The potter has previous form – in 2012, in the aftermath of treatment for her own breast-cancer she embarked on the C-cup project (referencing both the bra-size and the ‘c-word’ – cancer), hand-throwing 36 cups in three difference shapes and colours. “The different designs reflected the varying size and shape…
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Maggie’s Centre wins top Wood Award
Judges voted unanimously to award the top prize to the Maggie’s Centre at the Robert Parfett Building at the Christie Hospital in Manchester, commenting that the structure “brought together the best in engineering, fabrication and architecture.” The single-storey building is constructed from a natural timber frame arranged around a central…
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pinterest :: green
Green is a big trend in interiors at the moment, and it’s not just about the colour and it’s not just about “bringing the outside in” – it’s about reconnecting with nature from our increasingly urban and digital lives in a much more meaningful way. The image above is Maggie’s,…
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design for good :: bouncing rabbit
I am so excited that Ham‘s limited edition copper foil blocked Bouncing Rabbit print for Maggie’s is here! I’ve followed the development of little this print closely, as Jo Ham is a good friend of mine, and I’m so pleased to see it all ready to start raising money for…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2013
2013 has been a year of incredible highs and some fairly massive personal lows. It was a year in which my career choice has enabled me to be there for my family, for which I’m really grateful. And it’s also the second year I’ve been able to make a living…
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design for good :: supertalks at LDF13
As regular readers will know, I am a big believer in design that does good in some way. I think design has a huge potential to do good, and therefore some responsibility to fulfil that potential. Barbara Chandler put it very well recently in her London Design Festival guide to Designs…
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maggie’s :: the best bits
I’ve been writing this column for almost a year, and in that time I have written about every one of Maggie’s 11 centres in the UK and beyond. Maggie’s is an incredible charity using design and architecture to offer people with cancer and their family and friends emotional, practical and…
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maggie’s :: newcastle
In this series, I feature a different Maggie’s centre every month, in order to promote the amazing work they do using design and architecture to make people’s lives better. They offer emotional, practical and social support to people with cancer and their families and friends from striking buildings in the…
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maggie's :: newcastle
In this series, I feature a different Maggie’s centre every month, in order to promote the amazing work they do using design and architecture to make people’s lives better. They offer emotional, practical and social support to people with cancer and their families and friends from striking buildings in the…
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maggie’s :: highlands
I started this series in 2012 as a way to spread the world about the awesome work that Maggie’s do, using design and architecture to make people’s lives better. Each month I feature a different centre and this month it’s the turn of Maggie’s Highlands, shown above looking (to me…
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maggie’s :: hong kong
I’m very excited, because this is my first Maggie’s post bringing news of a new Maggie’s Centre, and even more excitingly, it is the first international centre; in Hong Kong. Maggie’s Hong Kong was opened on Thursday 7th March 2013 by Secretary for Food & Health, Dr Ko Wing Man, who…
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maggie's :: south west wales
This month’s Maggie’s post is about the first centre in Wales, which opened just over a year ago, in December 2011. It’s an unusual story because the original architect Kisho Kurokawa died before the centre was built, so architecture firm Garbers & James delivered the project according to his plans. Kisho Kurokawa was one…
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maggie’s :: south west wales
This month’s Maggie’s post is about the first centre in Wales, which opened just over a year ago, in December 2011. It’s an unusual story because the original architect Kisho Kurokawa died before the centre was built, so architecture firm Garbers & James delivered the project according to his plans. Kisho Kurokawa was one…
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maggie’s :: nottingham
Nicknamed the ‘Jolly Green Giant’ by the Guardian when it opened in November 2011, Maggie’s Nottingham has also been compared to a green lantern and a treehouse. It was designed by architect Piers Gough CBE (the G of CZWG Architects), and the interior was done by Sir Paul Smith. It’s…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2012
Wow – what a year! This time last year I had just made the decision to leave my day job, follow my dream and see if I could make a living as a design writer. A year later, I can confidently say that I can! I feel very privileged to be…
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maggie’s :: fife
An imposing, black, spiky building is not what you expect when you think of a cancer caring centre – and so Maggie’s Fife has always fascinated me. It was Zaha Hadid’s first building in the UK and it is possibly the most striking of the Maggie’s centres. Dr John Wilson,…
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maggie’s :: dundee
It’s very difficult to pick a favourite Maggie’s centre, because they are all such special places, but before I started working with Maggie’s, I spent an incredible week at Maggie’s Dundee as part of my induction, so if pushed, I think I would have to choose Dundee. Maggie’s Dundee is…
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maggie’s :: cheltenham
I was recently invited to spend an afternoon at Maggie’s Cheltenham and so I was keen to include it as the third post in my series focusing on Maggie’s Centres. One of Maggie’s more conservative centres, it is a conversion and extension of a Victorian pool keeper’s lodge in the grounds of…
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maggie's :: cheltenham
I was recently invited to spend an afternoon at Maggie’s Cheltenham and so I was keen to include it as the third post in my series focusing on Maggie’s Centres. One of Maggie’s more conservative centres, it is a conversion and extension of a Victorian pool keeper’s lodge in the grounds of…
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maggie’s :: london
This is the second instalment in my new monthly column, featuring a different Maggie’s centre each month. This month it’s the turn of Maggie’s London and I want to take you there the way I got there on Friday 22nd September – that is on foot, through the rain, via 10 mile nocturnal…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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maggie’s :: gartnavel
I have been a big fan of Maggie’s ever since they came onto my radar when Maggie’s London won the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2009. Max Fraser got me even more hooked with his Joy of Living campaign last year, and I am now very privileged to write for them on a…
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out and about :: celebrating maggie’s and oma/progress
I was recently very privileged to be invited to an evening celebrating the opening of Maggie’s Gartnavel in Glasgow, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ellen Van Loon from architecture firm OMA. The evening coincided with OMA / Progress at the Barbican, the first major presentation of their work in the UK. Photograph by Adam Hollier. Courtesy…
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out and about :: celebrating maggie's and oma/progress
I was recently very privileged to be invited to an evening celebrating the opening of Maggie’s Gartnavel in Glasgow, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ellen Van Loon from architecture firm OMA. The evening coincided with OMA / Progress at the Barbican, the first major presentation of their work in the UK. Photograph by Adam Hollier. Courtesy…
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design geekery :: maggie’s
Maggie’s is a charity I have huge amounts of admiration for, and I started my Design Geekery column with a promise of the very best design I could find; design really worth getting excited about, I thought it was about time to include a column about the role design plays…