March 07, 2025
home IS WHERE THE hat IS
a work-in-progress in progress pop-up exhibition by a group of 2nd year design students from Manchester School of Art, MMU.

March 7 — 22, The Modernist, 58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
This collection of hats that is the result of a short workshop run by Marie Jones, an artist based in Warrington. Marie asked students to make a hat as a response to ideas of “home”. Students were given about 90 minutes to complete this task.

The students are a mixed bunch studying Interior Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Textiles in Practice, Craft and Product Design.
The hat workshop was part of the research phase of a bigger project called X marks the spot that asks students to respond to the following question:
“What if the city had a voice and was willing to speak on your behalf?”
The exhibition was curated and designed by
Libby Andrews
Kate Burrows
Amy Holt
Phoebe Newman-Oke
Emily Oakes
Farrah Pinder
Seth Pugh
Hats workshop by Marie Jones
Unit X tutors Jonathan Hitchen and Lucy Vann
Thanks to Eddy Rhead and Jack Hale