Our Projects and Exhibitions

Join us at the AI Exhibition hosted by The Paxman Research & Innovation Centre! Discover the transformative potential of AI in the industrial design and development process.

29.01.24 - 12.02.24

Opening times: 10:00 - 17:00 Mon-Fri

Through twenty posters showcasing the potential future of AI explore the application of AI for Product/Industrial Design and new product development. Testing the application of various AI tools like Midjourney, Chat GPT, Dreamgaussion and more.

Changes: Design Approaches for Different Contexts features Jung Hoon Baek's three recent projects that work at different scales and address issues of balancing sustainability with innovation and aesthetic satisfaction.

01.02.24 - 01.03.24

Opening times: 10:00 - 17:00 Mon-Fri

When commissioned to proceed with design projects, designers face limitations such as low budgets, short time frames, client requirements, etc. This exhibition explores how design approaches change in different contexts when conducting various projects. When working on projects with global companies, startups, or government agencies, designers must approach them strategically and consider various areas. This exhibition provides students and broader audiences with opportunities to understand various approaches to their design projects in response to different requirements.

Jung Hoon Baek is an award-winning multidisciplinary designer from South Korea. He is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Digital Product Design at Hoseo University. Previously, He worked as a design executive at MIDEA, a global Chinese company, and led the innovation of the UX part of household appliances. Before this, he worked as an industrial designer for LG Electronics household appliances. While he has worked as a designer in the UK, South Korea, and China, he has won awards at various international design competitions, including six awards at the Reddot Concept Design Award, a global international competition.

He earned a master's degree in the Department of Multidisciplinary Design Innovation at Northumbria University in the UK and achieved BFA Degree at Kyung Hee University. Currently, his research focuses on multidisciplinary academic exchange and digital change.

Everything is Suspended in Movement is the culmination of Mulhearn's research as part of a PhD by practice. the installation consists of four screens which cycle through eight-five still photographs, with each image visible for eight seconds. A unique arbitrary sequence of four images appears and is constantly replaced, so that meaning and narrative are suggested but the time to settle and resolve this is denied. An accompanying sound work has been specifically designed by Isaac Baggaley, also a Huddersfield PhD candidate.

16.02.24 - 30.03.24

Preview evening: Friday 16.02.24 6-9pm (followed by Electric Spring concert) click to RSVP

Opening times: 10am-3pm Mon - Fri, 11am – 4pm Saturdays 

Textiles on Toast - Another Slice is a chance to see the amazing work by our Year 1 & Year 2 Textiles Students, make sure to visit to see work in a variety of media and showcasing different skills and crafts.

04.03.24 - 14.03.24

Opening times: 10:00-15:00pm Mon - Fri, 11:00-16:00 Saturdays 

(Re)Imagining Huddersfield’s Narratives Toward a Better Future is an exhibition of work produced through research-informed teaching, and will showcase the rationale and theme behind design studio projects developed by Year 2 & Year 3 Architecture Students. The exhibition will be divided into two sections:

• (Re)Imagining Huddersfield as a walkable town 
• Arts, Culture and Community Centre

07.03.24 - 05.04.24

Preview evening: Thursday 7th March, 16:30 – 18:00

Opening times: 10:00 - 17:00 Mon-Fri 

08.03.24 - 30.03.24 

Preview event: Friday 8th March, 13:00 – 16:00 

Yun Gao, Ensiyeh Farrokhirad, Adrian Pitts, Xiang Ren, Intesar Ibrahim, and members of the public from Dash Huddersfield and Shared Goods.

The exhibition has been organised by the Sustainable Living Research Centre (SLRC) in order to showcase understandings of the relationship between cultures of place, healthy living environments and climate change. It aims to engage the public; including local communities and representing refugees and immigrants, based in Huddersfield and Sheffield. The exhibition will explore new perspectives and approaches to the understanding of, engagement with, and creation of links between cultures, identity and sustainability.

The exhibition includes two sections and uses a rich variety of drawings, photographs, and oral narratives. The first aims to share the challenges associated with lighting, temperature, and humidity in people’s home and their neighbourhood. The second section explores how buildings and interiors relate and are interconnected to the lived experiences of immigrants from Libya and East Asia in Sheffield.

‘That's Life’ captures the series of work which demonstrates the broadness of our exhibition overall capturing the positive and negative impacts of how we live, exploring the unique outcomes to the cost of things. Each individual has been developing their own series of work portraying their individual response to this theme. Exploring the impact and issues that affect our lives and the planet, this exhibition also portrays an insight into the positive impacts in life. Opposing themes within our exhibition, such as environmental impact, fashion and the cost of living together, explores archival work and investigates the impact that home and communication has on our lives.  

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