Tag: London
Morag Myerscough x Luke Morgan installation celebrates diversity
The eight-metre high pavilion, entitled Arrival Zone, comprises a scaffolding structure supporting a mixture of hand-painted, brightly-coloured and neon plywood shapes, symbols, patterns, ribbons and wind-powered mobiles, all in the duo’s distinctive style. Inside the installation glows as natural sunlight passes through the thousands of metres of neon wrapped ribbon,…
Troels Flensted creates a ceramic collection without using clay
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…
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.
CitizenM creates second ‘secret garden’ for LDF
To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, arguably Britain’s greatest playwright, CitizenM collaborated with their neighbours at the Globe to commission an installation for the hotel’s atrium. The temporary artwork is part of an annual series of secret garden installations, which last year saw Danish stylist…
37 countries interpret utopia at Somerset House
The exhibits, which include installations, artworks, prototypes and designs, are each a response to the Biennale’s 2016 theme Utopia by Design, chosen as part of Somerset House’s Utopia 2016: A Year of Imagination and Possibility, to mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s text. “When we set…
Design Geek to host Round Table on Design Internships
The Round Table will take place at 4pm on Saturday 17 September 2016 as part of Designersblock’s new Creative Matters forum. Hosted by Design Geek founding editor Katie Treggiden, the panel will include award-winning designer Ella Doran, interior designers the 2 Lovely Gays, and editor of Intern magazine Alec Dudson. “Creative…
New CitizenM hotel offers co-working spaces
The business model of CitizenM is different from that of other affordable hotels. As CMO Robin Chadha put it when I met him at the London Bankside CitizenM ahead of Tower Hill’s opening, “The rooms are small but posh and everything is in the communal spaces.” They use a modular…
Max Lamb designs glasses shaped like two lemons
The use of specific glasses for specific drinks is not a new idea – wine, beer and cocktails are all traditionally served in specialist glasses said to improve aroma and flavour. But soft drinks usually just get chucked into the nearest tumbler. That’s all set to change with Max Lamb’s…
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…
out and about :: a stroll along london’s southbank
It’s September, and for the design geeks amongst us, that can mean only one thing – the London Design Festival! Before the madness descends, I thought I’d take a few moments to appreciate the creative diversity that makes London such an appropriate place for one of the biggest design fairs…
feature :: independent scottish design
On the 18th September 2014, the people of Scotland will vote on whether to become an independent nation or to remain part of the United Kingdom. I spoke to a number of independent designer-makers, and Made From Scotland – an online marketplace for contemporary Scottish design, about what independence means…
photos of numbers :: 13, 8 & 8
I had one of those fabulous days in London last week – the sun was shining, I had inspirational meetings with inspirational people and there were numbers everywhere! This big proud number 13 was on the side of a building in Southwark – you’d never believe there are those who…
photos of numbers :: 346, 10 & 3
You can tell the UK’s had a little bit of sunshine recently from these pics, can’t you?! The top one was spotted when I was hurrying along a street in East London – I’m never in too much of a rush to stop for a good number! The middle one…
photos of numbers :: 346, 10 & 3
You can tell the UK’s had a little bit of sunshine recently from these pics, can’t you?! The top one was spotted when I was hurrying along a street in East London – I’m never in too much of a rush to stop for a good number! The middle one…
interview :: roddy & ginger
I am delighted to announce that confessions of a design geek is the official blog for Pulse again this year, and so I will be running a series of interviews with the new designers exhibiting at LaunchPad. As anyone who’s received a copy of the Pulse Edit in the post…
out and about :: light show
I went along to Light Show at the Hayward on London’s Southbank last weekend; the first UK exhibition dedicated to light-based art. It included recent work, and older, rarely seen pieces that had been recreated specifically for this exhibition. The space above, created by Carlos Cruz-Diez and entitled Chromosaturation, was…
photos of numbers :: 19 / 20, one & 2
A wintery walk along the North bank of the Thames is the setting for today’s photos of numbers. I absolutely love the first one – the number 20 written over the top of the number 19 (or vice versa) in chalk on the brickwork under a bridge. The second image…
out and about :: coffee and design in London
Even the most hardened of London explorers sometimes need to refuel. And the design geeks amongst us would always prefer to do so in a cafe or bar with some serious design credentials. Luckily, a few real gems have popped up recently. Here are my three favourites.
out and about :: london's libraries (part 2)
In my last out and about post, we got half way through the 20th Century Society’s tour of London’s libraries; “Lend us your books, a day ‘in Libris’” and now for the rest…
interview :: anthony burrill
I still can’t quite believe I have met and interviewed the man behind the “work hard and be nice to people” poster that adorns so many design studio walls and provides daily inspiration for the design community and beyond.
out and about :: london's libraries
Having recently joined the 20th Century Society, the boy and I joined them for “Lend us your books, a day ‘in Libris;'” a day exploring the development of the public library from the turn of the 20th century right through to the 21st; focusing on architecture, planning and design.
here’s one I made earlier :: yellow owl workshop
I love the Yellow Owl Workshop so I was very excited indeed to hear that Christine and Evan were coming to London, for the launch of Christine’s new book, Print Workshop. So excited in fact that I booked the afternoon of work and went along to Urban Outfitters in Spitalfields for the…
creative spaces :: ian lettice
Ian first noticed the building that is now his studio when helping out with the local scouts. Once a bomb shelter to the factory building that is now the scout hut, its door hadn’t been opened for 20 years.
out and about: the temporium
I went to London’s latest pop-up design shop; The Temporium, a collaboration between Denzeen, Deborah Spencer and Alice Breed. It featured some of my favourite designers, so I was very excited – and I wasn’t disappointed.
out and about :: tom dixon in the dock
Tom Dixon has a shop; in London; selling “spectacular everyday things”… so natually I went along to take a look.