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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Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: 100% design and west
This article was published 12 years I think this is my last out and about post from 2014’s London Design Festival, but don’t worry there’s lots from Designblok, Prague, Lodz Design Festival and the Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk to come. My last day of the LDF14 took me West to…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: guide to london design festival 2014
This article was published 12 years The countdown to the 2014 London Design Festival has begun – the fun starts on Saturday! This year’s theme is “Lose Yourself in Design.” There are over 300 events, so to help make sure you do that metaphorically, but not literally, I have trawled…
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interview :: domaas/høgh
This article was published 13 years I almost met Norwegian design duo Ane Domaas and Kathrine Høgh aka Domaas/Høgh at 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design, where they were showing their products in London for the first time! Sadly we just missed each other, so I thought it was only right to follow up with…
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interview :: felicity dessewffy
This article was published 13 years I met Felicity Dessewffy at 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design – she’d flown all the way over from Australia to take part, so it was a real treat to meet her in person and to discuss her childhood dreams, her inspirations and her favourite colour… When you…
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review :: london design festival 2013
This article was published 13 years The London Design Festival was incredible again this year. To celebrate that and to spread the word about some of the amazing new and independent designers I discovered, I have created a 60 page magazine – it’s a comprehensive review of the festival including…
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out and about :: guide to london design festival 2013
This article was published 13 years 2013 is the 11th year of this incredible celebration of global design. Last year the New York Times named London the design capital of the world – and I’ve got a feeling that this year, it’s going to be even better! I have hunted…
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out and about :: new british at vivienne westwood
This article was published 13 years 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design was flying the flag for British Design with an installation at Vivienne Westwood‘s shop on Corso Venezia, entitled New British; a celebration of a new British confidence in high-quality, local materials and craftsmanship. 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design Show Director William Knight said: “We are privileged…
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here’s one I made earlier :: extl lights
This article was published 14 yearsI met David Irwin at 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design this year and was fascinated by his EXTL lights for Deadgood. David explained that they had been designed to create as little waste as possible and were made from tessellating shapes cut from a single sheet of extruded aluminium so I was keen to…
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out and about :: 100% design emerging brands (LDF12)
This article was published 14 years I know, I know: London Design Festival was in September and it’s now November. Last one – I promise! I couldn’t complete my coverage without including my favourite “Emerging Brands” from the show that started it all off; 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design. The Emerging Brands section…
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out and about :: london design festival 2012
This article was published 14 years This Saturday sees the start of London Design Festival (whoop!) – the time of year when the capital is bursting at the seams with design and designers. After the Jubilee and the Olympics, London already feels like the capital of the world and this…
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out and about :: 100% design
This article was published 15 years100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design is one of my favourite events of the London Design Festival and 2011’s offering didn’t disappoint. Here’s a very quick canter through the things that caught my eye. A sneak preview of &then design my absolute stars of the show, but more on them later……
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interview :: john miller and anna hart
Since MARK’s launch at 100% Design in 2008 (at which the Net chair scooped the Blueprint 100% Design award for best new interior product) it has been putting Cornish design and Cornish designers on a national if not international stage.
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out and about :: trend spotting at 100% design
100% Design posed the question; “what is the future of design?” With that question in mind, at my last big LDF event for this year, I thought I’d try my hand at a little bit of trend spotting.