AOD presents Reveal 2019 featuring design and innovation of over one hundred young creative
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Simultaneously, the Reveal Graduate Fashion Showcase will focus on fashion and textile design, as well as fashion marketing and management. The Reveal Graduate Fashion Showcase will also include a fashion show featuring graduating designers and outstanding alumni talent from AOD.
Discovery lab, Makers’ lab, spatial lab, tech lab, ideas laboratory and workshops for all ages
Combining many interesting facets of design, AOD has also curated a series of experiential laboratories at Reveal 2019. The Discovery Lab at Reveal will allow young creative school-goers, after ALs student and after OLs students to experience different types of creative careers, their prospects in Sri Lanka as well as overseas.
Meanwhile, a specially curated Makers’ Lab will demystify the link between ideation and making products or services, and the processes are followed to bring ideas to reality. Another experience worth checking out is the Expression Lab that allows visitors to see how ideas are communicated through creative media like art. A Discussion Lab held parallel to this will allow an interactive conversation on how designers solve problems. The Spatial Laboratory at Reveal 2019 is an area dedicated to the science behind making spaces and built environments that work.
Tech Lab will be another fascinating experience where young designers, tech enthusiasts and school students can see where design and technology meet, and how the two dynamics make a powerful combination for the future. The Ideas Lab at
Reveal 2019 is where the power of great ideas will be showcased for audiences, drawing attention to how human creativity can build better futures. In addition to these experiential laboratories, Reveal 2019 will also feature a series of workshops suitable for different age groups, looking to facilitate a deeper understanding of the ideas discussed and showcased, through hands-on exploration.
Exposing some of the most powerful future pathways out there
Beyond the fantastic displays of creative talent, future developments between design and tech, and the glamorous fashion shows, Reveal also carries a much more serious undertone.
It exposes some of AOD’s strongest industry ties through graduate-industry collaborations, showing the incredible career opportunities that open up to students through these study experiences. Similarly, the exposure to avenues of selfemployment and international work is also present at Reveal, demonstrating AOD’s stellar graduate success rate. It is also a great opportunity for parents and aspiring young designers to see how AOD’s 100% employment policy works, experience the system in place for personalised industry match-making and mandatory ‘taster’ internships prior to graduating year.
For more information on AOD’s Reveal Graduate Design Showcase : “Listen to the Future”, workshops, and other events reach AOD on 0775727772 / info@aod.lk or visit www.aod.lk to discover the full event programme. Follow the official hashtag #extraordinaryminds #AOD on social media.