An annual series of public lectures and talks on a wide variety of topics taking place at The Cass during the 2018-19 academic year.
You can see details of older public lectures and talks in our archive:
Thursday 14 March 2019 from 1.15pm to 2pm
A talk by Luke Jones and Anna Mill, authors of Square Eyes.
Friday 12 April 2019 from 1:15 to 2:00pm
Isabel Greenberg is a London based illustrator and writer.
Friday 21 June 2019, 10am – 5pm
A hands-on workshop exploring the beautiful process of letterpress printing.
Organised by Cass Visual Communication
The in-house research, illustration and design collective from the Visual Communication department at The Cass. The collective hosts talks, events and works on commissions.
Friday, 12 October 2018 from 13:15 to 14:00
100 meter hurdle race / 10 hurdles in design, a Cass Hothouse Visual Communication talk by Sarah Boris.
Friday, 26 October 2018 from 13:15 to 14:00
The Art of Seeing, a Cass Hothouse Visual Communication talk by Caterina Bianchini.
Friday, 9 November 2018 from 13:15 to 14:00
How we make video games, a Cass Hothouse Visual Communication talk by Ricky Haggett (Hollow Ponds) and Richard Hogg.
Friday 25 January 2019 from 1:15 to 2:00pm
Dan Adeyemi is a creative technologist/artist based in London.
Friday 8 February 2019 from 1.15pm to 2pm
Ewen Farr is an animator and illustrator.
An exhibition by Cass lecturer Marianne Forrest
Thursday 28 March to 17 April 2019.
Book Launch
Thursday 9 May 2019, 6-9pm
The upholstery pop-up event
Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 July 2019
Exhibition space at The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design
The Atrium at 16 Goulston Street Building, London E1 7TP
Private view: Friday 5 October 2018, 5.30pm
An exhibition of Mick Williamson's work at The Atrium of Goulston Street Building. The exhibition officially opens on Monday 8 October and runs until Friday 1 November 2018.
Private view: Thursday 15 November 2018, 6pm
Photograd, an exhibition to celebrate graduate photography in 2018.
Thursday 25 October 2018, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm
The launch of our graphic novel Square Eyes (Jonathan Cape, 2018).
Thursday, 8 of November 2018, from 6pm to 11pm
Would you? The event aims to raise money and donation for refugees.
Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 December 2018
An exhibition of new works in live art and installation
Friday 22 February, 5.30pm
Preparations have begun for first year fashion students for annual fashion show Project Red.
1 to 21 March 2019, Atrium Space, The Cass
Private view: Thursday 28 February 2019, 5.30pm to 8.30pm.
5 November until 6 December 2018
Artist-in-residence at The Cass.
14 February until 28 March 2019
Private View: Thursday 9 May, 5-8pm
Artist-in-residence at The Cass. Exhibition dates: 15 to 17 May 2019.
Artists residency at The Cass School of Art
The activity of Open Field provides insight into how artists practice.
1 October until 1 November 2018
Thursday 4 April 2019, 6.30pm
A Cass Research Seminar with Ektoras Arkomanis and Maurice Mitchell.
Thursday 11 April 2019, 6.30pm
A Cass Research Seminar on Pedagogy and Practice in Research, with Robert Barnes and Chi Roberts.
Thursday 9 May 2019, 6.30pm
A Cass Research Seminar on scale in architectural practice.
Thursday 16 May 2019, 6.30pm - CANCELLED
Red Vienna, a Cass Research Seminar.
Thursday 1 November 2018, 6.30pm, GSG15a, Goulston
Research at The Cass information session.
Thursday 8 Novembe 2018 at 6.30pm
Three Cass staff from different disciplines present on the shared topic of ‘Wildness’.
Monday 26 November 2018, 3.00pm–5.00pm
How to write an AHRC proposal in 2 hours.
Thursday 29 November 2018, 6.30pm
A lecture by architect/researchers Paolo Zaide and Ed Barsely.
Thursday 6 December 2018, 6.30pm
Three speakers who will talk about water.
Thursday 13 December 2018, 6.30pm
This special Cass Research Seminar is about the British Council sponsored Island at the British Pavilion.
Thursday 24 January 2019, 6.30-8.00pm
Loose Fit City provides a new take on the subject of architecture, defined as the study and practice of fitting together physical and cultural topography.
Wednesday 30 January 2019, 6.30–8.30pm
A talk with Karakusevic Carson Architects, as part of Architecture and Urbanism MA (Cass Cities).
Tuesday 5 February 2019, 6.30–7.30pm
In this session, three speakers will optimistically explore the suppleness, originality and inventiveness of UK high streets from different perspectives.
Thursday 7 February 2019, 6.30-8.00pm
A Cass Research seminar on the topic of making and othering.
Saturday 9 February 2019, 10.30am–12.30pm
A walk with Mark Brearley, as part of Architecture and Urbanism MA (Cass Cities).
Organised by Dr Jane Clossick
Cass Research Seminars are a series of public conversations which enable researchers to test and present their ideas in conversation with peers and a broader audience.
Thursday 14 February 2019, 6.30pm
Performance in Place features presentations from Christina Paine, Jane Turner and Emma Davenport.
