GREEN GRADS

GREEN GRADS is back as part of Planted Cities on the weekend of September 24/25 at the stunning Thomas Heatherwick-designed Samsung Experience Space in Coal Drops Yard, in the heart of King’s Cross, N1C.

GREEN GRADS is an ongoing initiative to platform recent UK graduates who are meeting head-on the world’s most pressing eco-issues such as sustainability, climate crisis, circular production, waste and pollution, depletion of resources, biophilia, biodiversity and much more. The show is also highlighting a return to nature and craft, and the power/desirability of local materials and strengthened communities.

This year at Samsung will be pushing 40 new graduates from Universities and Colleges all over the UK. They have been carefully chosen by founder/curator Barbara Chandler, exploring degree shows colleges from Falmouth to Manchester, and spending hours at the two New Designers shows this summer. They are drawn from a huge range of disciplines, and include BA and MA, BSc and MSc, and BEng and MEng (or equivalents) graduates in product/furniture design, engineering, material innovation, textiles, ceramics, illustration and graphics, fine art, architecture and interior design, and more. They come mainly from the talent pool of 2022 but are also include some graduates from 2021 and 2020.