{"id":99,"date":"2026-01-16T14:36:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/?p=99"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:36:32","slug":"christopher-laing-introduction-to-deaf-architecture-font","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2026\/01\/16\/christopher-laing-introduction-to-deaf-architecture-font\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Laing \u2013 Introduction to Deaf Architecture Font"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our last blog post on the Creative Industries Series with the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Careers and Employability Service<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(CES) features a talk from Christopher Laing, the founder of the Deaf Architecture Front (DAF), which took place last term during UK Disability Month.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher Laing discussed in this session how DAF aims to bridge the gap between the architecture industry and the\u00a0deaf\u00a0community and to strengthen connections between deaf culture and architectural design. Christopher also discussed\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Silent Buttons<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, presenting a short film of the same name and explained the creative process behind the film and the importance of the campaign to raise awareness of the everyday barriers faced by the deaf community.\u00a0\u00a0The event has also introduced Deaf Space and a Deaf Space Lab,\u00a0with its focus on developing resources and\u00a0Signstrokes, a collection of British Sign Language (BSL) architectural terms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don\u2019t\u00a0forget, if you missed out and would like career guidance and support, you\u00a0can\u00a0always reach out to the Careers and Employability team to book an appointment. You can also take advantage of all the workshops, events and careers tools and resources the team have to offer. To find out more, click\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\/uni-kent-careers-hub#book-appointments\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the Creative Industries Employability Series?<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Creative Industries Employability series features industry professionals and the University of Kent\u2019s\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/careers\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Careers and Employability Service<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fand has\u00a0featured some\u00a0great events\u202facross the Autumn term. The sessions are open to all students in SAA and are designed to\u202fprovide\u202fvaluable insights into a wide range of creative careers and support the development of practical skills. To find out more about\u00a0any future\u00a0upcoming events,\u00a0please contact Dr Angie\u202fVarakis-Martin,\u202f<\/span><a href=\"mailto:A.Varakis@kent.ac.uk\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A.Varakis@kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f(SAA Employability\u00a0Lead)\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our last blog post on the Creative Industries Series with the\u00a0Careers and Employability Service\u00a0(CES) features a talk from Christopher Laing, the founder of the Deaf &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/2026\/01\/16\/christopher-laing-introduction-to-deaf-architecture-font\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74978,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[978,124,86146],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/saa-student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}