An archive of Women's Design + Research Unit projects: We are always constructing. +++++++++ @WomensDesign
2018 | Exhibition:
Pussy Galore, ‘Do it (her) self’, 16 November–2 December 2018, Fundacja Nośna, Kraków, Poland. Curator: Zuzanna Dzwonkowska, Nośna Foundation.
“An exhibition devoted to the graphic design of women… that raises issues related to social involvement.”
http://nosna.pl/en/do-it-herself/
Photos by Michalina Rolnik, courtesy Nośna Foundation.
Project team: Siân Cook & Teal Triggs
2018 | Publication:
‘Feminismen tar form’ (feminism takes shape) by Kristina Bore.
Reprinted in Contemporary Art Stavanger booklet (translated from Norwegian to English) distributed at the art fair UNTITLED. San Francisco, January 2018. Edition of 250.
Texts for the booklet were selected to show some of the span of material published on CAS.
Online article: http://www.contemporaryartstavanger.no/feminismen-tar-form/
2017 | Publication:
‘Lettering and Typography from the A+ Exhibition’ by Ruth Sykes.
Typographic, Journal of the International Society of Typographic Designers, Number Seventy, 2017, pp.10-13
WD+RU and Pussy Galore get a mention in this follow-up article to Ruth Sykes’ awareness raising exhibition ‘A+: 100 Years of Graphic Communication at Central Saint Martins’ held at CSM, 2016.
2017 | Twitter:
8th March, International Women’s Day. We showed our support for the Pussy Hat Project and Women’s Marches across the world by changing our Twitter image.
https://www.pussyhatproject.com
Project team: Siân Cook & Teal Triggs
2016 | Talk:
‘Challenging the Canon'
What’s So Alternative About Art School?, Kingston University. Symposium organised by Dr Cathy Gale, 2 November 2016.
Project team: Siân Cook
2016 | Press:
‘The Women Readdressing the Gender Imbalance in Typography;
Fonts that subvert stereotypes’
by Madeleine Morley, AIGA Eye on Design, September 28, 2016.
http://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-women-readdressing-the-gender-imbalance-in-typography/
Project team: Teal Triggs
2016 | Exhibition:
We contributed a postcard to ‘Stewarts Law RCA Secret’, a fundraising exhibition and sale of original postcard-sized artworks, by internationally acclaimed artists plus up-and-coming graduates and students from the Royal College of Art. The auction has finished and the artists have now been revealed – our postcard was no.1218.
Exhibition: 8–15 April, 11am – 6pm, Gulbenkian Galleries, Darwin Building, Royal College of Art, London.
2016 | Exhibition:
We were delighted to be included in the exhibition ‘A+: 100 years of graphic communication by women at Central Saint Martins’ which showed graphic design and illustration by women who studied or taught at Central Saint Martins from 1910 to 2016. The display was curated by Ruth Sykes and ran 16 Feb–22 Mar 2016 at CSM, London.
http://graphicsukwomen.com/abouttheaplusexhibition/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/universityoftheartslondon/5-powerful-images-by-female-graphic-designers-20m6v
http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/48771/5-powerful-works-by-female-designers/
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/5-groundbreaking-ways-women-changed-graphic-design/
2016 | Talk:
‘A Culture of Participation: Women and Self-publishing’, Teal Triggs.
Inside/Out Lecture Series 2016. School of Architecture, Art & Design, Leeds Beckett University, 18 February 2016.
Poster designed by Jonny Briggs, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University.
2015 | Summer Reflections 3:
Final set of postcards made by supporters for our
21st birthday party! Thanks to all, a great set of inspirational and heart-felt messages.
2015 | Summer Reflections 2:
Here are the second batch of postcards that supporters made to celebrate our 21st birthday! (Thank you everyone). Final set coming soon…
2015 | Summer Reflections:
If only the summer in London had been a bit warmer, we would have sat around the local lido resting up for all the new projects WD+RU is thinking about doing next year. Instead, we found ourselves indoors (sheltering from rain showers) but greatly cheered up by looking back at all the great postcards you sent us to celebrate our 21st birthday! (We are really grateful for all of your support). Here are the first batch taking you through August and September…