Thursday 28 February 2019, 6.30pm
We will examine and discuss the question of ethics in art, design and architectural research.
Thursday 7 March 2019, 6.30pm
Workshop City explores the question of workspaces, large and small, in London.
Thursday 14 March 2019, 6.30pm
The Archive is a key research tool.
Thursday 21 March 2019, 6.30pm
This seminar engages with the questions around image making and capturing as a form of research.
Thursday 28 March 2019, 6.30pm
Activism with Marianne Forrest, Cara Robinson and Dr Silvia Gullino.
Friday 7 December 2018, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter is founded by the two architects, Søren Johansen (b.1981) and Sebastian Skovsted (b.1982).
Friday 15 February 2019, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
SMS Arquitectos was founded in 2003 by Aina Salva and Alberto Sanchez.
Friday 15 March 2019 from 6.30pm
Ullmayer Sylvester architects was founded by Silvia Ullmayer and Allan Sylvester.
A Lecture Series about Architectural Form, organised by James Payne
Friday 9 November 2018, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
"Fala is a naïve architecture practice based in Porto, led by Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja."
Friday 30 November 2018, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter is an architecture practice based in Stockholm, founded by Johan Dehlin and Johannes Brattgård.
POSTPONED: Tuesday 4 December 2018, 5.30pm
Glithero are British designer Tim Simpson and Dutch designer Sarah van Gameren, who met and studied at the Royal College of Art.
Tuesday 8 January 2019, 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Jeremy Myerson is an established author, an academic and above all, an activist in design.
Tuesday 15 January 2019, 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Alice Rawsthorn is an award-winning design critic and the author of several critically acclaimed books on design.
Tuesdays at 5.30pm
Organised by Kaye Newman, The Cass Head of Interiors.
Tuesday 2 October 2018, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
ABB is a pioneering technology leader.
Tuesday 9 October 2018, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Bright Forest Limited is a company, established in the Summer of 2014 in London.
Tuesday 23 October 2018, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
British Wool (formerly British Wool Marketing Board) is owned by approximately 40,000 sheep farmers in the UK.
Tuesday 30 October 2018, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Proto Glass Studios have an established reputation working from their Wiltshire based factory.
Tuesday 6 November 2018, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
The exploration of what art can be and the notion of its limitless possibilities is what drives us as a studio.
Monday 10 December 2018 from 7:00pm
A lecture by Eleni Katrini.
Monday 14 January 2019, 7pm to 8pm
A talk by Design for Cultural Commons MA course leader Torange Khonsari.
Monday 8 April, 7pm to 8.30pm
A talk by Sophie Varlow and Nick Wood from the Commons Platform.
Monday 20 May 2019, 7pm to 8.30pm
Perspectives from Aileen Ling, Zoe Powell and Rokiah Yaman on how local scale, ecologically sustainable systems can initiate social change.
Thursday 13 December, 5-8 pm
You are invited to the Fine Art cluster's winter show!
Various dates and locations in east London
A series of pop-up exhibitions curated by first year Fine Art students.
Monday 29 April at 6pm
Another fantastic Association of Photographers' event with Jillian Edelstein and Clare Park in conversation with Zelda Cheatle.
The Cass School of Art
Cass Fine Art
Thursday 29 November 2018
Tom Hunter talks on a life in photography and art from counter culture to Vermeer.
Thursday 17 January 2019 in CAG-03/04 at 5.15pm
Artist Doug Fishbone performs one of his celebrated comic slide-show lectures.
Thursday 28 March, 5pm
A talk by Steve Macleod.
Cass Culture
Tuesdays, 5:30pm, GSB-01
Cass Interiors has organised a Cinema Club initially with a series of four films.
Hidden Space series for 2019
Monday 25 February 2019 at 6.30pm
A lecture by Corina Tuna and EVA Studio.
Monday 4 March 2019 at 6.30pm
In conversation with Nabeel Hamdi and Bo Tang on Engaging The Humanitarian in Placemaking.
Student-led architecture lecture series 2018-19
The Who Cares? talks are returning this year, tackling questions on the topic of humanitarian design both abroad and closer to home.
Thursday 4 April 2019, 1pm to 10pm
The Metropolitan Architecture Student Society (MASS) at The Cass is hosting a half-day symposium to explore how students and practitioners are approaching the future of housing in the UK.
Monday 4 February 2019, 6.30pm
A book launch with Jaime Royo Olid, Himanshu Parikh, Dr Matthew Barac, and El Parker.
Monday 11 February 2019, 6.30pm
A lecture exploring issues of global human crisis.
Monday 18 February 2019 at 6.30pm
A lecture with Toby Pear and CAUKIN Studio, exploring The Role of The Architect in International Development.
Monday 18 February 2019 from 6.15pm
A panel discussion followed by a question-and-answer session.
Tuesday 19 February 2019 from 6.30pm
The Cass is proud to present the third in its series of forward-facing public lectures on contemporary design.
Thursday 21 February, 6.30pm
A talk by Peter St John, a founding partner of Caruso St John Architects.
Evening public talks during Celebration Week 2019.
