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</div> </header> <section itemprop="articleBody" class="xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe title="In the Making" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1017158450?dnt=1&app_id=122963&controls=1&autohide=1&autoplay=1&muted=1" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8 text-center"> <h3 class="h2">Why creative education matters</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <p>Heatherwick Studio has launched a three-year creative education programme that will work with 600 young people aged 10-14.</p> <p>Named <em>In The Making, </em>the initiative will be one of the biggest programmes run by any design studio in Britain. It aims to inspire young people to see themselves as creative and support all 6,000 architecture practices across the UK to engage with schools. </p> <p>This is a unique programme of light touch, high volume creative learning. It has been co-designed with young people and then tested through a year-long pilot involving 230 teenagers, 21 architects and designers, and 14 workshops with two pioneering youth organisations, Global Generation and Into University.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <blockquote>“This is a pivotal moment for arts education and Britain’s creative industries. Everyone working in design is passionate about supporting young people. But most programmes offered by the sector are too rare, too small, and too late. We need to intervene earlier, before students choose their GCSEs, and help young people see themselves as creative.”</blockquote> <p class="credit xs-mt-20"> Thomas Heatherwick </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <p>The number of hours spent teaching creative subjects in English state-funded secondary schools fell by 23% from 2011-2024 and the number of teachers teaching those subjects by 27%. Unsurprisingly, this has led to a 37% decline in GCSE entries for these subjects.</p> <p>In 2022, the Guardian reported that on average specific government funding for music, arts and cultural programmes equated to just £9.40 per pupil this year.</p> <p>To help turn the tide, Heatherwick Studio is publishing three open-source assets, freely available to any architecture practice, which can be accessed in the Resources section below.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8"> <img src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/BO5A3374-min-1440x960.jpg" alt="" width="100%" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <blockquote>“Heatherwick Studio’s ‘In the Making’ is a fantastic example of how the profession can contribute to and encourage the creativity of future generations. No young person should miss out on a creative education. The Government must work together with the creative industries to ensure that access is universal.”</blockquote> <p class="credit xs-mt-20"> Muyiwa Oki, RIBA President </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="xs-mt-60 xs-mb-60 xs-pt-5 xs-pb-5" style="background-color: #ECEBE8;"> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-60 xs-pb-60"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col col-md-10"> <h1 class="xs-mb-60">Resources</h1> <div class="row no-gutters justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg xs-mb-40 lg-mb-0"> <div class="featured"> <div class="box"> <div class="photo" style="background-image:url(https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture1-1.jpg);"></div> <div class="title"> <h3>Workshop Template</h3> </div> </div> <div class="description"> <p>The template for a 2-hour workshop that can be adapted and used in any setting to run a creative education session with young people.</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/In-the-Making-Workshop-Template-1.pptx" target="_blank">Download Workshop Template</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-auto d-none d-md-block"> <div class="vert-line"></div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-lg xs-mb-40 lg-mb-0"> <div class="featured"> <div class="box"> <div class="photo" style="background-image:url(https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/logo-1.jpg);"></div> <div class="title"> <h3>Practice Guide</h3> </div> </div> <div class="description"> <p>An accompanying Practice Guide with tips and ideas for designers who haven’t previously worked with schools and young people.</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/240923_In_The_Making_Guide_Final_LowRes-1.pdf" target="_blank">Download Practice Guide</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-auto d-none d-md-block"> <div class="vert-line"></div> </div> <div class="col-12 col-lg xs-mb-40 lg-mb-0"> <div class="featured"> <div class="box"> <div class="photo" style="background-image:url(https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/CaptureSoE-1.jpg);"></div> <div class="title"> <h3>Ambition to Reality</h3> </div> </div> <div class="description"> <p>A new report summarising all the evidence on the current state of creative education and its impact on young people.</p> <p class="link"><a href="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/Heatherwick-Studio-Ambition_to_Reality-report-Sept-2024-1.pdf" target="_blank">Download Evidence Review</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <blockquote>“Young people were involved from the very beginning to co-create the content of the workshops, to name the programme and train Heatherwick’s designers how to work with young people. There is so much potential for this programme to develop if more architect practices and design studios reach out to local schools.”</blockquote> <p class="credit xs-mt-20"> Nicole Van den Eijnde, Joint Director, Global Generation </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <blockquote>“Working directly with people who have made successful careers in design and architecture is a really powerful tool for inspiring the next generation to unlock their own creative potential. So far, 128 young people from IntoUniversity centres have already benefited from this unique programme.”</blockquote> <p class="credit xs-mt-20"> Michael Spierin, Head of Operations (Strategy & Impact) at IntoUniversity </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <blockquote>“Creativity and the arts are a vital part of what brings meaning to our students' lives. Arts education develops a lifelong curiosity, it gives them the chance to look at the world from different perspectives, and through craft develops a sense of quality. These qualities are all vital to a thriving society.”</blockquote> <p class="credit xs-mt-20"> Tom Aldridge, Head of Art, Maria Fidelis Secondary School, London </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <blockquote>“The great thing about architecture in the UK is that it has much greater geographic reach than most other creative professions. The Government rightly wants to expand the choices available to every child wherever they live and whatever their background. Architects are brilliantly placed to support this. If every architecture practice in this country ran one workshop each term with a class from their local school, that would reach 540,000 young people every year.”</blockquote> <p class="credit xs-mt-20"> Matt Bell, Strategic Communications Director, Heatherwick Studio </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container text-center xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8"> <img src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/uploads/BO5A6982-min-1440x960.jpg" alt="" width="100%" /> </div> </div> </div> </section> </article> </main> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/plugins/google-site-kit/dist/assets/js/googlesitekit-consent-mode-3d6495dceaebc28bcca3.js" id="googlesitekit-consent-mode-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js" id="jquery-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/aos-2/dist/aos.js" id="js-aos-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/js/scripts.min.js?v=1717253355" id="js-js"></script> </body> </html>

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