Hello, My Name is Paul Smith is an in depth exploration of his world, allowing visitors to discover his process, his inspirations, and his genius. The exhibition follows the designer’s progress from the early 1970’s to the present day with many insights and highlights demonstrating what makes him such a prominent character in the fashion world and beyond.

Among the many examples of his iconic garment designs are his designs for shops and the original Paul Smith multi stripe Mini car. Walk into a replica of Smith’s office and recreation of his design studio to discover where the magic happens including his own collection of books and materials he draws inspiration from daily.

The exhibition is supported by Sony and The Herald, Creative Scotland and Glasgow City Council.

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The third Lighthouse Late takes place on Friday 9 October with keynote speakers including:

Florian Urban, Professor and Head of Architectural and Urban Studies at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art. Florian will be hosting a talk on post-war urban design in Berlin and Glasgow.

Michael Stumpf (GSA MFA graduate) will talk about the inspirations behind two recent projects:’This Song Belongs To Those Who Sing It‘ an exhibition and temporary public art commission at Glasgow School of Art, as part of Glasgow international 2014. ‘Objects Converse on a Matter of Mutual Concern‘, a temporary public art commission for Art Across the City 2015 in Swansea.

Designer Rebecca Torres (pictured above) will compare and contrast with her views on Glasgow as a city for building a design business. Specialising in the use of luxurious sports led fabrics, Rebecca is renowned for her ability to accentuate and empower the female form creating garments featuring enhanced fit, stretch and comfort.

All speakers will come together to discuss what makes Glasgow such great creative place to work in.

In addition to the line-up of speakers, four Scottish bands will play; FOUND, Apache Darling, The Spook School and Supermoon.

FOUND

Apache Darling

Also programming workshops, Tea Green Events will be carrying out jewellery up-cycling and Cogs + Wheels will be showing you how to use pre-loved items and turn them into useful objects.

Short film screenings include: the fully restored director’s cut of the expressionist science fiction drama film Metropolis (1927), directed by Fritz Lang and The Blue Angel (1930), the cult German tragicomedy directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Gerron.

Lighthouse Late runs on the evening of 24 October. For full details and to book tickets see the Lighthouse’s website here.

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Graphic Design Festival Scotland is back for a second year with a brand new programme of workshops, talks, exhibitions, competitions, murals and music taking place in the Lighthouse, Glasgow between Monday 19 – Sunday 25 October. The festival is run by James Gilchrist and Beth Wilson of Glasgow-based design practice, Warriors Studio.

The festival encompasses more than traditional graphic design with filmmaking, animation, advertising, coding and web design, print making and illustration offering something for creatives at all levels. Expect workshops from It’s Nice That (London), HelloMe (Berlin), Colophon (NY & London), Workhorse Press (Edinburgh), CodeBase (Edinburgh), The Rodina (The Hague) and Kate Moross/Studio Moross (London) to name a few.

The Live 2-Day project gives young designers the opportunity to work on a Live project, set by Danielle Pender of Riposte magazine, while receiving one-to-one advice and direction from 11 of Scotland’s top creative agencies before having your work reviewed by creative titans; It’s Nice That, Creative Review, Creative Scotland and Danielle herself.

Alongside the workshops and projects GDFS are teaming up with It’s Nice That to offer a night of music from a selection of record labels and promoters; ranging from up-and-coming artists through to well established international labels combined with a realtime visual performance on the Saturday night. Karl Toomey and Jamie McIntyre from It’s Nice That/INT Works, along with VJ and animator, Charlie Doran will be remixing and manipulating a body of visual work, live.

For those looking for an earlier night, the International Poster Exhibition, featuring the 100 top posters from GDFS International Poster Competition opens with music and drinks on Friday night. The competition this year received 3432 submissions from 83 countries and will be judged by Tony Brook (Spin), Adrian Shaugnessy, Erich Brechbuhl and Warriors Studio. The top 100 posters will be exhibited throughout GDFS at The Lighthouse until 7 November.

A conference and panel discussion with all studios running 2-Day workshops will be facilitated by Rob Alderson before an evening of drinks and music to end the weekend on Sunday afternoon.

Alongside the core programme at The Lighthouse, don’t miss Off Grid – a showcase of new work by multi-disciplinary artists/designers/makers/communicators on display at Southblock from 20 October – 17 November.

