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‘Shaping Sustainable Fashion’ explores theory, practice and methodology for fashion sustainability and specifically examines the way in which contemporary fashion clothing is produced, used and discarded. As fashion and textile designers become aware of the environmental impacts associated with clothing, this book presents a range of approaches that can be used to reduce and avoid textile waste.

This strand of research considers the representation of animals in society and culturally. Through the work Chloë Brown asks how do humans interact with animals, how are animals displayed and how does our relationship with animals shape our understanding of them philosophically, culturally and socially?

Imagine you were a museum professional and had a toolkit to create interactive installations in a matter of hours rather than months: what would you make?

This EPSRC funded project by Professor Ian Gwilt and Dr Claire Craig explored the potential of film and animation in promoting communication between younger and older people growing up and growing old in care

This research explored how co-design can help to address market failure barriers preventing technology innovation in the field of child prosthetics.

Simmond’s work exhibited in ‘Pile’, a comprehensive sculpture show that questioned the conventions of group exhibitions, explores the relation between pattern and decoration and formalist abstraction, questioning if painting can establish a visual pulse, and enabling a re-interpretation of a previous painting and a body of new paintings/drawings.

This research explores the relationship of psychological and cinematic space. The principal output, Unhomely Street, a 20 minute essay film, uses a character in a state of fugue as a strategy to explore attitudes towards capitalism and contemporary society.

Beneath the Skin was an exhibition that brought together eight academic researchers working within the field of contemporary metalwork and jewellery in order to reveal the research that underpins the object.

Exploring the role of the exhibition as a ‘theatre for conversation’ and its role and format as a research tool and means of dissemination

Ymedaca was a multi-modal art work that created the largest sculpture ever exhibited at YSP by recasting its entire grounds and facilities as a contemporary translation of Plato’s garden academy