This article was published 14 years I met Jennifer Newman at her studios in London’s Clerkenwell and immediately liked her (and not only because she bought me cake!). She’s one of those no nonsense people who says what she thinks, and what she thinks is usually fascinating. I adore her…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: dave hallett
This article was published 14 years The Southbank Centre mentoring initiative Boost has resulted a fabulous range of products, now available to buy from the Southbank Centre shop. I caught up with one of the designers, Dave Hallett, and his mentors Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire of Mini Moderns to find out more….
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interview :: petra borner
This article was published 14 years Petra Borner is a London-based Swedish illustrator I first came across through graphic art gallery Outline Editions. Her work is bold and bright and with design*sponge‘s Grace Bonney as a fan, I suspect her star is rising… How did you get into illustration? I…
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interview :: sian elin
This article was published 14 years I met Sian Elin at Tent London, part of this year’s London Design Festival. It was her first ever trade show, which is incredibly exciting, so I was keen to interview her and find out more about her story. We talked cameras, Pantone mugs…
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interview :: ronan and erwan bouroullec
This article was published 14 years I spent a rather lovely Tuesday afternoon during London Design Festival ambling around a gallery space at twentytwentyone discussing the difference between art and design with Ronan Bouroullec – I love my job! Then I pinned both Bourourllecs down for a proper interview… There’s…
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interview :: amy whitworth
This article was published 14 years It’s the double the fun today, with a second interview – this time with the final Boost mentee, Amy Whitworth. The Boost products all launch in the Southbank Centre Shop on Wednesday evening, so I was keen to get something from all six designers…
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interview :: charlie & jasper
This article was published 14 years The next Boost mentees, Charlie and Jasper aka Vektor, are a fabulous design duo – bubbling with an infectious enthusiasm about their unashamedly ‘too cool for school’ product – a piece of laser cut acrylic that fits into the space below the cross bar on bicycles….
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interview :: charlie & jasper
This article was published 14 years The next Boost mentees, Charlie and Jasper aka Vektor, are a fabulous design duo – bubbling with an infectious enthusiasm about their unashamedly ‘too cool for school’ product – a piece of laser cut acrylic that fits into the space below the cross bar on bicycles….
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interview :: home slice
This article was published 14 years I’m very excited to introduce the next Boost mentees; Steph and Ellie aka Home Slice and their fabulous Chippy Plates. They were also mentored by Helen Johannessen of Yoyo Ceramics, and I spoke to all three of them to see how it’s going, ahead of the big…
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interview :: chloe lee carson
This article was published 14 years Confusingly, out of six designers in Boost, the Southbank Centre’s mentoring programme, there are two Chloes. So this is our second Chloe, Chloe Lee Carson, of Shlos, and her mentor Helen Johannessen of Yoyo Ceramics. Chloe’s products are the really rather exquisite Exquisite Cups series….
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interview :: joy of living part 2
This article was published 14 years I’d heard of Maggie’s before I met Max, but it was his passion for the way that they use design to make people’s lives better that really got me hooked. Last year he created an event called Joy of Living, named for something Maggie…
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interview :: tokyobike
This article was published 14 years In the midst of London Design Festival preparations, tokyobike‘s Neil Davis was kind enough to find time to talk me about why design matters, slowing down and enjoying your city, and just how, when and why cycling became so damn cool… So, just how, when and…
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interview :: canteen / vg&p
This article was published 14 years I can still remember the first time I walked into a Canteen. It was the one under the Royal Festival Hall and I felt like it had been designed just for me. The sort of understated mid-century design that makes my heart flutter and…
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interview :: chloe owens
This article was published 14 years I am very excited to introduce Chloe Owens, the second designer I am featuring as part of my media partnership with the Southbank Centre’s mentoring initiative, Boost. I spoke to Chloe and her mentor, interior accessories designer Michelle Mason, about how the programme has…
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interview :: outline editions
This article was published 14 years I am delighted to announce that confessions of a design geek is a media partner for designjunction 2012. designjunction launched at last year’s London Design Festival and this year is taking over a 1960s sorting office as the backdrop to over 100 international brands, smaller cutting-edge…
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interview :: ilse crawford (pt 1)
This article was published 14 years “A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.” or so the Chinese proverb goes. I recently had the privilege of spending an hour talking to Ilse Crawford and I couldn’t agree more – well, if we can paraphrase: “a…
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interview :: alan clarke
This article was published 14 years Alan Clarke designed a set of Olympic wayfinding posters as a proposal for Transport for London as part of a self-initiated project while studying at University College Falmouth. Despite the fact they weren’t part of any official campaign, they got picked up by Creative Review, Nosiy…
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interview :: gregg whelan
This article was published 14 years Forget Danny Boyle, this is the man who changed my mind about the Olympics. I interviewed Gregg Whelan (left), co-founder of performance arts enterprise Lone Twin, for an article in University College Falmouth’s alumni magazine, Scratch. Gregg and his partner in crime, Gary Winters, have created…
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interview :: rose forshall
This article was published 14 years Now that we’re all firmly in the grip of Olympic fever thanks to Danny Boyle’s fantastic Opening Ceremony on Friday, it seems even more relevant to continue exploring the creative industries’ input into this sporting goliath. Somebody on twitter remarked that Danny Boyle had…