here’s one I made earlier :: thornback & peel
I was recently invited to Thornback & Peel‘s studio, which is in Cockpit Arts, Holborn, for an evening of screen printing, to make my very own Thornback & Peel cushion. Being a bit of a print-addict, I was there in a flash! The first step was to choose our pattern and our fabric from the...
here’s one I made earlier :: concrete rug
I love concrete and I love juxtapositions, so when I heard about Alex Chinneck’s Concrete Rug I was intrigued. He very kindly talked me though how it was conceived, designed and made. Of his inspirations, he said: “Every day I walk over an arrangement of two by six paving slabs to get my lunch. I used...
here’s one I made earlier :: caslon&co
Every so often something comes along that is so deliciously geeky, it stops me in my tracks. Now, I’m not normally a cushions and curtains kinda gal, but these Caslon&Co cushions really appeal to me. They are made using antique wooden printing blocks called ‘ornaments’ and ‘fleurons’. Printers used to use these beautiful little blocks to...
here’s one I made earlier :: degross
Design studio Degross focuses on efficiency, maximising the use of their raw materials and minimising waste. So when they found a stash of glass bottles discarded behind their studio, their creative minds started ticking… It wasn’t long before they’d come up with a multitude of ways to breathe new life into the bottles and save them from...
here’s one I made earlier :: the sofa and chair company
I was recently lucky enough to be given a behind the scene tour of the Sofa and Chair Company’s factory. Stepping through a hidden door from the showroom into the factory is like stepping through C S Lewis’s wardrobe into Narnia. And the magic doesn’t end there – you can follow the whole process from design...
here’s one I made earlier :: extl lights
I met David Irwin at 100% Design this year and was fascinated by his EXTL lights for Deadgood. David explained that they had been designed to create as little waste as possible and were made from tessellating shapes cut from a single sheet of extruded aluminium so I was keen to find out more… The project started when David was approached...
here’s one I made earlier :: paul case furniture
I met Paul Case at the Decorex exhibitors’ launch where I was speaking on behalf of Maggie’s, who was their charity partner this year. He has just launched his first range of furniture, having previously specialised in making one-off bespoke furniture for individual clients. I am delighted to be able to share with you the...
here’s one I made earlier :: X3 at super brands london
One of the most exciting installations at this year’s London Design Festival was X3 by Creative Research and Development. They challenged three designers to design and make a chair in six hours, using the tools and materials provided in the goldfish bowl of a workshop installed at Super Brands London. Here’s how they did… Sam Weller...
here’s one I made earlier :: elasticated chair
Matthew Cox’s Elasticated Chair was my favourite find at this year’s New Designers. As I said at the time: “I’m a little bit in love with this chair… I love the colours, I love the form, I love the character… and I know it really doesn’t look like it would be, but it’s one of the...
here’s one I made earlier :: bright as a button
I am delighted to announce that confessions of a design geek is the online media partner for Boost, an initiative from the Southbank Centre which provides six new designers with the mentoring and support they need to turn their ideas into fully fledged products, which will launch in the Southbank Centre Shop this autumn. Six designers...
here’s one I made earlier :: flo stick
I don’t know if you remember the BBC 2 series Design for Life with Philippe Starck – it was essentially X-Factor for design geeks and I was hooked. So you can imagine my delight to meet the eventual winner and my favourite contestant Ilsa Parry at this year’s Pulse. I admired not only her skill...
here’s one I made earlier :: patterns apart
Pattern design is something that has been intriguing me lately. Happily, I got chatting to Rozynna Fielding of Patterns Apart at Pulse a few weeks ago, and she kindly agreed to let me in on the design process behind her current range. Inspiration can come from the most unlikely places, and for Rozynna it was spotting...
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