Material Futures

Material Futures We are a 2 year Masters course at Central Saint Martins College, London. MA Material Futures explore MA Textile Futures is now called MA Material Futures.

We’ve always believed ‘textiles’ to encompass a broad approach to materiality, and to better reflect the multidisciplinary nature of our work we have changed our course title. MA Material Futures explores the intersection of craft, science and technology encouraging students to look beyond existing boundaries to anticipate future needs, desires, and challenges. Taking materiality as the starting p

oint of the design process we integrate high and low technological materials and processes, pursuing relevant applications across fashion, architecture, product, communication & critical design. Observing and analysing how we live today allows us to consider how we can live better tomorrow. Considering the current and future context of design decisions is core to our ethos, combining social, political and economic inquiry to inform future and more sustainable design applications. By exploring key contextual questions to interrogate, critique and propose new design concepts, we invite our designers to engage fully with the challenges of designing for the 21st century.

MA Material Futures is fundraising for Milan Design Week 2019 and the CSM Degree Show in London! Please have a look at o...
17/03/2019

MA Material Futures is fundraising for Milan Design Week 2019 and the CSM Degree Show in London! Please have a look at our Kickstarter page for more information on the range of topics we will be exhibiting, topics that challenge the boundaries of design to anticipate future desires. We would be grateful for any support to help showcase our work!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/materialfutures2019/ma-material-futures-exhibition-fund-2019

If you are unable to donate, please visit our exhibitions as we would really appreciate your presence and would love to see you there!

Thanks Core77 for featuring our work! Today is the last day to check out our work as part of the Central Saint Martins d...
24/06/2018

Thanks Core77 for featuring our work! Today is the last day to check out our work as part of the Central Saint Martins degree show 2. Make sure to stop by!

Following their intimate exhibition on the ground level of Ventura Futures during Milan Design Week, Central Saint Martins' 2018 MA Materials Future graduate products are now publicly on display at their Degree Show until June 24. Many of the projects on display at Ventura Futures weren't completed....

"The work on display is progressive, vital and, in many cases, delightfully amusing." Thanks Disegno for the shout out a...
20/04/2018

"The work on display is progressive, vital and, in many cases, delightfully amusing."

Thanks Disegno for the shout out about Material Futures work on display in Milan! The work is still on display as part of through Sunday April 22. Make sure to check it out!

A third day in Milan brings with it a number of thought provoking presentations that move away from the commercialism of the fiera.

Only 5 days left to help us get to Milan and fund our degree show in June! We appreciate your support!
07/03/2018

Only 5 days left to help us get to Milan and fund our degree show in June! We appreciate your support!

We design within the intersection of craft, science & technology to anticipate future desires & challenges. Help us showcase our work.

Thinking of applying to MA Material Futures?? Come to one of our open days in March!
21/02/2018

Thinking of applying to MA Material Futures?? Come to one of our open days in March!

University of the Arts London hosts a diverse schedule of events throughout the year, from summer degree shows to seminars and workshops.

Help us get to Milan Design Week! Check out our kickstarter to learn more:
15/02/2018

Help us get to Milan Design Week!
Check out our kickstarter to learn more:

We design within the intersection of craft, science & technology to anticipate future desires & challenges. Help us showcase our work.

Humanitarian Design Hackathon. and win cash & prizes! December 14th & 15th 2017, Central Saint Martins, London, UK. To...
29/11/2017

Humanitarian Design Hackathon. and win cash & prizes! December 14th & 15th 2017, Central Saint Martins, London, UK. To register please visit:

HACKATHON

Thinking of applying to MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martins? Come to our one of Open Days! The first one is on ...
27/11/2017

Thinking of applying to MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martins? Come to our one of Open Days! The first one is on 6th Dec at 5.30pm - booking is essential!

MA Material Futures explores the intersection of craft, science and technology.

*** Material Futures open day dates announced ***BOOKING ESSENTIAL!
20/11/2017

*** Material Futures open day dates announced ***

BOOKING ESSENTIAL!

MA Material Futures explores the intersection of craft, science and technology.

Come and see work by the Material Futures staff team at the Some Like it Hot exhibition at Central Saint Martins!Free ex...
20/11/2017

Come and see work by the Material Futures staff team at the Some Like it Hot exhibition at Central Saint Martins!

Free exhibitor tours on Thursday 30 November and Tuesday 5 December at 1pm in the gallery.

Opening times -

For the first time, staff from across the Jewellery and Textiles Programme are showcasing their research and practice together in exhibition. 'Some Like It Hot' presents new projects through the perspective of temperatures required to fabricate materials: some designers need to operate at 1000 °C, w...

Some Like it Hot Exhibition24 November - 15 December 2017For the first time, staff from across the Jewellery and Textile...
20/11/2017

Some Like it Hot Exhibition
24 November - 15 December 2017

For the first time, staff from across the Jewellery and Textiles Programme are showcasing their research and practice together in exhibition. 'Some Like It Hot' presents new projects through the perspective of temperatures required to fabricate materials: some designers need to operate at 1000 °C, while others work below zero.

Making in design and craft encompasses transformative processes which often need to be executed at specific temperatures. The transition from Stone Age to Iron Age evidences how, by expanding our mastery of heat processes, craft makers colonised new ways of making leading across millennia to the cutting-edge techniques of today's contemporary practice.

http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/whats-on-at-csm/lethaby-gallery/upcoming-some-like-it-hot/

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