Degree Show 2025

Yet another exciting development at the School of Design…launching 6 June 2025

DS25

Celebrating 151 years

Degree
Show

1874

An invitation to wonder

6 June 2025 – 16 June 2025

. The fine works you are about to view are the culmination of countless hours honing, refining, and in some cases redefining what it means to be a proficient practitioner. Our final-year students are nearing completion of their time at university. Their works thus offer insights into their storied experiences at the School of Design, as well as shining glimpses of a future they will shortly forge beyond our walls.

As you browse, ask yourself: what do you see on those walls? Why does one piece have these colours, another such shapes? How many ideas went into producing that final result? And which have the potential to bring down walls across the world?

I hope you will discover these works are as much windows to worlds beyond as they are spirited reflections of wonder within each of us. So please join us in celebrating this specially curated collection of drawings, designs, prints, forms, and animations that have paintakingly been brought to light by the wonderfully talented class of 2025.

Professor Maria Lonsdale
Head of School
School of Design
University of Leeds

Exhibitions by BA courses

In-person event

DS25 Opening Night
6 June 2025 (5pm to 8pm)

Countdown to DS25 Opening Night:

On the evening of 6 June 2025 (Friday) the School of Design is hosting families, friends, and guests of our final-year students. Come experience the works first-hand; enjoy design, drinks, and lots of discussions. We’re looking forward to meeting you in-person at the School of Design, Clothworkers’ Central Building, University of Leeds, Woodhouse, LS2 9JT.

Can’t make it to DS25 Opening Night? The exhibits will remain on display from 6 through 16 June 2025. Please visit our campus during normal working hours.

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