Category: Furniture
Win a Tom Raffield Skipper Pendant
Tom Raffield Ltd designs and makes a range of contemporary furniture and lighting that represents their beliefs, promotes good design and champions the materials they love. Every piece is hand-made by a skilled set of craftsmen in a woodland workshop in Cornwall, England, and individually finished. “We believe in sustainability…
Rachel Parker’s Northmore design features twice as many colours as a typical rug
Taking an existing Rachel Parker fabric for design studio Flock and working with rug retailer Floor Story to turn it into a rug seemed like a simple enough idea, but it quickly became apparent that there were big differences between the two media, especially when it came to colour. “When…
The Centiped is Olga Akulova’s take on a vintage shop counter
The Centiped was originally designed as a bespoke piece for a penthouse apartment on the 30th level of a condominium in Kiev to showcase the homeowner’s accessories. “We couldn’t find anything appropriate to display accessories because we didn’t have much space for a freestanding piece in the interior,” says Olha…
Norway pioneers ‘design for all’
Throughout September, London’s Somerset House played host to 37 countries all responding to the theme of Utopia by Design. Contributions varied wildly from the conceptual (Albania’s Bliss – “a concentric arrangement of stainless steel columns and benches designed to encourage self-reflection and solidarity”) to the emotional (France’s Le Bruit des…
The best of the London Design Festival 2016
Top image from V&A Dundee showcase at V&A London – oak swing by Isabelle Moore, clothes on manakin by KellyDawn Riot and Hayley Scanlan.
interview :: bend goods
Bend Goods will be at the London Design Fair 22 – 25 September 2016. Register for your tickets here.
The London Design Festival – A Design Geek’s Guide
Saturday 17 September 2016 Must see: Creative Matters Creative Matters is a four-day ‘creative futures’ forum including talks, workshops, master-classes, round-tables, installations, exhibitions and networking events. Don’t miss Yeshen Venema’s product photography demos and workshops – all day – and the Design Geek Round Table on Internships at 4pm, hosted…
Tandem’s space-saving furniture hangs from the walls
Comprising four individual pieces – a wardrobe, a desk, a shoe rack and seat, and a storage shelf – the Hanging Collection combines birch plywood with different facing materials including oak, melamine and desktop linoleum in a range of colours for a personalised look and feel. The minimal designs include soft, curved edges…
interview :: domaas/høgh
Domaas/Högh will be exhibiting at 100% Norway as part of the London Design Fair 22 – 25 September 2016. Register for your ticket here.
London Design Fair celebrates Indian design
This Is India, co-curated by Tiipoi founder Spandana Gopal and the London Design Fair‘s Jimmy McDonald and designed by Kangan Arora, will showcase ten emerging and established India-centric designers and brands across product, textile and furniture, including Leah Singh, Aman Khanna and Objectry. “For the 10th Anniversary of the Fair…
Book about tidying up inspires furniture collection
LYNKO is a series of wooden-hinged powder-coated metal frames, with a selection of accessories that turn them into storage systems for bedroom, kitchen or bathroom. Developed in response to a more transient population, they are designed to be customised and then folded up and brought with you as you move…
Exhibition to highlight the link between dyslexia and creativity
It’s estimated that up to 1 in every 10 – 20 people in the UK has some degree of dyslexia – a learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling, with 4{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} of the population being severely affected. However, for some, the differences in the way their…
Prototyping perfects George Riding’s graduate collection
New Designers is an annual showcase of graduate work and a key event in the Summer calendar, where I spend a huge amount of time scouting for new talent, being inspired, and talking to graduates about their work, as well as their plans and aspirations after leaving the confines of…
Thomas Widdershoven resigns from Design Academy Eindhoven
Widdershoven will appear at the opening of the academic year on 06 September to say goodbye to students, teachers and staff, and will attend the official opening of the Broken White exhibition – a cooperation between Design Academy Eindhoven and the Van Abbemuseum – next October before officially leaving the…
out and about :: new designers 2016
New Designers Week One focuses on craft – mostly ceramics and textiles – and Week Two focuses on product and furniture design. This year the standard was exceptionally high – here are our founding editor and roaming reporter Katie Treggiden’s top picks…
interview :: heather scott
You can find out more about Heather and buy her products at The Maker Place.
interview :: gabriel tan
With thanks to Beton Brut for the images with coloured backgrounds and to Charlie Schuck for the images with white backgrounds and for those of the Shaker village. The products pictured are: Stove Chair and Domino Peg Rail, Brethren Bench, Brethren Door Stops, Petal Baskets and Handle Stool – all…
Tom Dixon creates co-working space in Clerkenwell church
“One of the conundrums of St James, Clerkenwell is that it has a very imposing outside but a very welcoming inside,” he says. “All sorts of people live in Clerkenwell, but still one [group of people] alluded us – and one that is more present and numerous in the parish…
interview :: alex swain
You can find Alex’s products on the Maker Place – a platform for designer–makers to showcase and sell their work.
Maya Alvarado creates a new shelving system for local charity shop
This week, Benchmark’s resident Fixpert, Maya Alvarado teams up with Benchmark’s cabinetmaker Max to fit the Red Cross fix, they bring pre-fabricated parts on site and prepare the new storage system ready for use… 09:00: It is Saturday morning, having collected the materials and tools from Benchmark’s workshop, Max and I…
Charles Dedman’s reinvents traditional crafts
As a designer myself, I know what a challenge it can be to come up with new ideas – and sometimes the imagery and ‘inspiration’ at every turn just makes it worse. The days of the excitement and anticipation of waiting your turn to thumb through the latest edition of Frame magazine are…
Clerkenwell Design Week adopts new ‘spine’ layout
Having written an article for the Clerkenwell Post about the ‘masterplan’ for 2016’s Clerkenwell Design Week, confessions of a design geek editor Katie Treggiden was better placed than most to navigate the new ‘spine’ layout of this year’s festival, so forewarned and forearmed, she set out to explore the show,…
Studio Haran champions sustainable design
Kate Brewer, founder of Look Like Love, profiles a different new designer every week. With the tagline “support, nurture, promote” echoing confessions of a design geek’s own “discover, champion and inspire” and a similar commitment to advocating for emerging talent, the parallels between Look Like Love and confessions of a design…
Soho House launches co-working spaces for creative industries
I’m sure not everyone gets quite as excited about good interior design as I do, but there is definitely something about the space you work in that affects the way you work. I spent a very production afternoon working at one of the many hot desks and really enjoyed the…