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