Rokos is exhibiting at the Pulse 2013
Come and see our new work in progress, at 'Selected' presented by UAL Central Saint Martins. 12 - 14 May 2013. Earls Court, London.

Philosophical Toys, 27 March – 26 April 2013.
'Mirror Mirror' is displayed at The Window Gallery, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross. For more information about the exhibition, please see Philisophical Toys.

Rokos is exhibiting at the The Startup Showcase.
The 13° 60° 104° wine decanter and 22° 36° 48° Bowl are displayed at The Startup Showcase. 23 - 24 March 2013, Embankment Galleries Somerset House London.

Rokos is exhibiting at the Home 2013.
The 13° 60° 104° wine decanter and 22° 36° 48° Bowl are displayed at Home 2013 Stand E50. 13 - 15 January 2013 Earls Court 2, London.

Rokos is exhibiting at the UAL Showroom.
The 13° 60° 104° Wine Decanter is now in the window of the UAL Showroom. UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON 272 High Holborn, London. WC1V 7EY

Rokos is exhibiting at Design Junction during London Design Festival
The 13° 60° 104° wine decanter and 22° 36° 48° Bowl are displayed at Design Junction Stand F28. If you fancy an artistic weekend or taking couple of hours off on a weekday, please come and visit us on Floor 1, at The Sorting Office, 21-31 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1BA. We look forward to welcoming you: 19th - 23rd September.

'Out of Control' at the Design and Emotion Conference
The 13° 60° 104° wine decanter and My Other Half and 'Till Death Do Us Part are exhibited during the 8th International Conference on Design and Emotion, which is held at Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross campus from the 11th - 14th September. While Design & Emotion is the overarching focus of the conference (allowing us to consider all aspects of the relationship between human experience and design understood in its widest senses) the theme this year is 'Out of Control'...

'Pulse', 10-12 June 2012
Earls Court, London. Stand R20
The 13° 60° 104° Decanter and the 22° 36° 48° bowl join the University of the Arts graduates for this exhibition in the show's Launchpad area.
With very special thanks to Xavi of The Decorators for curating and the UOA team, Vicky Fabbri of Student Enterprise and Employability and Ismaril Wells of the Innovation Centre.
Pulse

'Everyday Delights', 23-26 September 2010
Tent London, Truman Brewery, Stand G01
JJAM curators collective challenged London based designers to reinvent the classic yellow duster in a way never imagined before. The project aims to expose the creativity of London's contemporary design scene.
'Home Sweet Home' was designed in collaboration with Vasso Asfi.

'Think + Make', 2009
A6 Asola Farms, Chhatarpur, New Delhi (India)
The University of the Arts London in association with RSA: the event is a collection of process, works and designs carried out by alumni of the UAL in collaboration with some of India’s leading manufacturers in the field of textiles, fashion, furniture and product design.

Selfridges shop window, 5th September 2008
Oxford Street, London
Curated by Designersblock.
The installation gives the effect of a kaleidoscope using multifaceted mirrors. A light box at the back is covered by a radiant light film, which changes colour as people on the street walk by the window. The effect gives a fascinating, multi-coloured kaleidoscopic display.


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Hidden Art, December 2007
Rich Mix, London
Shortlisted for Best Appearance during London Design Festival Awards Exhibition.

Dott 07 Festival, 16 - 28 October 2007
Baltic Square, Newcastle
Revealing the Invisible celebrates the forgotten lead mining industry of Allendale. Blue light art installations reveal the ruins true to their form. The result of a Sustainable Tourism Design Camp. (Also part of the FRED Festival 2007)

Designers Monica Chong, Vincenzo Di Maria, Jim Rokos, and Christina Worsing made up the Allendale Industrial Heritage team. Given a chance to explore the natural, social and built environment, what struck them deeply were the invisible elements of the town’s lead mining past. Much of the physical evidence of Allendale’s industry appears to have faded away as it has decayed and slowly been consumed by its natural surroundings. Often, the built environment, if it remains at all, becomes a relic. Original forms leave only partial traces of a life that once was in full motion. Usually it is these tangible leftovers we seek out when we try to experience our past. We visit historic sites and stare at the bits that are within our scope. But for every form we are able to grasp, there remains a counter-form as well—a piece that sits invisibly alongside.
With the desire to illuminate these moments of Allendale’s industrial heritage, the team has proposed a series of four light-based installations to fill in the gaps, which time and space has erased. Light provides the proof our eyes often require to make sense of a physical world that no longer exists. Yet it also taps into the ephemera and fleeting nature of an intangible reality that remains intact.
These four installations sustained by hydroelectric power from the Allen River, will run continuously yet be most pronounced during the evening hours. We are proposing a self-guided experience whereby visitors move at their own pace and draw their own conclusions. In the hopes of supporting an open-ended experience, navigation and explicit background information will be kept to a minimum. Transportation to and from Allendale as well between installations will be provided. Cues and clues will be available ranging from introductory communications at the DOTT festival to embedded markers throughout the town. Light is the guiding principle of this project. It will act as a beacon throughout the community to indicate locations, people, and resources that make up the experience. If seeking help, insight, or conversation, we encourage people to simply move towards the light. The rest will take care of itself. Ultimately, by interacting on one’s own terms, we believe connections between past and present have the greatest chance of being felt and known.

Designersblock, September 2007
London

DOTT Design camp, 12th - 21st July 2007
Allendale, near Newcastle


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Shortlisted for Design Parade, 7th – 8th July 2007
Villa Noailles, Hyeres
The ‘Blindspot’ range is short-listed for the second Design Parade festival.

Innovation Center, opening 15th May 2007
Central Saint Martins, London
The ‘Blindspot’ range is exhibited in the launch of the Innovation Center’s new exhibition space.

British Design Day Al Consolato-Generale Britannico, April 2007
Milan
Jim Rokos was invited by the British Consulate in Milan to exhibit Blindspot at the Ambassadors private residence for a special British Design Day promoting British Designers during the Salone.
On the occasion of the Milan International Furniture Fair, the British Consulate-General, together with UK Trade & Investment, invite you to their
BRITISH DESIGN DAY a presentation of furniture and furnishings by young British designers.


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Designersblock, 18-23 April 2007
Studio Romeo Gigli, Via Angelo Fumagalli 6, Milan


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Designersblock: '7 squarters', september 2006
Nicholls & Clark buildings on Shoreditch High Street'
The 'Blindpost' was exposed at the same time as 100% Design and the London Design Festival.


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'Up All Night', September 2006
Central Saint Martins, The Lethaby Gallery
The annual showcase of postgraduate design work from Central Saint Martins.
Part of the London Design Festival.