Pomona encounters: ‘Pomona’s beauty spots’

The output, Pomona’s Beauty Spots, is a creative project comprising an interactive exhibit, which invited the audience to consider the presence of place and significant points of interest, and written text. The project was a collaboration between Hayward and Fabrizio Cocchiarella, with both contributing equally to the project. Research process: A passive experience of navigating the terrain has not been prescribed or facilitated, therefore we are free to create an un-regulated personal geography, establishing our own markers as points of reference, signposting memories through physical encounter, exploring freedom.” In order to consolidate visions, interpretations and works in progress from Pomona Encounters – the exhibitors were invited by Gaia Project Press to create a publication/book that reflected the thoughts, passions and connections explored was produced. Research insights: Discovering the city often uses commercial psycho-spatial systems of reference that mediate our relationships with people, landmarks and architectural objects. Our connection with nature is negotiated through the exploration of natural spatial phenomena, sometimes shaped by humans, but when exploring un-chartered territories, we encounter landscapes that are dependent on discovery. Through the interaction, walkers encountered a cornucopia of paradoxical tales around themes of biodiversity and urban planning, carbon-free air miles, invasive species for healthy living, and old toolkits to design new nature. with the status quo and propose new futures for Pomona and beyond. Dissemination: The research was disseminated as part of Pomona Encounters, Pomona Island, Manchester on 21 July 2016. Findings were also shared through Pomona’s beauty spots, in Fruitful Futures, Imagining Pomona, published by Gaia Projects Press, 2016

Radical Response Milan

Radical Response as part of Ventura Projects during the Dezeen Virtual Design Festival 2020. In this exhibition academic staff offer an insight, through practice to our research. We value the role craft and making play in this. We strive, to respond with innovation to societal challenges through materials, making and creative experimentation. We hope it serves as a catalyst for discussion and future research collaboration

Radical Response exhibition in partnership with the International Association of Design Research (IASDR) Conference

Radical Response exhibition in partnership with the International Association of Design Research (IASDR) Conferenc

A Hermit's Cabin

Il volume, resoconta l'attività di docenti e studenti nell'ambito del Workshop "Structural Architectures: Geometry, Code and Design" svoltosi presso la Scuola di Architettura della TU Kaiserslautern, in Germania, nel settembre 2012. Tema di progetto: una 'hermit's cabin' trasportabile per la Palatinate Forest

State of Unsettlement: Brexit

Member of the State of Unsettlement collective, creating collaborative lectures, workshops and publications created in response to Brexit. Including Conversation Currency, a series of archived soundscapes and transcripts from around the post-Brexit dinner table.Collaboration with Judith van den Boom, Helen Carnac, Fabrizio Cocchiarella, Paul Harper, Thor ter Kulve, Lisa Mandemaker and Anne Vaandrager and Study O Portable.Funding bodies: Creative Industries Fund NL and UFO Design Collaboratory Supporting partners: ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem NL; Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester UK; Makerversity, London UK