We've got a busy couple of weeks coming up. First up is our Protein LECTURE with Elijah next Thursday (8th Oct) at Protein STUDIOS who will be giving us an exclusive preview of his upcoming book that asks: what artists can learn from pro-wrestling? Definitely not one to miss, so get your tickets here sharpish.

The following Wednesday (14th Oct) we switch gears for our Autumn BRAND BRIEFING which tackles the timely topic of HEAT. In addition to its devastating impact on the planet, nature and people, we’ll also been observing how heat, in a more figurative sense, with all its pressures and passions, is coursing through culture.

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Rings of Fire
A taste of our upcoming BRAND BRIEFING on 14th October.
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Night Mode
A new time and space for sports in a changing climate.
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Touching Glass
An emerging set of digital products and platforms are showing how technology doesn’t have to sit in opposition to nature, it can in fact enrich our relationship with it. Featuring Terra, Merlin, BIRD and Glitch.
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Hyperlocal Rap
How localised music scenes are transforming national politics and collective identity.
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AI, Book Burning & The Mandela Effect
On the ownership and editing of knowledge.
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Printed Matter
Looking back at 300 years of magazines to look ahead to its next evolution.
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Compulsory Continuous Connectedness
A new exhibition at Focal Point Gallery, led by Caroline Sinders and Romy Gad el Rab, explores rest as resistance.
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ARCHIVE

Celebrating her first retrospective which opens today at the Design Museum, we revisit Es Devlin's 2014 cover interview from Protein JOURNAL #12:

Stories are at the heart of all human creativity. The value of everything we make, build, record or write is found in the journey – in what happens on the way from A to B. The narrative arc. An architect is concerned with how people will walk through their building, a sculptor thinks about the direction of thought surrounding their pieces, and a photographer’s work is defined by the context it exists in. All art tells a story.

And the creations of Es Devlin, perhaps the most inventive and original set designer working today, are no different. From her work on the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games to designing Kanye West’s constantly evolving live shows for nearly a decade, her eye for scale, scope and the possibilities offered by the stage is unparalleled. Mixing a variety of mediums – reality-defying structures, dynamic lighting and projections that instantly transform entire arenas, and giant inflatables that appear out of nowhere – her live shows stand apart as the benchmark for her industry and set the bar of what is possible in a physical space.
Es Devlin
The cover star of the latest Protein Journal on realising the live show aspirations of Kanye West and Rihanna
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