Richard Brett BA(Hons), MA(Art & Design)
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Web: www.laughingsoil.com
Areas of supervision
BA Design, (technical studies, ecology & design)
BA Ed d&t (technical studies)
B/Meng Design Innovation (technical studies)
BA Cid (technical studies)
MA cp (technical studies)
PGCE d&t (technical studies & sustainability)
Presentations and exhibitions
2004
Film: ‘Journeys’,
Towards Car Free Cities IV, Humboldt University, Berlin
Panellist: ‘Urban Design and Planning vs Vernacular Settlement patterns’ debate
Towards Car Free Cities IV, Humboldt University, Berlin
Paper: ‘Mind The Gap’
Design History Society annual conference, University of Ulster, Belfast
2005
Paper: ‘The Physical and Mental effects of Human Powered vs Auto-Centric Urban Lifestyles’
Towards Car Free Cities V, University of Technology and Economics, Budapest
Delegate Workshop: ‘An introduction to Ecodesign’
Towards Car Free Cities V, University of Technology and Economics, Budapest
Organised & Coordinated the following Goldsmiths Design dept shows:
2004 (with W.Warren) Peep Show, BA Design & BA EcoDesign graduation show
2005 Big Fish Little Fish… BA Design & BA EcoDesign graduation show
2006 Goldsmiths Design 2006 BA Design & BA EcoDesign graduation show
2007 [Annotations] BA Design & BA EcoDesign graduation show
2008 Processed BA Design graduation show
Research interests
Sustainable design, materials & processes,
Machine marks vs craftmanship
History of materials/ Man, Nature and the Manmade
Patterns of consumption
Human powered urban mobility