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Confessions of a Design Geek
Katherine Plumb’s textiles are inspired by playgrounds
This article was published 10 years Collarged is a collection of 17 printed textile designs featuring oversized abstract forms in bright primary colours inspired by playgrounds, skate parks and climbing walls. “This collection works to inject a feeling of recreation into interior environments through the use of strong, graphic pattern…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: sevak zargarian
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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Marcus Kane’s Tempo uses kinetic energy to produce 15 minutes of light
This article was published 11 years Central Saint Martin’s graduate Marcus Kane has developed a self-powered light that uses kinetic energy to generate 15 minutes of light at a time. Tempo is a circular wall light with an internal mechanic motor inside, powered by a user-operated counter-weight. When you pull…
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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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brink :: central saint martins graduate show
This article was published 13 years By now I’m hoping you’ll all have heard of BRINK – it’s a new graduate design show as part of the London Design Festival that I’m collaborating with Tent London on. There will be university and graduate collective stands (more on those very soon!)…
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out and about :: montpellier chapter
This article was published 14 years When I went to Cheltenham to visit Maggie’s, The Montpellier Chapter Hotel kindly offered me a complimentary night’s stay. It’s a beautifully designed hotel with an interior that name checks everyone from Eames to Adler. But what really caught my attention was the art. Even the…
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interview :: sian zeng
This article was published 14 years Surface designer Sian Zeng was awarded the William Atkinson award in 2008 by Central Saint Martins and the Ellle Decoration Ellle Decoration young talent of the year award in 2010/11. I spoke to her just before the launch of her newest collection at Pulse. What’s…
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here’s one I made earlier :: letterpress
This article was published 15 yearsI was recently very privileged to be in the last group of students to study letterpress in Central Saint Martin’s Southampton Row building. Privileged to be learning a skill that played such an important part in history, privileged to using hard to find and beautiful…
here’s one I made earlier :: furniture design course – day 2
Homework for last night was to find a piece of furniture we liked.
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here’s one I made earlier :: furniture design course – day 1
My drawing isn’t great, but I can’t believe that I’ve (sort of) designed some chairs – on day one!