Troels Flensted’s Poured Collection is handmade in Copenhagen and created by combining a mineral powder and water-based acrylic polymer. Various coloured pigments are added to the mixture before it is poured into a mould. The marble-like effect is unique to each smooth, polished piece, giving the feel of ceramic, but…
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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…
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…
The best of the London Design Festival 2015
The London Design Festival has been and gone for another year. If you want all the gory details, you’ll have to subscribe to our sister publication Fiera Magazine, but you’re in the right place for the edited highlights. Here are just a few of the fantastic projects I saw across…
The alternative guide to London Design Festival 2015
It’s that time of year again, and the London Design Festival is looming. All the action starts on Saturday 20 September, so I have scoured the guide, trawled through my inbox and asked my friends in the know, sorted through invites, read all the press releases, and put my ear…
interview :: studio ljung ljung
I spotted Studio Ljung Ljung’s smoked bamboo lamps, made in collaboration with Thai artisans, at the London Design Festival’s desigjunction. They were exhibited as part of Ventura London, a showcase of new design talent. I caught up with founders Martin Hedenström Ljung and designer Greta Ljung to find out more……
interview :: rhian malin
I met Rhian Malin at designjunction during the London Design Festival and was immediately drawn to her passion and enthusiasm. Her Hand Held Vessels collection is shaped in other people’s hands before it is fully dry and then project patterns are traced onto each one by hand. I love the…
out about about :: upstairs at designjunction, LDF14
Ventura Lambrate is always my favourite show of Milan Design Week, so I was super excited to hear that Ventura Projects was coming to the London Design Festival – and I wasn’t disappointed. Above, Nottingham Trent graduate Aimee Bollu‘s collection the Hoard gives new life to discarded objects by combining…
out and about :: designjunction pop-up shops
The London Design Festival‘s newest show, designjunction, can be overwhelming – it’s spread across four vast floors of The Old Sorting Office on London’s New Oxford Street and features everything from independent designer makers to the big brands. This year, armed with a strategy to see it all, I absolutely…
out and about :: guide to london design festival 2014
The countdown to the 2014 London Design Festival has begun – the fun starts on Saturday! This year’s theme is “Lose Yourself in Design.” There are over 300 events, so to help make sure you do that metaphorically, but not literally, I have trawled through all 208 pages of the…
interview :: vibeke skar
I met Norwegian designer Vibeke Skar at designjunction where she was exhibiting her Evergreen Lamp, a collaboration with Jens Praet for Northern Lighting. She makes an appearance in the film we made on the day and here is a little more about her… I am a coffee addict. I have always…
photos of numbers :: 1,2 & 5678
More photos of numbers from the London Design Festival, and this lot were all spotted at designjunction. The number 1 and number 2 are the fabulous floor numbers, I suspect I might have shared with you last year! And 5,6,7,8 are laminated oak house numbers by Another Country. Have a…
review :: london design festival 2013
The London Design Festival was incredible again this year. To celebrate that and to spread the word about some of the amazing new and independent designers I discovered, I have created a 60 page magazine – it’s a comprehensive review of the festival including insider info from the designers who…
out and about :: designjunction
The 2013 London Design Festival ended yesterday and today feels a little bit like the day you reluctantly take the Christmas decorations down and return to life as normal. I’m not quite ready to let go yet, so I’ll carry on bringing you all the best bits over the next…
here’s one I made earlier :: foldability
I love what I call “niche geekery” so when Kyla McCallum, founder of design studio Foldability, started telling me about the origami ‘Mitsonobu Sonobe’ module I was immediately fascinated. “The module was designed by Mitsonobu Sonobe in the early 1960s – he used it to create prisms and cubes, but…
out and about :: guide to london design festival 2013
2013 is the 11th year of this incredible celebration of global design. Last year the New York Times named London the design capital of the world – and I’ve got a feeling that this year, it’s going to be even better! I have hunted through all 250+ pages of the…
photos of numbers :: 8, 5 & 2
Today’s photos of numbers post is a London Design Festival special – I spotted all of these while out and about at the festival. The first one was in the Brompton Design District – and I know it doesn’t look like it, but it was throwing it down with rain, when…
out and about :: designjunction (LDF12)
I was really pleased when confessions of a design geek was chosen as a media partner for designjunction this year, and having written so much about the show in the run up, I couldn’t wait to see it in the flesh. I’ve told you all about the venue and several…
out and about :: london design festival in pictures (part 2)
A few more snaps from London Design Festival… from top: Interviewing the incredible Sarah Elenany, a problem-solving product designer who’s found herself in the world of fashion, as part of the V&A’s Salon Talks – I also interviewed Marina Willer, Pentagram‘s first female director; Benjamin Hubert‘s prototype lampshades made of tights…
interview :: joy of living part 2
I’d heard of Maggie’s before I met Max, but it was his passion for the way that they use design to make people’s lives better that really got me hooked. Last year he created an event called Joy of Living, named for something Maggie Keswick Jencks once said: “It is…
interview :: tokyobike
In the midst of London Design Festival preparations, tokyobike‘s Neil Davis was kind enough to find time to talk me about why design matters, slowing down and enjoying your city, and just how, when and why cycling became so damn cool… So, just how, when and why did cycling become so damn…
creative spaces :: designjunction
From the largest Royal Mail Sorting Office in the UK in the 90s, to a venue for a massive illegal rave in October 2010, to the backdrop for an Alexander McQueen fashion show earlier this year, this month’s creative space has seen its fair share of action. The brutalist building will soon be…
interview :: canteen / vg&p
I can still remember the first time I walked into a Canteen. It was the one under the Royal Festival Hall and I felt like it had been designed just for me. The sort of understated mid-century design that makes my heart flutter and ethically sourced British food. I couldn’t…
out and about :: london design festival 2012
This Saturday sees the start of London Design Festival (whoop!) – the time of year when the capital is bursting at the seams with design and designers. After the Jubilee and the Olympics, London already feels like the capital of the world and this is the 10th LDF, so it’s…
interview :: outline editions
I am delighted to announce that confessions of a design geek is a media partner for designjunction 2012. designjunction launched at last year’s London Design Festival and this year is taking over a 1960s sorting office as the backdrop to over 100 international brands, smaller cutting-edge labels, design shops, installations, pop-up restaurants,…