Join Masters students from the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and explore global interactions with data, technology and people.
Join Masters students from the Institute for Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and explore global interactions with data, technology and people. The exhibition will explore the human (and beyond human) challenges of global technologies in the world, and how data might be used as material to engage, connect or critique current and future issues.
Students have designed a series of creative responses investigating global and societal challenges by designing with environmental, community, bodily and global data. They are creating a space where experiential embodied interactions provoke global thinking and connect human experiences, where design fiction meets current issues, and where the digital, virtual and artificial merge to prompt new approaches to complex global landscapes. Visitors can expect to explore societal challenges through embodied, virtual and playful interactions.
This is an interactive exhibition which represents circa 80 students’ work from the MSc and MA Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.
Exhibition Details
Dates: Sat-Mon, 4 – 6 Apr, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 17:00 | Free/Drop-In
Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB
This event is drop-in, no registration required. If you have any enquiries about the event or venue, please contact event organisers at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk
MA/MSc Programmes
Design Informatics MA and MSc programmes focus on providing foundational skills on the integration of design thinking and data science with an emphasis on exploring the role of data-driven technologies in society and the potential of such technologies to be a social good. Students are supported to develop an ethically aware, critically reflective technical practice at the interface between data and society by combining theory and research with an open-ended process of making and hacking.
About Inspace
Inspace is part of the Institute for Design Informatics and is a collaborative hub, commissioning and producing creative activity. Our public programme connects data, research and creative talent. We host events and exhibitions where people can explore, learn, debate and create. Our programme unlocks digital technologies, tools and data and explores their role in society through a creative lens. We are home to Inspace City Screens, a unique seven screen street front projection space visible from Potterrow in Edinburgh.
