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Architecture
Maggie’s Centre wins top Wood Award
This article was published 10 years 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…
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Emma Johnson designs Brutalist-inspired ceramics
This article was published 10 years Emma Johnson’s latest collection, entitled Atro City, takes inspiration from the often heavy and asymmetric forms of Brutalist architecture. She has re-imagined the aesthetic with a fresh and modern approach, creating a series of simple ceramic forms. The collection comprises a tea pot, cup and…
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Morag Myerscough x Luke Morgan installation celebrates diversity
This article was published 10 years 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…
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interview :: aljoud lootah
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Pebble-shaped CalmingStone is designed to combat anxiety
This article was published 10 years The device comprises a handheld device shaped like a large pebble which uses biofeedback to help people manage anxiety – through a copper ring that measures the user’s heart-rate, an internal light source that creates a pulsing glow that allows the user to “tune…
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Ann Kristin Einarsen’s planters are inspired by salt and pepper pots
This article was published 10 years Ceramics designer Ann Kristin Einarsen has based her latest collection, Rolla, a series of functional planters, on the Plus Salt and Pepper Grinders designed by Oslo-based design trio Norway Says for Muuto. The two-tone planters’ rounded forms comprise two elements, a base to hold water,…
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Fuglen combines coffee, cocktails and vintage furniture
This article was published 10 years Fuglen is the brain child of Norwegians Einar Kleppe Holthe, Peppe Trulsen and Halvor Digernes and combines coffee, cocktails and vintage furniture in a winning combination. It was Einar’s passion for coffee and a lucky coincidence that sparked a chain of events that led…
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interview :: pedersen & leszinski
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Blackburn to host the UK’s first National Festival of Making
This article was published 10 years Developed by a new ‘Festival of Making’ community interest company – a collaboration between Lancashire-born designer, Wayne Hemingway, festival producers, Deco Publique, and creative place-making social enterprise, Placeshakers – the festival aims to celebrate and recognise the craft and ingenuity of a region where…
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Heather Scott’s wall-mounted plant stand elevates the humble houseplant
This article was published 10 years Designer-maker Heather Scott has created a wall-mounted plinth to display plants, working with Falmouth based plant studio and shop Toro. The brief was to change the way that house plants are presented, moving them from floor or tabletop to eye level by somehow affixing them to the…
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Sarah Fennell designs textiles from 3D collages
This article was published 10 years “Every print begins with a series of relief sculptures which I create from found objects and ephemera which I think have an interesting form or texture. I look for interesting shadows and the way objects interact with each other when carefully curated and composed….
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interview :: kim thome
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New watch makes it easier to tell the time
This article was published 10 years The 36 millimetre stainless steel and glass case contains an aluminium disc, with a wedge-shaped hole cut out of it, that slowly rotates, revealing one hour at a time, which, together with a minute hand, shows users only the information they need to tell…
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Native & Co’s Mu collection celebrates cedar wood
This article was published 10 years Furniture and tableware brand Native & Co launched their latest collection entitled Mu at September’s London Design Festival. The collection, comprising six designs, celebrates the natural qualities of cedar wood, highlighting the grain in a variety of shapes from a simple circular platter and traditional…
Skinflint find and restore midcentury lighting
This article was published 10 years Once they’ve found the right pieces, they soda blast, polish, lacquer and / or rewire them to give them a new lease of life, bringing them up to today’s safety standards in the process, all without compromising their character. With over a thousand types…
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interview :: wake the tree
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D&AD launch ‘New Blood’ award briefs
This article was published 10 years The D&AD has launched its annual New Blood awards, with 16 briefs developed in collaboration with real clients, to which young designers can respond and be in with the chance of winning a D&AD pencil. “This year’s brief line up for New Blood Awards…
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Win a Tom Raffield Skipper Pendant
This article was published 10 years Tom Raffield Ltd designs and makes a range of contemporary furniture and lighting that represents their beliefs, promotes good design and champions the materials they love. Every piece is hand-made by a skilled set of craftsmen in a woodland workshop in Cornwall, England, and…