This article was published 9 years What’s your favourite colour? It’s a question we’ve asked everyone we’ve interviewed since Design Geek was founded almost seven years ago. Answers have varied from People Will Always Need Plates co-founder Hannah Dipper’s “Rocker Yellow – the dirty yellow of an Eames Rocker, roughly…
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interview :: sarah capel
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Andrea Mestre’s Totem speeds up your morning routine
This article was published 10 years Do you lose precious minutes every morning looking for your keys? Have a daily 7.30am panic about where your train ticket is? Andrea Mestre has created Totem, an organising system that keeps essentials at hand to save time and reduce stress in the mornings. Standing approximately…
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interview :: MAiK
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out and about :: maison et objet, paris
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out and about :: topdrawer
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interview :: kevin stamper
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Charlotte Abrahams selects 40 designers for ‘Spotted’
This article was published 10 yearsThe 40 new design brands were selected for the originality and quality, but also the commercial viability of their products – the latter being very much part of exhibiting successfully at a trade show. “Spotted just goes from strength to strength and this edition promises…
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Arts Council awards £80,000 funding to Design Nation
This article was published 10 years The development work will start immediately and will enable Design-Nation to undertake significant sector research, to create new opportunities for its members, and to launch at least two new showcases of contemporary craft and design. “We are delighted that through this grant the Arts…
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LaSelva Studio’s adjustable lamp rotates 360 degrees
This article was published 10 years The Faro lamp, produced by Bolia, comprises a cylindrical black marble base on top of which a half spherical spun metal shade containing the light fixture sits, held in place only by a magnet. A small ring made of rubber inside the top of the…
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interview :: wallplayper
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Vicky Thornton’s ‘funny shaped jugs’ raise money for Maggie’s
This article was published 10 years 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…
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Andrew Cunningham’s homewares are made from timber off-cuts
This article was published 10 years Rejecting mass production methods, Norfolk based designer-maker Andrew Cunningham has designed a collection of home accessories created entirely from reclaimed and sustainably managed English and tropical hardwood offcuts that larger companies can’t use. “Function is a major feature of my designs as well as a clean uncluttered…
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Daniel Schofield uses silver to purify water
This article was published 10 years The Pioneer Carafe and Glass set by award-winning designer Daniel Schofield is handmade from borosilicate glass, more commonly used in laboratories. The addition of a silver-plated hammered copper cuff to the rim of the carafe, acting as a spout, and a loose piece of…
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interview :: 2 lovely gays
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out and about :: tokyo
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interview :: ella doran
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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…