Art & Design and Architecture projects

Collaborative activities across Art & Design and Architecture including research, public engagement, and campus projects

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Art & Design and Architecture projects

Research project

WeObserve will build a sustainable ecosystem of citizens’ observatories and move environmental monitoring into the mainstream

Research project

Previously known as Project Atlantis. Established by the late Brigadier David Nicholls and Prof Elaine Shemilt as a research and consultancy group concerned with environmental protection and education, and to provide environmental educational resources through digital media

Research project

A £5m Knowledge Exchange Hub funded by the AHRC to show how design drives innovation and economic growth, with added support from Creative Scotland to help Scottish SMEs apply design-led strategies across industries.

students in an exhibition hall with decorative lights on the ceiling
View Design in Action

Research project

The Museum of Loss and Renewal investigates issues such as the value and significance of objects, life and death, and artist-led curatorial practice

Research project

A Drama in Time draws on histories shaping Edinburgh’s forms and ideas, presenting iconic images in neon, illuminating a journey, a life, and questioning what lies beyond.

neon images on a wall
View A Drama in Time

Research project

This work develops Mick Peter’s evolving research interest in the rhetorical, self-reflexive potential of making an exhibition which is apparently about making an exhibition, by showing exhibition-making as something that can reflect on how sculptural form is understood in mainstream visual culture.

People in exhibition with large red zips
View Pyramid Selling

Research project

‘Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art from 1540 until Today’ is a curatorial and editorial research project led by Arthur Watson.

portrait of a man with a desk coming out of his face
View Ages of Wonder

Research project

‘Hands of X’ by Andrew Cook, investigates prosthetic hands, identity, fashion, and ownership.

a row of hands
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Research project

Witness was developed as a new series of drawings for a solo exhibition (curated by Esen Kaya), with eight drawings first exhibited in ‘DRAWN’ – Anita Taylor (solo exhibition).

Canvases with heads painted on them, stacked up around a bright gallery
View Witness [DRAWN]

Research project

Sàl (Saltwater) is a collaboration between Dalziel + Scullion and composer Iain Morrison, commissioned by 14-18 NOW, WWI Centenary Art Commissions, in collaboration with An Lanntair.

green cloud
View Sàl

Research project

‘TIDE’ is a multi-layered creative research project by Tania Kovats which examines the uniquely dynamic nature of tides in the UK.

people on beach with sticks with molten metal on the end for bell casting
View TIDE

Research project

Rosnes Bench is a permanent artwork commissioned by Wide Open, for the diverse and vast landscape of Dumfries & Galloway Forest.

park benches in a forest
View Rosnes Bench

Research project

ECZEMA! is a cumulative performance work for one voice and pipe organ, written and directed by Maria Fusco, commissioned by National Theatre Wales to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS.

man at organ with man at microphone
View ECZEMA!

Research project

‘Making Sense’ embodies socio-technical design research to support participatory sensing initiatives addressing urban environmental challenges in areas such as noise and air pollution.

a table with someone writing post-its
View Making Sense

Research project

Interactive Waste project explores how sustainable the field of interactive textiles are and look to identify methods and practices that can support a sustainable approach for interactive textile making.

Two hands hold a piece of green material with electric wires clipped to it.
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