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
interview :: ted jefferis
This article was published 12 years I saw Ted Jefferis’ leather Hangup lamps at Total Fabrication at Craft Central during the London Design Festival and was immediately captivated. The son of a boat builder, Ted studied at Oxford Brookes University, where he began to explore the concept of furniture as…
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: modiron bench
This article was published 12 years Bex Simon is incredible. She’s a bundle of energy who says she doesn’t feel human when she’s not ‘building’ – she was born to be a blacksmith. I was very privileged to spend a morning watching her make the modiron bench for Total Fabrication…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: total fabrication, LDF14
This article was published 12 years With a wide remit of “craft and design” and over 100 makers in the building, curating Craft Central‘s annual show for the London Design Festival must be a tough job, but every year they find a way to create a different perspective on craft….
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: janet stahelin edmondson
This article was published 13 years I saw Janet Stahelin Edmonson‘s work at the Craft Central Imprint exhibition in September, ostensibly a show about printing. She uses lace to create delicate patterns in porcelain vases. Having spotted the film above at the exhibition, I was keen to find out more about…
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: kethi copeland
This article was published 13 years I included the lovely Kethi Copeland‘s work in my review of London Design Festival’s Imprint exhibition at Craft Central in September, but I was keen to find out more about the process behind the prints. Kethi says: “My city screen-prints begin as hand drawings. The…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: imprint
This article was published 13 years I was excited about Imprint at Craft Central, billed to be “a cross-disciplinary exhibition of printed design,” and it didn’t disappoint. I am a bit of a print-nerd, and I loved the different ways that “print” had been interpreted by the exhibitors. I hope…
Confessions of a Design Geek
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…
Confessions of a Design Geek
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…