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Gemma Copeland

About

Designer, researcher, organiser and educator based in London. I’m a founding member of Common Knowledge, a not-for-profit worker cooperative that uses design and technology to help social movements build power. My practice centres on building infrastructures to foster more creative and resilient movements, and exploring how arts and culture can expand our collective political imagination.

I’m on the board of workers.coop, the member-led federation of worker cooperatives in the UK. As part of collectives like Designers + Cultural Workers and Evening Class, I’ve contributed to building support structures for precarious workers. Through my teaching practice, I support art and design students to reflect on how and why they work, exploring diverse economic strategies and feminist methods of organising.

I’ve worked as a graphic and interactive designer in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Australia. I’ve held teaching positions at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Central St Martins, London College of Communication and Design Lusófona Lisboa, and have given talks and workshops at institutions like the University of Cambridge, Kingston School of Art, Rhode Island School of Design and Parsons School of Design.

Contact

gemmacopeland@pm.me

Previously

Recent work