Abstract

“Transform: Co-Creating Narratives of Change” is a multi-disciplinary student exhibition anchored to the Design Museum’s More Than Human exhibition. Drawing directly on the theme of Transform — the focus of this year’s Personal Project unit — the exhibition presents student work exploring processes of change, evolution, and transformation across society, environment, politics, and culture.

Session and activities

Where last year’s exhibition focused on climate and flora, this year’s show takes a wider lens. The exhibition is structured around four interconnected thematic sections drawn from the Personal Project brief, each representing a different dimension of transformation in our world today. Together, the sections create a cohesive dialogue between individual practice and collective concern. 

We are delighted to welcome a brilliant mix of contributors to this exhibition — UAL alumni, L3 students, CSM PhD students, lecturers, specialist technicians, guest artists, and practitioners at Lime Grove. 

The exhibition is designed to reflect the breadth of student pathways — including film, photography, graphic design, illustration, animation, game design, installation, and interactive media — and to present student work as ambitious, research-led, and professionally realised creative output. 

Anchor: Design Museum — More Than Human 

This year’s exhibition is explicitly anchored to the Design Museum’s More Than Human exhibition. The More Than Human exhibition interrogates the relationship between human beings, technology, and the natural world — examining how design can respond to a world in flux and point toward more-than-human futures. 

Students have visited the exhibition in Sept 25’ as part of their primary research process. The Library Space exhibition responds to and extends that dialogue: where More Than Human addresses transformation at a global and speculative scale, our exhibition grounds those themes in student experience, creative practice, and personal inquiry. 

Curatorial decisions, including the four-section structure, visual language, and participatory elements, are all informed by this relationship to the Design Museum programme. 

Exhitbion contributors  

Xuandi He , L3 IISDMS → BA (Hons) Fashion Imaging and Illustration, LCF  

Vedansh Aggarwal , L3 IISDMS → BA in Graphic and Media Design, LCC  

Fadraina Lia Felix , L3 IISDMS → BA Archtecture,CSM  

Yucheng Li (Dudu) , L3 IISDMS → BA Design for Art Direction, LCC  

Cemre Su Emrence , L3 IISDMS → BA Film & TV, LCC  

Haochi (Hotch) Wang , L3 IISDMS → BA Photography, LCC  

Jianbo (Donovan) Zang , L3 IISDMS → BA Graphic and Media Design, LCC  

Yue Syuan (Melody) Tzeng , L3 IISDMS → BA Jewellery Design, CSM  

Jiayu Yang , L3 IISDMS → BA Product and Industrial Design, CSM  

Kasia Hamilton , L3 IISDMS Lecturer  

Fanyan 孔繁焱 Kong , L3 IISDMS Visiting Practioner  

Ruizhi Liu , RCA MA Photography |LCC alumni  

Zhongting 孙中庭 Sun , L3 IISDMS Visiting Practioner|LCC alumni  

Hao Jia, Jiayun Long, Xiaoyue Fu, Zhongting Sun , RCA MA Collobration Project |LCC alumni  

Yixi Yixi , LCC MA Photography  

Yumo Li , UCL MA Urban Design |LCC graduate  

Zhiyuan Peng, YuqiXie, Bo Zhao , LCC BA Animation graduate  

Jess Mountfield , Lecturer – Diploma in Storytelling |Acting and Performance Programme  

Dukes Lucy Jane MacAllister , CSM PhD – Living Systems Lab  

Ute Kirkwood , MFA Newcastle alumni | CSM alumni   

Michelle Lin Braby , L3 IISDMS Curriculm Lead | MA Academic Practice  

Bodie Stanley , Specialist Technician L&T Metal  

Lauren McNicoll , Specialist Technician L&T Casting and Mold Making  

James Hopkins , Specialist Technician L&T Foundation 3D Digital  

Christa Bausch , Multi-medium artist  

Otto Braby Bausch , Saint Michael’s Church of England Infant School  

Emma Tod , Senior Lecturer Fine Art  

Laurence Noga , Pathway Leader Art | L3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design  

Jialin Sun , LCC MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography  

Tom Legge , Curriculum Leader L4 Cert HE Preparation for DMS  

Jonathan Martin , L3 IISDMS Lecturer  

Justin Lin Braby , Sculptor/ Landscape architect  

 Sebastian May , Student Success Manager  

Karen Tang , CSM PhD – Living Systems Lab  

Gabriel Birch , Curriculum Leader for 3 Dimensional Design and Architecture