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LGBTQ+ history is not finished yet

To mark the end of LGBTQ+ History Month, the SODA team looks forward to three historical moments that still need to happen in queer equality
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This is our Virtual Reality

How is VR is changing our reality as we know it...?
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The Value of Public Art

SODA highlights some of London’s best examples of public art for good.
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To Build a Place

What makes a place a place
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Plastic Free July

Plastic Free July round up
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Painting a Clearer Picture

As art galleries reopen their doors, the SODA team highlight some of the most exciting new exhibitions coming to the capital this summer.
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03.07.20

A weekly series exploring the new and practical ways that creatives are responding to COVID19...
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Movement in Colour

An exploration of how colour is used to define different movements
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19.06.20

A weekly series exploring the new and practical ways that creatives are responding to COVID19...
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Queer Artists of Colour

To celebrate Pride 2020, SODA highlights the cultural and artistic contributions of queer people of colour to our industry.
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21.05.20

A weekly series exploring the new and practical ways that creatives are responding to COVID19...
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07.05.20

A weekly series exploring the new and practical ways that creatives are responding to COVID19...
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Make Good

A weekly series exploring the new and practical ways that creatives are responding to COVID19...
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New Year, New SPLASH...dive down into our creative roundup!
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Jesper Eriksson - Transformative Materials

We sat down with the London based artist to discuss coal, fossil fuels and the nature of materials.
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KASIA WOZNIAK & LISA JAHOVIC

Photographer Kasia Wozniak and set designer Lisa Jahovic present 'Negative Mirror' ...
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PRIDE 2018

Here’s our pick of the best Pride campaigns of 2018 ...
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Photo Diary

Whilst attending Biennale Architettura 2018 Rob Fiehn documented some well known faces with his trusty Olympus OM20 ...
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'Freespace' Preview

Architectural correspondent Rob Fiehn picks his highlights to check out this summer at Biennale Architettura 2018 ...
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Gavin Coyle - man of the woods

Bobby Jewell sits down with furniture maker Gavin Coyle ...
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Christiane Spangsberg - Works In Progress

Imogen Eveson spends an evening in Sydney with Danish artist Christiane Spangsberg, as she sketches out the year ahead following three sell-out shows in 13 months ...
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Rowan Williams on Education

Designer Rowan Williams reflects on his experience of his design education ...
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14.12.17

It's our last creative news round-up of 2017 .... Enjoy!
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Adventures in Dalbergia

We paid a visit to the studio of Federico Méndez-Castro, a fine dust maker located on Granville Island, Vancouver ...
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The extraordinary, everyday ...
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30.11.17

'Tis the season to be jolly (almost!). Before the holiday season sweeps you off your feet take five minutes to have a look our latest round-up of creative news. Enjoy!
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The Goldloxe Effect

Creating in the shadows ...
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The Enduring Allure Of Indigo

Jenny Balfour Paul shares what makes the power and draw of natural indigo so enduring and what we can learn from its rich and magical history ...
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10.11.17

An audio visual explosion this week, plus an array of very very interesting objects from Athens ... Enjoy!
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TAKESHI MIYAKAWA

We chat to the NYC based designer about his practice, wax chandeliers & chairs having conversations ...
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Empty spaces to extraordinary experiences

Museum and interior design practice Casson Mann talk about how they create world-class innovative and engaging experiences.
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20.10.17

Ease into the start of the weekend with another round-up of creative news ...

SODA x SODA

That name sounds familiar! Rob Fiehn sits down with architectural studio SODA to find out about their Soho beginnings and how they're searching out interesting new projects.
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21.08.17

Smoke Bomb by Ken hermann

Is that smoke I smell?

Smoke bombs…The tools of football hooligans and antisocial youths. The photographer Ken Hermann however has managed to put a more artsy twist on the colourful clouds of smoke. He sets them off in industrial environments and captures them as they are manipulated by the wind to disperse in different directions. 

Check out more here: https://www.behance.net/galler...

Transgenre

Frameline’s striking, new visual identity really captures the colourful and energetic nature of its brand, as the United States’ first and longest running film festival devoted to LGBTQ work. Developed by design studio Mucho, the copy and typeface are used to highlight the marriage of film and LGBTQ culture for the annual festival, through catchy phrases like ‘Transgenre’.

Check out more here: http://bpando.org/2017/06/13/branding-frameline-41/

The Vintage Images of The British Library

You’d expect a library containing thousands of books from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries to have access to some pretty cool images, right? Well now you do too! Through the use of The British Library’s bot, the ‘mechanical curator’, over a million copyright-free images from their digitised books have been made available on Flickr.  A group of volunteers have also catalogued the images and organised them into themes and categories.

The Chouinard Equipment Co.

A Natural Fit for Patagonia

Patagonia’s newest Workwear line is a tribute to the brand’s roots and a statement of social and environmental responsibility. Its style references the climbing tools and work clothing originally made by its founder, Yvon Chouinard, while the products are made from state-of-the-art hemp fabric.  “The Iron Forge Hemp” is combined with recycled polyester and organic cotton to provide a stylish alternative to the Carhartt and Dickies equivalents.

Find out more here: https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/patagonia-hemp-workwear-line.html

Photo courtesy of Caner Cangül

Where the Royals Nest

Miniature bird palaces, as featured in Colossal, were widely used in Ottoman architecture in Turkey from the 17th to the 19th century. They were attached to the exteriors of public buildings such as mosques and schools to mimic some of the country’s larger structures. They were not only used to provide shelter for birds, but also to protect building walls from bird droppings and serve as religious good luck charms. 

Find out more here: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/07/the-ornate-bird-palaces-of-ottoman-era-turkey/

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