UAL Climate Emergency Network

UAL Climate Emergency Network
Material Heroes
Installation, 2021

UAL Students photographed with their work.

Public realm curation and commissioning for King’s Cross, ‘Material Heroes’ was a collaborative project with UAL’s Climate Emergency Network, invited graduating students  to highlight a material ‘hero’ from their final major project, displayed on The Outside Art Project in Granary Square during London Design Festival.

Part of the King's Cross Super Nature initiative and a way to engage with the estate's anchor tenant, the installation showcased a wide variety of materials with great potential, from the readily available to the highly specialised and even speculative. Whether macro, microscopic or a detailed crop, the selected works address cultural and environmental sustainability. The future of design in every way.

UAL Student’s Material Heroes.

The Climate Emergency Network is a growing community of students, staff and alumni from across UAL with diverse perspectives and approaches, united by shared interest and concern, creative practice and action in the context of our intersecting crises. This exhibition was also part of their Carnival of Crisis: Mobilising Creative Action in the Age of Emergency - UAL's response to the COP26 Climate Summit.

Company
Climate Emergency Network, UAL, Abbi Fletcher, Kate Pelen and Adapt.

Place
King’s Cross Design District for King’s Cross Central Partnership Ltd & Related Argent.

Photography
John Sturrock

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