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Summer Show 2017 opener announced

We are delighted to announce Ross Lovegrove as the opener for this year's Bartlett Summer Show.

30 May 2017

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On 23 June designer and visionary Ross Lovegrove will be opening The Bartlett School of Architecture Summer Show 2017, addressing students, staff, industry and invited guests in the main quadrangle of UCL at 7pm.

Renowned for his unique approach and vision, Ross Lovegrove describes The Bartlett School of Architecture as being at the forefront of change within the industry: “Today art, design and architecture are coalescing at an accelerating pace, transforming our physical man-made world with forms and structures that stimulate our sense of wonder and progress. The Bartlett is at the forefront of this transformation as it nurtures minds that see no divisions in creative endeavour."

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About Ross Lovegrove:

Ross Lovegrove has worked as a designer on projects for Sony, Apple, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Airbus Industries, Moroso, Peugeot, Vitra, Motorola and Japan Airlines, to name but a few. 

Ross Lovegrove’s work has won numerous international awards, been extensively published and exhibited around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Axis Centre in Japan, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Design Museum in London, where in 1993 he curated the first permanent collection.

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