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01/08/2020 by bobpulley

Developing empathy through design and making in primary schools helps children to understand that the future is something we are making together. Children and teachers at Halstow Primary School in London designed and made gravity machines and automata which explore compassion alongside the concept of renewable energy in a playful way as part of the United Nations Global Goals initiative. The aim of ‘Theatre of the Imagination’ workshops is to foster self-efficacy and self-regulation through design and making to promote […]

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phd show

03/07/2019 by bobpulley

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theatre of the imagination

24/10/2016 by bobpulley

Developing empathy through design and making in primary schools helps children to understand that the future is something we are making together. Children and teachers at Halstow Primary School in London designed and made gravity machines and automata which explore compassion alongside the concept of renewable energy in a playful way as part of the United Nations Global Goals initiative. The aim of ‘Theatre of the Imagination’ workshops is to foster self-efficacy and self-regulation through design and making to promote […]

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kinetic aesthetic

07/04/2013 by bobpulley

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blueprint exchange

01/03/2013 by bobpulley

Selected Images from A Smile In The Mind by Beryl McAlhone & David Stuart (Phaidon Press: 1996)

Categories: International Exchange

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power of ten

01/02/2013 by bobpulley

Categories: Articles and Papers, International Exchange

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west dean college

01/09/2011 by bobpulley

West Dean College reception area is designed to reflect the South Downs landscape through the materials and forms of its furniture. It contains a myriad of stories about the surreal life of its Founder, Edward James. Printed textiles, designed by Sue Timney, form bodices stretched onto the ‘Collage Cabinet’ doors and ‘Turtle Wallpaper’ spills out from the ‘Tilly Losch’ spiral staircase showcasing the skills of students and staff at the College. The West Dean Festival was a cross-generational celebration of […]

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xilitla exchange

01/09/2011 by bobpulley

Herbert Read elaborated a socio-cultural dimension of creative education, offering the notion of greater international understanding and cohesiveness rooted in principles of developing the fully-balanced personality through art education. Child art was the driving force of this philosophy: the heroic task of education was to prevent the young child from losing access to whatever ancient, ingrained, cultural wisdom he or she was able to manifest in symbolisation. Zaira Teresa Linan Zorrilla is the Director of Edward James’ sculpture garden in […]

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valet chair

03/07/2010 by bobpulley

Adam Richards Architects were commissioned to design a series of bedrooms within the Grade 2 listed Manor House at West Dean College. Their brief was to create simple, monastic-like accommodation for creative practitioners. The Valet Chair was ergonomically designed by Bob Pulley for working at a desk and also as a dresser to hang clothes on at bedtime. Under the seat there is a storage box for personal belongings such as keys, a purse, mobile telephones and a surprise gift.

Categories: Furniture

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