This article was published 11 years This week, Benchmark‘s resident Fixpert, Maya Alvarado shares her FixFilms with the team at Benchmark; finds inspiration from Joanne, who paddled 715km down the Yukon River in Canada despite having been born without any fingers on her left hand; and goes back to visit Mrs Ellis…
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a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Benchmark‘s resident Fixpert, Maya Alvarado meets with a homeless charity to discuss a making workshop, gets a team together to make Heidi a bespoke paddle for an upcoming canoeing expedition and meets Emily and her twins to discuss their needs… 06:20: I wake up…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado reflects on what it’s like to be the only woman in the Benchmark workshop, delivers Mrs Ellis’s tray despite a bit of a hairy journey, and contemplates life on a canal boat… 06:20: I wake up, get ready in warm clothing…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado catches up with Benchmark co-founder and MD Sean Sutcliffe to discuss her progress, starts making films to document her fixes and finds inspiration from a uniquely Japanese solution to a problem… 06:20: I wake up for work and get ready. I have some cereal…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Resident Fixpert at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark, Maya Alvarado, visits Heidi to see how she’s getting on with her bespoke utensils, contemplates the role of wear and tear in improving a product and makes a repair to a previous fix… 06:20: I wake up, get ready…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, British furniture manufacturer Benchmark‘s Resident Fixpert Maya Alvarado continues work on Mrs Ellis’ tray, learns from her mistakes and finds inspiration from some more fellow Fixperts… 06:20: I wake up and the house feels cold! I make a camomile tea to warm me up and get ready for work. 07:10:…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado tries her new Benchmark uniform for size, puts the finishing touches on Heidi’s utensils, continues work on her tray for Mrs Ellis and gets inspiration from some fellow Fixperts… 06:50: I wake up and get ready for work. It feels too early for…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado starts work on a leather footrest for wheelchair-user Heidi at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark, then cycles over to Heidi’s school to test out some of her prototypes. 06:45: I wake up and get ready for work, having a shower and making a banana milkshake…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado spends her day at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark working on two fixes for Heidi – a pupil at local special needs school The Castle: a collection of cooking utensils and a more comfortable grip for the joystick on her wheelchair. 06:20: I wake…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years In this week’s column, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado shares a day in her week working with British furniture manufacturer Benchmark looking for ‘fixes’ in their workshop and in the local community – this week she takes some utensil prototypes for Heidi, a local student…
a day in the life
A Day In The Life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado spends more time with Heidi, a pupil at local special needs school The Castle, and meets Mum, Fiona – and then heads back to British furniture manufacturer Benchmark to work on fixes that will help Heidi use cooking utensils, join…
Confessions of a Design Geek
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado tells us about her day looking for fixes at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark – in this week’s column, she finally gets to meet Heidi, a pupil at local special needs school The Castle, and starts works on some fixes for her. …
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years In this week’s column, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado shares a day in her week working with British furniture manufacturer Benchmark looking for ‘fixes’ in their workshop and in the local community – this week she starts work on doors to prevent dust gathering on…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Wael Seaiby’s Plag vessels are made from supermarket plastic bags
This article was published 11 years University of Edinburgh graduate Wael Seaiby has designed a collection of vessels to tackle problem of the one million plastic bags used globally every minute, 93{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} of which end up in landfill. The bowls and vases are made in heated moulds from a fine…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years In this week’s column, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado shares another day looking for fixes at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark – this week she has an idea for a floating Fixperts Day, visits a nearby school for children with learning difficulties, and meets up with local…
a day in the life
A Day in the Life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years In this week’s column, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado shares another day looking for fixes at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark – this week she hunts for puffball mushrooms, makes a new handle for the fridge in the workshop kitchen, and meets up with local resident…
a day in the life
A Day in the Life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years In this week’s column for confessions of a design geek, Maya Alvarado shares another day in her life as Fixperts Resident at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark – this week she finishes her first fix, finds a fix for a broken fridge door handle, continues…
a day in the life
A Day in the Life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years In this week’s column for confessions of a design geek, Maya Alvarado shares another day in her life as Fixperts Resident at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark – this week she reflects on the Fixing Attitudes talk at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival,…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years In Maya Alvarado’s second weekly column for confessions of a design geek, she shares another day in the life of the Fixperts Resident – this time she develops her own Fixperts project, creates some more storage for Benchmark, and a chance encounter on a…