Thinkbelt Exhibition

Thinkbelt is a touring exhibition and associated events in several UK Schools of Architecture that celebrates the legacy of British architect Cedric Price (1934-2003) – RGU, Aberdeen (October 2024); UoE, Edinburgh (November); GSA, Glasgow (December); U. of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (January 2025); BCU, Birmingham (February); London Metropolitan U. and Westminster U. (March).

The exhibition’s centrepiece features two original market stall prototypes from the Drawing Matter Collection, designed by Price and never exhibited before. Alongside these prototypes, a range of archival materials – including prints of original drawings, texts, ephemera, film extracts and audio recordings – offer a glimpse into the diversity of Price’s practice and the interdisciplinary conversations that animated it. In the spirit of Price’s Potteries Thinkbelt project, this initiative aims to stimulate discussions about a selection of pedagogies and practices at each school that are resonant with his design principles. These include the provision of user-centred designs that increase choice, encourage change, do more with less, facilitate easy assembly and disassembly, and create responsive designs that delight the communities they serve. We also reactivate some of his key design questions: Who do we design for? How little need be done? For how long is it useful? How to make time visible in our designs? What might design for pleasure and delight mean today?

Ultimately, 'Delightful Fun': a Cedric Price Thinkbelt for our Times is an invitation to reflect on how architecture can be useful, timely, and delightful, and how these qualities may outline a more permeable profession that responds to current environmental and social challenges.

Curated by Prof. María José Martínez Sánchez, RGU, Dr. Ana Bonet Miró, UoE, Martin Brown, Independent Researcher.

The exhibition will be open to the public the following days:

Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 10am - 2pm

Please select a timed slot when booking your ticket.

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Host or Publisher Edinburgh College of Art