This article was published 12 years Textile designer and colour artist Ptolemy Mann joined forces with Johnson Tiles to create the rainbow of tiles that welcomed visitors to the Farmiloe Buidling during Clerkenwell Design Week last week. I caught up with her to find out more about her love of…
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out and about :: clerkenwell design week 2014
This article was published 12 years Clerkenwell Design Week, now in its fifth year, once again filled the streets of Clerkenwell with a vibrant festival atmosphere and an eye candy overdose for the design inclined. The street installations are always a highlight and I particularly enjoyed the Russ + Henshaw‘s…
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interview :: lovely pigeon
This article was published 12 years Additions is a new show at Clerkenwell Design Week, dedicated to small design pieces and interior accessories. I was very excited to discover that Lovely Pigeon will be showing there, so I thought I’d catch up with founder and designer Kirsty Thomas… What’s the…
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out and about :: cdw 2014 preview
This article was published 12 years I am delighted to announce that confessions of a design geek is the official blog partner for Clerkenwell Design Week again this year. Now in it’s 5th year, this local festival of design never fails to delight – and the sun usually comes out…
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interview :: camberwell collective
This article was published 12 years It’s the last day of Pulse London today, and already time to get ready for Clerkenwell Design Week (no rest for the wicked!). I am especially excited about seeing the work of the newly formed Camberwell Collective, a bunch of Camberwell College of Arts…
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feature :: making designers
This article was published 13 years Inspired by the fact that he still owned things he’d designed and made at school, and wanting to highlight the importance of design in education, co-founder of furniture brand MARK John Miller, curated an exhibition called Making Designers, showcasing the products that now well-known…
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out and about :: architecture for humanity
This article was published 13 years If you were at Clerkenwell Design Week this year, you probably saw these four little huts. They were created by Architecture for Humanity (AfH) to raise awareness of what they do. I have been aware of AfH ever since I’ve had a serious interest in…
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out and about :: craft central
This article was published 13 years A visit to Craft Central is always rewarded with something special and this year’s exhibition for Clerkenwell Design Week was no exception. I touched on this in my May Design Review, but didn’t have the space to do it justice, so wanted to return…
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interview :: james tattersall
This article was published 13 years I met James Tattersall in a little corner of the House of Detention at Clerkenwell Design Week and was keen to find out more about the way he works and what matters to him. We talked morning coffees, Heath Robinson and overcoming creative block… What’s…
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out and about :: design exquis
This article was published 13 years Design Exquis was hosted at the Museum of the Order of St John as part of Clerkenwell Design Week. Whilst I’m not usually drawn to ‘design art’, I am fascinated by the creative process, and this exhibition gave a really interesting insight into the…
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review :: london design in may
This article was published 13 yearsThere is so much design in London this month, I decided to publish my second Design Review – this time it’s twice as long at 16 pages and covers Pulse, The May Design Series and Clerkenwell Design Week. Enjoy! I’d love to hear your thoughts…
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photos of numbers :: 00005, 42 & 43
This article was published 13 yearsSo, Clerkenwell Design Week is over for another year. I’ve got loads more design to tell you about, but first, here are a few photos of numbers I spotted as I explored… The first one you may recognise from yesterday’s post on the House of…
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interview :: liene jākobsone
This article was published 13 years The next in my series of interviews with new designers exhibiting at the House of Detention, Clerkenwell Design Week is Latvian architect and designer Liene Jākobsone. She runs architecture and design practice Sampling with Belgian architect Manten Devriendt. What’s the most important thing to…
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interview :: alex mueller
This article was published 13 years Odd socks, ‘too cool for school’ hair and some very exciting furniture, Alex Mueller is next in my series of interviews with Clerkenwell Design Week House of Detention exhibitors. Born in Austria, based in London and still studying for his BA in Furniture and…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2012
This article was published 14 years Wow – what a year! This time last year I had just made the decision to leave my day job, follow my dream and see if I could make a living as a design writer. A year later, I can confidently say that I…
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out and about :: clerkenwell design week
This article was published 14 years I love Clerkenwell Design Week. It’s small enough to get around in a day (albeit a jam-packed, exhaustingly inspirational day), it’s full of new design in interesting venues, and the sun always shines. This year was no exception. Here are my top picks… Ross Lovegrove’s…
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out and about :: clerkenwell design week
Heartbreakingly, as you can probably tell from this sad little unused wristband, work commitments kept me from Clerkenwell’s inaugural Design Week, so I’ve trawled the net for the best bits.