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Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: maison et objet, paris
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out and about :: topdrawer
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out and about :: tokyo
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The best of the London Design Festival 2016
This article was published 10 yearsTop image from V&A Dundee showcase at V&A London – oak swing by Isabelle Moore, clothes on manakin by KellyDawn Riot and Hayley Scanlan. This article was published 10 years
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37 countries interpret utopia at Somerset House
This article was published 10 yearsThe exhibits, which include installations, artworks, prototypes and designs, are each a response to the Biennale’s 2016 theme Utopia by Design, chosen as part of Somerset House’s Utopia 2016: A Year of Imagination and Possibility, to mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas…
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12th annual Helsinki Design Week takes over the Finnish capital
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Architecture
Serpentine adds four summer houses to annual pavilion
This article was published 10 yearsHear Bjarke Ingels, Julia Peyton-Jones and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist talk about the project in this short film. This article was published 10 years
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Norway to showcase inclusive design at London Design Biennale
This article was published 10 yearsPioneered by Norway, Japan and America, inclusive design – also known as universal design or ‘design for all’ – differs from accessibility in that it seeks to find solutions that might be needed by some, but are good for everybody, avoiding the stigma associated with special…
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out and about :: new designers 2016
This article was published 10 yearsNew Designers Week One focuses on craft – mostly ceramics and textiles – and Week Two focuses on product and furniture design. This year the standard was exceptionally high – here are our founding editor and roaming reporter Katie Treggiden’s top picks… This article was…
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Clerkenwell Design Week adopts new ‘spine’ layout
This article was published 10 years Having written an article for the Clerkenwell Post about the ‘masterplan’ for 2016’s Clerkenwell Design Week, confessions of a design geek editor Katie Treggiden was better placed than most to navigate the new ‘spine’ layout of this year’s festival, so forewarned and forearmed, she…
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Pick Me Up showcases new graphic artists
This article was published 10 years Pick Me Up, the annual festival for the graphic arts, is back at Somerset House for its seventh year. Showcasing illustration, animation, 3-D installations, stationery, and for the first time this year – ceramics, the show is in town until 02 May 2016. confessions…
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Iceland’s unique landscape inspires at Design March 2016
This article was published 10 years Borne out of the 2009 financial crisis, and populated with design inspired by Iceland’s volcanic landscape, Design March has been celebrating both local and global design since 2009. Gero Grundmanne’s Driftwood Cantilevered Box was part of an exhibition of products made from driftwood – an alternative…
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The best of the London Design Festival 2015
This article was published 11 years The London Design Festival has been and gone for another year. If you want all the gory details, you’ll have to subscribe to our sister publication Fiera Magazine, but you’re in the right place for the edited highlights. Here are just a few of…
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The alternative guide to London Design Festival 2015
This article was published 11 years It’s that time of year again, and the London Design Festival is looming. All the action starts on Saturday 20 September, so I have scoured the guide, trawled through my inbox and asked my friends in the know, sorted through invites, read all the…
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out and about :: 2015 graduate shows
This article was published 11 years Graduate show season has drawn to a close, so I thought I’d share some of the most inspiring projects I’ve seen this year. I visited Plymouth College of Art (where I spotted, among other things, Melanie Wood’s neon carpet concept above), the Royal College…
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out and about :: venice
This article was published 11 years I was very lucky to be invited to Venice recently for Foscarini‘s Milan preview. While you could be forgiven for confusing parts of many European cities, Venice is uniquely Venice, so it was a real delight to spend some time there. Even our transport…
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out and about :: may design series
This article was published 11 years Following recent news of the demise of May Design Series, I thought I would share my highlights from this year’s show. Organiser UBM has decided to concentrate its efforts on more niche shows such as kbb, Sleep, Decorex and Ecobuild. “Our exhibitors and visitors…
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out and about :: chelsea flower show
This article was published 11 years At the end of May, I went to my very first Chelsea Flower Show. The New Craftsmen had been invited to curate the Artisan Sheds and surrounding area and invited me to come along and take a look. I dragged along dear friend and…