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Unit X 2024

Thursday 2 May 2024

Unit X Open Studios

4pm—7pm

Welcome to Open Studios, a celebration of our creative projects across Unit X.

Join us for an evening showcase of student work from the Department of Design, Art and Performance and Manchester Fashion Institute, as we open our studios and gallery spaces to the public celebrating collaborative partnerships between programmes, across departments and with external companies and organisations.


International Academic Project Partners

MIT Institute of Design, IndiaPearl Academy The British University in Egypt

Dark Arts Research Kollective

Sonic Sorcery from the D∀RK

The Dark ∀rts Research Kollective, a cross faculty research group based in SODA will turn the Benzie building into a multidimensional ritual space around the Unit X open studio to celebrate the transformational experiences students have gone through this year. Paranormal resonances and psycho-physical enchantment will illuminate the gallery spaces, stimulating and oscillating between creative physical and psychical realms.

Design Projects BA Year 1

Unit X Festival

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Edit Brand Studio, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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Pearl Academy

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MIT-ID (COIL Partner) and Huhtamaki

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BAM Bury Art Museum

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Design Projects BA Year 2

Zoetmulder, The British University Egypt, Design Factory and Stockport Borough Council

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ALL Magazine, Catalog Books, Newspaper Club

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Crown Paints and Pearl Academy

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Didsbury Parsonage

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Design Projects BA Year 3

Anthony Burgess Foundation

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Mather & Co, Pankhurst Trust

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PUBLIC, Dalton Maag, MILK, It’s Freezing in LA Magazine, SPIN

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Design Projects MA:X

Fashion Projects

(Un)fashionable futures

Manchester Fashion Institute

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Fashion Art Direction

Manchester Fashion Institute

Alexander McQueen

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Fine Art Projects