Category: Transition Living Lab – Conferences

  • Approaching Displacement with Creative and Designerly Methods, IASFM20

    Approaching Displacement with Creative and Designerly Methods, IASFM20

    Dr Meirina Triharini (ITB:DeLab), Dr Chris Mortimer (Lancaster University) and Dr Malé Luján Escalante (LCC:UAL)

    Dr Meirina Triharini (ITB:DeLab), Dr Chris Mortimer (Lancaster University) and Dr Malé Luján Escalante are co-chairing a track entitled “Approaching Displacement with Creative and Designerly Methods” in which many of the projects from students across the institutions will be presenting their work in the context of the 20th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference (IASFM20) – Forced Displacement in an Urbanizing World Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 21-23 January 2025.

    The co-chairs use the opportunity of brought together a cross-disciplinary network of scholars in their own institutions across their countries, to invite them to the conference and catalyse futures collaborations. The proceedings of the track will be published as part of special edition of the same name with Global Discourse (Bristol University Press) in 2026.

  • Design Practice Across Borders 

    Design Practice Across Borders 

    Transition Living Lab students at ITB:DeLab, Bandung, organised an exhibition to present, discuss and reflect on the projects. 

    Design Practice Across Borders was a transdisciplinary event series that aims to explore how design can empower youth communities across borders to become changemakers within their own communities. The series features an Exhibition, a Talkshow, and a Mini Workshop, showcasing the collaborative efforts of refugees and designers. Together, they reimagine both idealistic and practical solutions for future challenges, integrating diverse perspectives.

    A key aspect of the event is the application of systemic design, which recognizes the interconnection of design decisions within larger systems. This approach emphasizes understanding how individual choices impact broader contexts, leading to more adaptive and inclusive solutions.

    Visitors will have the opportunity to reflect on how cross-border design can address broader societal issues, such as intersectionality and city development. By engaging with these themes, this event highlights innovative ways which refugee youth contribute to redefine global systems and fostering a more inclusive future.

  • Fashion as Catalyst: Making and Advocating for Social Change Symposium

    Fashion as Catalyst: Making and Advocating for Social Change Symposium

    Francesco Mazzarella, UAL:LCF Centre for Sustainable Fashion,
    Malé Luján Escalante, UAL:LCC Design School

    Transition Living Lab organised, supported and was celebrated in the framework of the public Symposium chaired by Dr Francesco Mazzarella, celebrated on the 25th of July 2024, and part of the cultural program of the Shifting Narratives Exhibition at the Barbican Library.

    The event count with an excellent panel that reunited academics, artists, practitioners from community organisation, local government representative, national and international NGO’s activists and regufee project participants:

    Carole Morrison (UAL:LCF Head of Social Purpose in the Curriculum), Alisa Ruzavina (UAL:LCF), Tabitha Ross (Makini), Dr Malé Luján Escalante (UAL:LCC MA Service Design) , Zeej Alhajji (Project Participant), Ciara Barry (Fashion Revolution), Froi Legaspi (Citizens UK), Dr Azadeh Fatehrad (Stories Intertwined : Artistic Dialogue of Community, Migration & Integration), Ben Monro (I speak football), Katherine Duran (Project Participant), and a spoken word performance by Toyin Gbomedo (PhD Candidate at the UAL:LCF Centre for Sustainable Fashion).