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The 2015 Year in Review
Join the editors of Slow Journalism magazine Delayed Gratification and take a fresh look at the events of last year and highlights from the 2015 Designs of the Year.
Since 2011, the editors of Delayed Gratification, the Slow Journalism magazine, have been mounting a challenge to the ever-increasing speed of the digital news cycle. At this Slow Journalism Night, they will try to make sense of the turbulent year of 2015.
2015 was a major year in design and as Designs of the Year comes to close, we’ll reflect on some its most significant projects to date as well as some of the things that could have been included.
It was also a year bookended by terror attacks in France and California, 2015 also saw political upheaval in the UK, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, continued conflict in Syria and Yemen, and an unprecedented refugee crisis in Europe. But what happened after the reporters packed their bags and moved on? And which events didn’t receive the media coverage they perhaps deserved?
This evening will contain some captivating and insightful talks and presentations. Highlights include Journalist and documentary maker Pieter van den Blink who spent 2015 following the lives of Parisians between the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January and the fresh attacks on 13 November: he'll give an insight into how the events changes Parisian society, culture and politics.
Delayed Gratification Editor Rob Orchard will also interview Libby Miller and Jasmine Cox of BBC Research and Development who will talk about the year in technology, particularly in terms of surveillance, big data and hacking, and their Design of the Year-nominated project, The Walls Have Eyes.
We'll also have quizzes designed to test your knowledge of the Designs of the Year and the events of 2015, with prizes on offer to the best-informed attendees.
Booking information
Tickets include entry to the Designs of the Year and Designers in Residence exhibition before the activities begin. Doors will open at 18:15. The talk begins at 19:00 and will last until about 20:30
Tickets also include a free copy of Delayed Gratification Issue 20
- Adults £12 / Students £9 / Members £6 become a member
- more about issue 20
more about the speakers
Pieter van den Blink
Pieter van den Blink is a journalist and a writer. In 2015 he shot a documentary film in Paris and its suburbs about life there between the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the fresh attacks of 13th November. Alongside clips from his documentary, he will give us his insights into how a year of terror shaped Paris, France and Europe.
Rob Orchard
The evening will be hosted by Rob Orchard, the co-founder and editorial director of Delayed Gratification magazine. The magazine was set up in 2011 to swim against the tide of digital news production and offer an antidote to the churnalism of the mainstream media. In revisiting the events of the preceding quarter, the magazine makes a virtue of being "Last to Breaking News".
Jasmine Cox
Jasmine is a Designer with BBC R&D's user experience group in the North. Jasmine specialises in blending digital experiences with analogue interactions and objects and was one of the creators of Walls Have Eyes.
Libby Miller
Libby is a BBC R&D producer, her role involves building prototypes to show possible directions for web technologies, devices, media, and storytelling. She worked on the creation on Designs of the Year nominated the Walls Have Eyes, an installation which shows how cheap, off-the-shelf electronics can be used to track you in the real world.
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