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11 Mitchell Lane is a design show and shop from Analogue Social, an open community of designers in Scotland. The show sees Gallery 4 of The Lighthouse converted into a home. Running from 5 – 7 December, the home features work of Cat Cochrane, a writer/journalist and designer whose words will tell the story of a couple who are building a life together and collecting beautiful, functional, long lasting objects and items along the way. On the off chance that you still need to do your Christmas shopping, it’s helpful to know that almost everything in the home will be for sale.

Analogue Social at The Lighthouse

See work from over 40 designers working in numerous areas including furniture, textiles, print, ceramics and jewellery. Over the weekend, take part in several free workshops which include weaving with Heather Shields, notebook making with My Bookcase, hand embroidery with Alan Moore of Ten30 and more.

Analogue Social Live Screenprinting Photo: Analogue Social/James Vale

11 Mitchell Lane runs at The Lighthouse from 5 – 7 December. For more about the schedule of events see Analogue Social’s Facebook event here.

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Direct from the Victorian capital to Glasgow, Postcode 3000 is an exhibition at The Lighthouse. Running until 28 January, the exhibition explores the re-urbanisation of Melbourne’s city centre. If you happen to be in Melbourne, you can see the same exhibition until 18 January at Melbourne Town Hall’s City Gallery.

From where to get the best coffee to unmissable festivals, get into the psyche of the city with NORD architect, Alan Pert’s cultural suggestions in Melbourne here.

We’ll also be featuring showcased work from talented RMIT School of Art Print Image Students Ying Huang and Sean Miles along with Edinburgh born, Melbourne based artist Lena Abbas.

Melbourne Design Market

Finally, wrap up the week by learning more about featured events the Melbourne Design Market and the Independent Photography Festival.

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The Lighthouse’s inaugural Lighthouse Late event held an ambitious programme of design, music and film staged across all five floors. Central Station’s Kim Stewart was in attendance to bring you the details from the night.

Stepping into The Lighthouse last Friday, I was greeted by the design legend himself, Ken Garland. In my bewilderment, he asked if this was my first time at The Lighthouse. “Nnn-oo” I stammered. “I’ve only been twice and will definitely be coming here more often…there’s a talk upstairs I’d avoid as the guy’s had way too much wine” he responded. Chuckling, I made my way upstairs where Scott Paterson of Sons and Daughters had control of the decks.

Ken Garland | Ken Garland & Associates

Going against his own advice, I went to see the slightly intoxicated Ken Garland speak about everything from William of Orange to the recent Scottish Referendum. His lively presentation was a condensed history lesson of murals, posters and signs from republicans, unionists and protestors.

With so much going on, it was impossible to see everything but thankfully things had been delayed upstairs and I managed to catch Tony Brook’s presentation. The cricket-loving Creative Director used Field of Dreams’ famous quote “build it [and they] will come” as an analogy of Spin‘s attitude towards their work; self-initiated motion graphics projects led to designing Channel 4′s identity. Brook also discussed his publishing venture with Adrian Shaughnessy, Unit Editions which sees their second manual on design and identity guidelines released next month (aptly titled Manuals 2).

Tony Brook | Creative Director Spin

Gabriella Marcella | Risotto Studio

There was a short recess before the next talk and so I headed downstairs to see what was happening in the workshops. Gabriella Marcella from Risotto Studio was demonstrating her risograph printer and Alice Dansey-Wright offered the opportunity to contribute to her work ‘Legitimate Likenesses‘ which will soon be exhibited at The Lighthouse.

Finally, Jonathan Barnbrook discussed his controversial album design cover for David Bowie’s The Next Day. His design underwent a great deal of development work over three months, culminating in a “reductive design.” Barnbrook went on to explain typography as representation of language. His own Mason typeface (originally titled ‘Manson’ after the serial killer Charles Manson) portrays beauty and violence. He described the oddity of seeing people tattooing their bodies with his typeface.

Claiming “designers have to take responsibility for the work they choose,” Barnbrook showed the work he created for Adbusters and Occupy London. He has turned Coca Cola down three times as they represent “the worst of American Capitalism.”

Jonathan Barnbrook | Creative Director Barnbrook

GFT Short Film Programme

Throughout the night there were short films from Glasgow Film Theatre and a screening of Stuart Murdoch’s (Belle and Sebastian) God Help the Girl, as well as performances by Ella the Bird and James Yorkston. With such a busy programme, unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to see these. Overall, this event marks the beginning of something exciting happening in Glasgow. In a city renowned for its visual art, The Lighthouse is actively encouraging new dialogues amongst designers and creatives.

