out and about :: vitrahaus
Earlier this year, I was very lucky to be invited to the Vitra Campus summer party. I have already posted about the Campus and the art-come-food, but today I want to show you around VitraHaus. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the idea was to create a series of domestic spaces that could be used...
creative spaces :: designersblock
Designersblock have been camping in this disused pub “until September” for eleven years. Co-founder Piers Robers has even lived here for much of that time. The pub closed in 1994 and because it is the only example of Victorian architecture on the street, isn’t allowed to be knocked down. It is owned by the Geffrye...
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.
interview :: john makepeace
I was recently very privileged to meet, and spend almost an hour talking to, 'the father of british furniture design,' John Makepeace, ahead of his first solo exhibition, which opens at Somerset House on 16th March 2010
interview: tom raffield
I love Tom Raffield's beautiful steam-bent wooden creations - they are so clearly inspired by my favourite corner of England; the wild West(country). He very sweetly agreed to an interview, which is as inspirational as his creations...
interview :: furniture magpies
With a manifesto like "We dont believe in good furniture going to landfill when it can be redesigned into a piece that people can love all over again," what's not to love?
out and about :: tent
I rushed back from the West Country on Saturday and headed straight over to the East side of town for this year's TENT, and boy was I glad I did!
thinking about :: every chair I sat in today
I read somewhere that the average person sits in seven different chairs every day, and had an idea; to photograph every chair I sat in for a day.
out and about :: clerkenwell design week
Heartbreakingly, as you can probably tell from this sad little unused wristband, work commitments kept me from Clerkenwell's inaugural Design Week, so I've trawled the net for the best bits.
out and about :: campana brothers
The Design Museum Camapana Bothers talk was a fascinating insight into Brazillian culture and the Campana brothers' design process.
here’s one I made earlier :: furniture design course – day 2
Homework for last night was to find a piece of furniture we liked.
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