This article was published 10 years I visited Moupila & Friends, a design shop in Belgium’s Dikkelvenne a couple of years ago and was struck by the ingenuity of a pair of designers combining a workshop, an office, a weekend shop and their home all in one hardworking space. The…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
pinterest :: glass
This article was published 11 years I really want to have a go at glassblowing. There is something so magical about watching something so solid and brittle become molten and pliable and watching it shaped in the hands – or more correctly, with the mouths – of master craftspeople. It’s…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: the new craftsmen
This article was published 13 years I’ve been talking a lot about the Danish concept of Hygge lately and about how this year I want to slow down and enjoy what Christmas is really about, which for me is being grateful for what I’ve got and sharing good food and…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: craftica
This article was published 14 years I am usually pretty cynical when it comes to big brands trying to ‘engage with a design audience,’ particularly when those brands fall outside of my, admittedly fairly arbitrary, definition of design. (Furniture design and product design in, for example, fashion design and automotive design out….