Words & photos by Kim Stewart

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Lighthouse Late is a late night event on 24 October which will feature design, music, film and more staged across the five floors of the Lighthouse.

Featuring well-known designers Ken Garland, Tony Brook and Jonathan Barnbrook, the evening offers a view into the minds of some of of Britain’s most-talented creatives.

Enjoy a selection of short films commissioned by Glasgow Film or check out a series of short films around urbanography from METASITU. If you haven’t seen Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl, the evening presents a chance to see it on the big screen. Are you more of a hands-on kind of creative? Try a risograph print workshop from Gabriella Marcella of Risotto, or take part in illustrator Alice Dansey-Wright’s workshop and contribute to the commemorative Lighthouse Latework “Legitimate Likenesses.” Finally, investigate the world of digital fabrication with MAKLab 3D printing demonstrations.

There will be live DJ sets from Scott Paterson of Sons and Daughters and Joe Rattary from Admiral Fallow and performances from Glasgow based singer and performer Ella the Bird and Scottish folk singer and songwriter James Yorkston.

Lighthouse Late runs on the evening of 24 October. For more information see the Lighthouse’s website here.

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Gabriel Durnam from Graphical House with Home/Away merino wool scarves from Scotland Can Make It!

Graphical House’s Gabriel Durnam kicked off the event with an explanation of their two identities for Commonwealth Games related projects – Scotland Can Make It! and The Empire Café. Scotland Can Make It! is a Panel curated collection of six limited edition souvenirs, designed and manufactured in Scotland. For this logo, they were inspired by wreaths which were traditionally offered to winning athletes at major sporting events. The Empire Café is an exploration of Scotland’s involvement in the slave trade and the logo for this was inspired by the cross section of a ship.

Next up, Lee McLaughlin from IC Mobile Lab discussed how they got involved in a Digital Sprint Competition for the Games. They had 6.5 weeks to deliver an augmented reality app. The end result enabled users to scan Commonwealth banners, which were visible across the city (and beyond), to see Clyde the Games mascot doing a variety of different sports.

Lee McLaughlin from IC Mobile Lab

Dancing Teacake Development images by Artem

Mike Kelt from Artem talked about those infamous teacakes you saw dancing around the Opening Ceremony. With offices in Glasgow & London, Artem normally make props for Film & TV. 3D printers were used for smaller props and that giant Gretna Green sign was made using a large 7 axis robot which carves 3D objects with a 0.2mm degree of precision.

William Mitchell from 4C Design (the makers of the Queen’s baton) spoke about having to rethink their usual approach to the product design process. This was not the typical design and build for a market; it was a one-off piece meant to travel the globe. With a large number of key stakeholders all contributing their ideas, Mitchell explained the need to pin down the final design early on in the 6 month project to leave enough time for manufacturing. The lattice structure in their design relates to engineering on Glasgow’s River Clyde and it kept the Queen’s message reassuringly visible within the baton. Kays of Scotland (a curling stone supplier from Ailsa Craig) were involved in making the granite top for the baton. See more about the design of the baton on 4c’s website including images of its manufacturing here.

William Mitchell from 4C Design

ISO Design’s Damien Smith ended the evening with an engaging discussion on creating motion graphics for the immense LED screen at the Opening Ceremony. ISO created over two hours of sequences for the 18 million pixel LED screen using a variety of different techniques. The most challenging aspect of this was the Athlete’s Parade where ISO wanted to show all 71 flags in an interesting and dynamic way by deconstructing the flags themselves and combining them with live broadcast material. See more from Damien about ISO’s work on the Games in a Q&A on Central Station here.

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Learn more about the design process around the Commonwealth Games at Designing the Commonwealth Games, an evening of talks and Q&As on 3 October at the Lighthouse. Presented by Design in Action and Creative Clyde, the event will feature speakers from companies involved in the design of the games. ISO Creative Director, Damien Smith will discuss the graphics and visual effects created for Europe’s largest screen at the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony.

Other speakers include Graphical House who will talk about their work for the souvenir range Scotland Can Make It and designers of the Queen’s baton, 4c Design.

For more information and to book tickets see the event page. Can’t wait until then? Read this Q&A with the ISO Creative Directors about the Opening Ceremony.

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The Lighthouse is currently accepting proposals from early-career architects and designers for an exhibition of work in October. The exhibition will take place on level one of the Lighthouse in the Review Gallery showcasing emerging talent and the impact of design and architecture on the everyday. Proposals from individuals, institutions or collectives are encouraged.

For more details see the Lighthouse website.

Deadline: 27 June

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