Studio closed for Christmas
Quick Christmassy note to let everyone know that the studio will be closed from 12.30 on the 22nd and the 28th of December and the 31st to the 4th.
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City of Glasgow College
We are delighted to have won a new job at City of Glasgow College. The College which was formerly Metropolitan and prior to this Glasgow College of Building and Printing is where many of our staff were inducted into the world of design, so it is a privilege to be working on a project which is so close to our hearts. The College have commissioned us to create a new social learning space which will blend with and link into the current library. We will be experimenting with light and sound along with a number of installation pieces to represent the Colleges iconic identity.
Two New Projects Open
It’s been a while since we had a live project open but like buses two have come along at once. The first is Sheppard Library at Middlesex University. We began working on this project way back in 2009 when we ran a field research and consultation project which produced the brief for the project. We were commissioned to carry out the full design a year later and it opened it’s doors at the start of the Autumn term. Unfortunately they have been swamped by students so we have not been able to secure good photography yet but hope to in the next couple of weeks so keep an eye on the blog and website for more up to date images. The second project to open it’s doors was Rutland Surgery which is slightly closer to home in Govan. The surgery was officially opened by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy Nicola Sturgeon on the 2nd of December 2011. We are delighted with the outcome which was a collaboration between our designers, patients of the centre and the doctors themselves. We are particularly happy with the fence which took us a bit of time to convince Glasgow City Council of it’s artistic merits!
Seeking new designers!
We are currently on the hunt for a new graphic designer/illustrator. We are looking for a hard working, self motivated individual who is highly creative, team orientated and enjoys working in a cross disciplinary manner. An interest in user centered design methods is essential and an exploratory/experimental spirit desirable. Our studio is based in Glasgow but our we work on projects throughout the UK, particularly London so you should be willing to/enjoy traveling. The position is being advertised on The Drum website so if you are interested go to, http://www.thedrum.co.uk/jobs/details/32599/ for full instructions on how to apply.
UPDATE! We are now 5 days into our hunt for a new member of the team and have had an overwhelming response. Due to the high level of responses we are only considering applications which include examples of work and which are submitted via the Drum link above. We will post further updates here or via Twitter.
Swing
This weeks swing had to be our annual Pumpkin competition. Sadly due to holidays, other work commitments and generally poor sportsmanship we only had two entries this year making this years competition very intense. However after a day long twitter vote and a survey of interior design students at Glasgow School of Art, Scott’s ‘Cheshire Cat’ won by just two votes. Val changed her vote at the last minute when she saw Antonio’s ‘Last Supper’ Pumpkin but it was still not enough to save Antonio’s masterpiece. Scott’s prize was a hearty slap on the back from his competitor and the sense of achievement one gets from winning! Well done Scott, a well deserved and long overdue win!
October project of the month
We have not had a project of the month for a while now but we came across this little beauty and unanimously voted it October’s project for the month. The space is a waiting room in a clinic in Barcelona and was designed by industrial designers FUELFOR. FUELFOR took a people centered approach to the design and worked with patients and care givers to arrive at many of the ideas. We think it looks great and love the focus on communication in the space which empowers the patient. To find out more visit their website here, http://www.fuelfor.net/fuelfor/wait.html
Kings Consultation
It’s all gone a bit quiet on the Nomad blog of late. That’s because our work at King’s College London is well underway. The project is a massive design consultation exercise that will be followed by a RIBA architectural competition and then finally the design work. In this first stage we are consulting with a vast cross-section of stakeholders from students to academics and even futurologists! The whole project is being held together by a blog, which acts as a central information source and a place where individuals can interact with us through comments and polls. We can’t give out details at the moment for obvious reasons, however should be able to let folks read this in January when the project is due for completion… Hopefully we will get the chance to update our own blog before this!
If you would like to know more about this project or any of our consultation work email us at info@nomad-rdc.com
Swing
This weeks swing is a bit of a studio effort. It is sad indeed to admit but we began collecting Kinder Surprise hero collection last year and nearly got the whole set before this rather odd obsession wore off. Anyway we have been left with these little guys and they look very cute on the Swing, especially the ever so smiley Ben Grim.
Kings College London – The Quadrangle
We are delighted to have been appointed by Kings College London to a unique and exciting project based at their magnificent Strand campus. This appointment sees our team placed at the heart of this project aimed at revitalizing an important space which joins the iconic Somerset House with the Kings Building. Over the next few months we will be working with staff, students and wider stakeholders to generate a vision for this space which it is hoped will be an original and innovative learning environment. We will be using a number of innovations during this stage of the project including our ‘place/space’ assessment tools (see earlier post) and will be developing further tools to asses the success of the project throughout. This is the first stage of a much bigger project – we should be able to provide some update on this very soon.
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