This article was published 10 years Kate Brewer, founder of Look Like Love, profiles a different new designer every week. With the tagline “support, nurture, promote” echoing confessions of a design geek’s own “discover, champion and inspire” and a similar commitment to advocating for emerging talent, the parallels between Look Like…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
Tom Dixon creates co-working space in Clerkenwell church
This article was published 10 years “One of the conundrums of St James, Clerkenwell is that it has a very imposing outside but a very welcoming inside,” he says. “All sorts of people live in Clerkenwell, but still one [group of people] alluded us – and one that is more…
Confessions of a Design Geek
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…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: richard hardy
This article was published 11 years I met Richard Hardy at Clerkenwell Design Week and was immediately impressed with his playful approach to sustainable design, pairing ‘waney-edges’ with bright primary colours to create responsible furniture with mass appeal. I couldn’t wait to find out more about what makes him tick… What’s…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: platform & additions 2015
This article was published 11 years As promised, here is part two of my Clerkenwell Design Week post, following last week’s round-up of the Design Factory. Before I get into the gems I spotted at Platform and Additions, I must big-up the Invisible Store of Happiness (above) team. It was…
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feature :: informing with the invisible store of happiness
This article was published 11 years This is the final essay in a series of four about the behind the scenes process leading up to the installation of The Invisible Store of Happiness in Saint John’s Arch during Clerkenwell Design Week. This one is entitled Informing and was published just…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: design factory 2015
This article was published 11 years There was so much good stuff at Clerkenwell Design Week this year, that I’ve decided to split it into two posts. First up, the Design factory at the Farmiloe Building, and some of the installations that the festival is becoming known for. Above is…
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interview :: dome studio
This article was published 11 years Clerkenwell Design Week starts today! I’m super excited and will be there all week. If you’re planning on heading over, make sure you register here first. In the meantime, here’s an interview with Dome Studio, founded in 2014 by friends Tom Whiteway & Jonathan Blayney, they are…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: baines&fricker
This article was published 11 years I have been a fan of husband and wife team Baines&Fricker since they launched their design company at 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design in 2011, but I am especially excited about their new collection, which launches at Clerkenwell Design Week a week today. I caught up with…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: baines&fricker
This article was published 11 years I have been a fan of husband and wife team Baines&Fricker since they launched their design company at 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design in 2011, but I am especially excited about their new collection, which launches at Clerkenwell Design Week a week today. I caught up with…
Confessions of a Design Geek
feature :: making the invisible store of happiness
This article was published 11 years This is the third essay in a series of four about the behind the scenes process leading up to the installation of The Invisible Store of Happiness in Saint John’s Arch during Clerkenwell Design Week. This one is entitled Making… They say it takes…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: ambrose vevers
This article was published 11 years Clerkenwell Design Week is just around the corner and confessions of a design geek is the official blog partner again this year. I thought I’d have a sneaky peak at who was exhibiting at Platform, the space for new designers, and I found Ambrose…
Confessions of a Design Geek
feature :: designing the invisible store of happiness
This article was published 11 years This is the second of a series of four essays about the behind the scenes process leading up to the installation of The Invisible Store of Happiness in Saint John’s Arch during Clerkenwell Design Week. This one is entitled Designing… Laura Ellen Bacon is…
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feature :: the thinking behind the invisible store of happiness
This article was published 11 years I am really excited to be working with Sebastian Cox, Laura Ellen Bacon and the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) on a series of four essays for the Invisible Store of Happiness project, which will culminate in an installation at Clerkenwell Design Week in…
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interview :: head & haft
This article was published 12 years I spotted Head & Haft at Platform during Clerkenwell Design Week and then again at One Year On at New Designers and have been trying to pin founder Chris Thorpe down for an interview ever since, especially as he hails from my home county…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: head & haft
This article was published 12 years I spotted Head & Haft at Platform during Clerkenwell Design Week and then again at One Year On at New Designers and have been trying to pin founder Chris Thorpe down for an interview ever since, especially as he hails from my home county…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: sir kenneth grange
This article was published 12 years During Clerkenwell Design Week I had the honour and the privilege* of being “In Conversation With” Sir Kenneth Grange, one of Britain’s most influential product designers. The man behind the first UK parking meters, the Intercity 125 and the Anglepoise Type 75 lamp and…
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creative spaces :: james uk
This article was published 12 years I bumped into the ever lovely James Harrison at Clerkenwell Design Week and as we got chatting we discovered that I spend two days every week in the building right next door to his studio! So I couldn’t not pop in and have a…
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interview :: paulo goldstein
This article was published 12 years I first met Paulo Goldstein at designersblock two years ago, so I was honoured to accept an invitation to interview him at Desso during Clerkenwell Design Week. He’s a thoughtful and considered designer who was absolutely fascinating to talk to. It didn’t make the…