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Birkenstock collaborates with Central Saint Martins

Heritage footwear brand Birkenstock has been working with Central Saint Martins on a long-term educational project, which has seen students from the MA Fashion and BA Fashion History and Theory courses collaborating with the brand on a research and design lead partnership. The result of this project, spanning two years since conception, has seen...

Fashion

Central Saint Martins adds MA Biodesign course

Central Saint Martins, UAL is launching the first Masters in Biodesign starting in September, which will explore bio-informed design strategies as a driver for sustainable innovation. The ethos of the two-year course is to collaborate with living systems to revisit the approach to design and manufacturing, be it in the context of architecture,...

Fashion

Tezenis x CSM window

Central Saint Martins has taken over the windows of Tezenis’ Regent Street store to showcase its interactive visual project that showcase the DNA of Tezenis with the unique style of British fashion. The six month #MakeYourLook project, features recent graduates from the school, and aims to make London shoppers stop and take a moment from their...

Fashion Featured

LFW: The next generation of talent

The London graduate shows are a headhunter's haven. Scouting for the next generation of talent usually starts at school level, which has seen many a designer's graduation collection snapped up, like Alexander McQueen's Jack the Ripper collection by Issy Blow for 5000 pounds, or John Galliano's Les Incroyables by former Browns owner Mrs Burstein,...

Culture

Veuve Clicquot teams up with Nick Knight for Halloween Fashion Exhibition

Nick Knight and Showstudio.com have been hired by Veuve Clicquot to curate a new experience in time for Halloween, which pays homage to the brand's famous widow, Madame Clicquot. The project, which is part of the French Champagne's Widow Series, includes the opening of a new exhibition entitled "A Beautiful Darkness" at Central Saint Martins...

Fashion

Mick Jagger donates L'Wren Scott scholarship

Musician Sir Mick Jagger has donated a three-year scholarship programme in memory of his late partner, fashion designer L’Wren Scott for students at London’s Central Saint Martins MA Fashion course at the University of the Arts London. The scholarship, which will begin for the academic year starting October 2015, will be awarded to one MA...

Design

Central Saint Martins names successor to Professor Louise Wilson

Central Saint Martins has named Fabio Piras as the successor to MA FashionCourse director Professor Louise Wilson. Piras, a Central Saint Martins’ alumnus, had previously worked with Wilson on the course for “many years” and has been acting course director on two occasions, most recently in the period since Wilson passed away in May. He has 20...