Now in its tenth year, this collaboration between Kingston University and the Design Museum has grown into one of the world’s foremost MA programmes for design curators. Through its partnerships with prestigious cultural organisations, the programme offers students the opportunity to curate live projects and build their own professional profiles. With curating briefs set by the British Council, Architecture Foundation, British Museum and the V&A, students develop their curatorial practice and build their portfolios. The programme has international collaboration at its heart, and offers students the opportunity to become part of a wider, ever growing international network of curators.

Prospective students should hold a good BA (Hons) degree in a relevant subject or have equivalent experience. Research proposals at MPhil and PHD level are welcome. For further information on the course, please contact Kingston University

T 020 8547 2000, extension 64141
E designpostgrad@kingston.ac.uk

Curating Contemporary Design student wins a place on The Jagriti Yatra.
24 December 2011 - 9 January 2012
Karishma Rafferty will join 450 other young people for a train journey that will last 15 days and cover 6,000 miles travelling the length and breadth of India to look at new design projects. The Jagriti Yatra (‘awakening journey’ in Hindi) will visit 13 different destinations. The train leaves Mumbai on 24 December, returning on 9 January 2012, having travelled as far north as Delhi and to Madurai near the country’s southern tip. Experienced design professionals will be giving talks and at each stop, the passengers will visit people who are already working on solutions to their country’s development and youth unemployment problems.

You can follow Karishma's journey on her blog designyatri.wordpress.com

Ten Years. Ten Projects
22 - 25 September 2011
An exhibition at Tent during the London Design Festival, bringing together the best of this years graduates alongside projects from alumni to celebrate the exciting and diverse outcomes of its students over the past decade. Tentlondon.co.uk

FA YA: Green Shoots is a publication celebrating three years of collaborative projects between China Academy of Art and the MA Curating Contemporary Design programme. In 2010 the first project explored the impact of the Shanghai Expo to connect Chinese and UK creative practice, and the second project including interviews with Chinese curators, a Design Museum workshop led by Pearl Lam on Curating In China and observations on teaching art in a Chinese secondary school. issuu.com/fayagreenshoots

Connecting Contemporary Designers China 2011
On March 16 2011, the UK curators flew out to the city of Hangzhou for the Connecting Contemporary Designers project. See extracts from the visit and final projects here.

The Hybrid Supper Project
Curating Science Conference