explore :: falmouth
Welcome to the second post in the new confessions of a design geek series; explore. Last month, Happy Interior Blog editor Igor Josif showed us around Munich. This month Clare Howdle, partner at writing agency Stranger Collective, my step-sister and one of the most inspiring people I know, shows us around Falmouth. Over to Clare…...
out and about :: design in cornwall
I’ve just come back from a week or so in my home county of Cornwall. The light in Cornwall has inspired artists for decades and the landscape is enough to awaken even the sleepiest creative instinct. But it’s contemporary design that is really leading the charge in the creative industry’s revival of the most Southwesterly...
photos of numbers :: 5, 32 & 429
The fives obviously have it, because I thought last week’s five was in the running for best number ever, but I do think this one is pretty cool too – spotted in the snow at Maison et Objet in Paris. The 32 in the middle is on a slightly smaller scale, but also spotted at...
interview :: green & blue
Named after the landscape that surrounds them, Green and Blue are a small product design company based on the north Cornish coast. They are currently exhibiting at Home London in the Homegrown section, so as official blogger, it’s my job to find out more about them… What’s your background? How did you end up doing what you do?...
photos of numbers :: 22, 8 & 2, 1, 6, 5, 4
A new column and my geekiest design confession to date… I collect photos of numbers. There, I said it. Given that this blog is called ‘confessions of a design geek,’ I thought it was about time to come clean and share some of them with you. These three (from top to bottom) are from South...
heart home magazine :: charlie turner
For this week’s Heart Home Magazine interview, I spoke to Cornwall-based horologist (that’s clock designer to you and me), Charlie Turner, about where he finds inspiration and what he’s most proud of… “An interview with clock designer Charlie Turner Following careers in film production, renovating and refurbishing period properties, and cabinet-making, Charlie Turner found a...
here’s one I made earlier :: the making of interviews
As I’m sure you are aware, I published a book in September. It’s called Interviews and it’s a collection of eighteen conversations with designers; from illustrators and graphic designers to product and furniture designers; and from recent graduates to design Gods like Wim Crouwel. A few people have been asking about the production process, so...
out and about :: the scarlet hotel
In all this cold weather, I thought it might be nice to share some Cornish sunshine. On a sunny June day last year, I visited the Scarlet Hotel in Cornwall’s Mawgan Porth. I’ve written about the Danish concept of ‘hygge’ before; that warm, cosy feeling you get when there’s nothing to annoy you and you...
interview :: john miller and anna hart
Since MARK's launch at 100% Design in 2008 (at which the Net chair scooped the Blueprint 100% Design award for best new interior product) it has been putting Cornish design and Cornish designers on a national if not international stage.
quirky gifts for the design geek in your life
I'm fed up with buying the same old presents from the same old shops every year. So this year, as well making some teacup candles myself, I've spent some time researching unusual and original presents that (hopefully!) will be warmly received and cherished for years to come, rather than swiftly ending up as landfill. Here...
creative spaces: bernard leach
I'm always very inspired by seeing the spaces creative people work in; the tools they use, the things they keep around them for inspiration, the effect of their environment on their work - so this is the first in a series on that very subject; featuring the Bernard Leach's studio and the Leach Pottery in...
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