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confessions of a design geek
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Award-winning UK design blog established in 2010 to discover, champion and inspire new designers.

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Confessions of a Design Geek

interview :: sevak zargarian

Katie, August 2, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsYou can find out more about Sevak Zargarian and buy his products at The Maker Place and meet him in person at the London Design Fair, where he’ll be exhibiting 22–25th September 2016. Register for your tickets here. This article was published 10 years

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interview :: jollie socks

Katie, July 26, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years This article was published 10 years

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interview :: nikki kreis

Katie, July 19, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsYou can find out more about Nikki’s work and buy her products at The Maker Place. This article was published 10 years

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interview :: heather scott

Katie, July 9, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsYou can find out more about Heather and buy her products at The Maker Place. This article was published 10 years

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interview :: gabriel tan

Katie, June 21, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsWith thanks to Beton Brut for the images with coloured backgrounds and to Charlie Schuck for the images with white backgrounds and for those of the Shaker village. The products pictured are: Stove Chair and Domino Peg Rail, Brethren Bench, Brethren Door Stops, Petal Baskets…

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interview :: alex swain

Katie, June 14, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsYou can find Alex’s products on the Maker Place – a platform for designer–makers to showcase and sell their work. This article was published 10 years

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interview :: rosie brewer

Katie, June 7, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsYou can find out more about Rosie’s products, and buy them, from the Maker Place. This article was published 10 years

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interview :: charlotte storrs

Katie, June 7, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsCharlotte likes to work with what she calls ‘a lovely, groggy, rustic clay which fires to 1250 degrees’. She has made ceramic patterned rollers with which she then decorates the leather hard clay. She then uses a white glaze, made especially for her in Ireland,…

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interview :: ann kristin einarsen

Katie, May 24, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years Norwegian artist and designer Ann Kristin Einarsen launched Stilleben (above) as part of Structure, an exhibition of contemporary Norwegian craft and design in Milan’s Ventura Lambrate last month. confessions of a design geek caught up with her to find out more about her practice……

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interview :: sverre uhnger

Katie, May 17, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years Norwegian designer Sverre Uhnger launched Trace, a collection of wooden platters, as part of Structure, a showcase of contemporary Norwegian craft and design in Milan’s Ventura Lambrate. confessions of a design geek editor Katie Treggiden was intrigued by the juxtaposition of craft and modern technology…

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interview :: os ∆ oos

Katie, April 5, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years Eindhoven-based Os ∆ Oos were one of those brands that seemed to appear as if from nowhere and then keep popping up. In a short space of time, I saw their work at Northmodern in Copenhagen, at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week…

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interview :: visibility

Katie, March 29, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years Visibility is a New York based industrial design studio, founded by Joseph Guerra and Sina Sohrab in 2012. I met the design duo at Ambiente Frankfurt at the beginning of last year where their work had been selected as part of the Ambiente Talents…

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interview :: silje nesdal

Katie, March 22, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years I met Silje Nesdal both in Oslo for the 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway preview and then again at 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway itself during the London Design Festival last year. I immediately loved her style and her approach to design, so this interview has been a long time coming….

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interview :: siv lier

Katie, March 15, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years I first saw Bergen Academy of Art graduate Siv Lier‘s work in Milan last year, and then again at 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway in September. I was struck by her intuitive use of colour and form – her work often combines simple geometric shapes to make…

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interview :: simon kinneir

Katie, March 8, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years This is the latest in a series of interviews with designers identified by the Design Council as Ones to Watch. Simon Kinneir’s Leaven collection of kitchen products has been designed with subtle tweaks from their ordinary counterparts to give extra sensory feedback beyond a reliance on…

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interview :: studio haran

Katie, March 1, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years I met husband and wife team Studio Haran on my travels during confessions of a design geek’s Cornish Design Season at the end of last year. Falmouth University graduates Joel and Helena design and make sustainable furniture and lighting from their farm courtyard workshop. They…

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interview :: moupila & friends

Katie, February 23, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years I visited Moupila & Friends, a design shop in Belgium’s Dikkelvenne a couple of years ago and was struck by the ingenuity of a pair of designers combining a workshop, an office, a weekend shop and their home all in one hardworking space. The…

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interview :: marlene huissoud

Katie, February 16, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 yearsThis is the latest in a series of interviews with one of the 70 designers identified by the Design Council as Ones to Watch. As we start to consider whether insects will become the food source of the future, bee-keeper’s daughter Marlene Huissoud goes one step further. In her ‘From…

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interview :: h for hannah

Katie, February 2, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years UK-born LA-based Hannah Morrow has lived in New York, worked for a record label and as a prop stylist. She finally found her true calling when she established ceramics brand H for Hannah in 2008 after studying 3D design at Camberwell School of Art…

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