A personal letter from the editor

Last week, Design Geek was invited to London’s Saatchi Gallery for the preview of Collect, the ‘international art fair for contemporary objects’ from the Crafts Council. It’s not our usual stomping ground, but ever keen …

‘Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life,’ or so the saying goes. While there is some truth in that, those of you are who are living the dream will …

Royal College of Art student Andrea Mestre has created a free-standing storage unit to house essentials next to the front door, saving precious time in the mornings.

MAiK founder, Cat Thorogood, used to run a brand that produced men’s street wear – the factories were in China, the production runs were huge and the experience made her want to do things differently. …

Maison et Objet is held in Paris twice a year and is one of the main trade shows on the design calendar. Our editor Katie Treggiden hopped across the channel to explore, focusing her efforts on Hall …

Kangan Arora is a designer-maker specialising in screen-printed homewares – or at least, she was. The past year as seen her take on projects as diverse and out of her comfort zone as exhibition design …

Top Drawer is a bi-annual trade show aimed at retail buyers that specialises in homewares, gifts, fashion, craft and food. As well as Charlotte Abraham’s curation of new designers, Spotted, there are plenty of independant …

Wimbledon-based designer and maker Kevin Stamper trained at Winchester College and established his eponymous studio in 1992. Straddling the worlds of art and design, high-tech and tradition and digital and analogue, his work begins with …

Writer, curator and editor Charlotte Abrahams has selected 40 up-and-coming designers as part of Spotted, a showcase of the best creative talent in the UK during TopDrawer, London’s biannual home, gift, fashion and craft trade …

Creative agency and membership organisation Design Nation has been awarded almost £80,000 in Research and Development funding from Arts Council England to sustain a fifteen month period of development.