The Cass Degree Show 2015

The Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design (The Cass) at London Metropolitan University is proud to present it’s 2015 Summer Exhibition. For a month students from The Cass will showcase their final projects demonstrating three years of hard work.

The Cass Summer Shows will be presented in two parts. From 12-20 June, Summer Show Part 1 will display work from the Art, Film, Visual Communications and Music Courses and then, from 26 June - 4 July, the Architecture, Interiors and 3D Design courses will take their turn for Summer Show Part 2 transforming Central House into a vast gallery for a month.

Summer Show Part 2
Architecture students will exhibit their thoughts and processes through drawings and models reflecting work planned both in London, taking inspiration from their direct local surroundings, wider UK topography, designing for the Somerset Levels, exploring the primitive hut and experimental living abroad in Stockholm.
Presenting through sketches and models students from the Cass’s Interiors courses have designed projects for collaborative work/life spaces, tracked human’s spatial experience through interior design and looked at the design exchange between the community and its commercial inhabitants. 3D designers and makers from will exhibit their work, showing physical incarnations their design skill as well as displaying the practical making ability taught at the Cass. Jewellery & Silversmithing created objects while mudlarking on the banks of the river Thames. Furniture makers bring creations fresh from Milan, and Textile designers display huge varieties of print, weave and knit fabrics. First year courses BA Fashion Design and BA Product Design will make their debut with creations from the RED fashion show and Product Design’s Get Up and Go series, looking at improving items which assist your morning routine.

The Cass’s fashion students will also display a series of capes at the Whitechapel Gallery, created especially for their summer exhibition The Whitechapel Gallery’s Childrens Commission. They will be on show at the Aldgate East gallery from 23 June - 30 August.


About The Cass
The Cass is the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University. It is one of four faculties within the University. The Cass teaches about 2500 students at Foundation, Degree and Postgraduate level at two buildings in Aldgate. Subjects include Animation, Architecture, Film Production, Fine Art, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Illustration, Interior Design, Jewellery, Music Technology, Musical Instrument Making, Photography, Product Design and Textiles. The Faculty also offers 200 short and professional development courses. There is a strong emphasis across the studios on socially engaged Architecture, Art and Design applied to both local and global contexts, a Faculty-wide interest in making and many projects focus on aspects of London. Students at The Cass are encouraged to learn through practice, experiment with process and gain real-world experience in both individual and collaborative projects, engaging with professionals, communities and companies.