Rawstudio products have something hidden that, when discovered, offer that extra slice of satisfaction. It may be the way they are designed or engineered, a hidden functionality or a narrative behind the design.
Sustainability and local production is key to Rawstudio’s designs.
Rawstudio was founded in 2004 by Nick Rawcliffe whose rich training has included time at the Royal College of Art and the Bauhaus and work inJapanon top of his first engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bristol Uni.
As well as creating their own products Rawstudio also take on consultancy and commissions and are currently working on products ranging from composite materials for security locks, to interactive climbing games and winter sports products.
www.rawstudio.co.uk
About Adam Fairweather
- Founder of Re-worked,UK, industrial design and product development company that is focused on helping develop new social and environmentally focused projects
- Uses coffee recycling as a launching platform for his works
- Graduated in Product Design fromBrightonUniversityand Industrial Design Engineering programme fromImperialCollege/Royal College of Art
Adam graduated in 2005 with a first class degree in Product Design fromBrightonUniversity. He spent the majority of his degree exploring the issues that interlink socio/environmental design and his work, which reflect in examples of sustainable design solutions. After leaving University he began working for Building Design Partnership. His job role varied greatly from model making, architectural design/drafting to photography and graphics.
In 2006 Adam set up Re-worked, which is an industrial design and product development company that is focused on helping develop new social and environmentally focused projects, using Coffee recycling as a launching platform.
Adam is an Industrial designer and product developer who finds the balance between material language, environmental impact and social change. He works with industry and business to make change happen.
Adam has won several grants and scholarships: 2010 Glasu www.glasu.org.uk grant awarded to explore new coffee recycling process; 2008 Scholarship to India ‘Journeys for change’, trip to visit social enterprises and aid projects in the south east of India; 2007 Winston Churchill fellowship Grant for life cycle analysis of the coffee bean and others. Adam has also done lecturing inBrightonUniversity on Design for production and 3D crafts.
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