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Award-winning UK design blog established in 2010 to discover, champion and inspire new designers.

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Confessions of a Design Geek

Students at Aalto University create 14 different chairs from blackened ash

Katie, March 2, 2016June 16, 2020

This article was published 10 years 14 Product and Spatial Design Masters students at Finland’s Aalto University School of Arts, Design, and Architecture each responded to the brief for a café chair to be made from the same material – blackened ash – resulting in 14 different prototypes. Kuu by…

Confessions of a Design Geek

out and about :: new designers 2014 part 2

Katie, July 28, 2014June 16, 2020

This article was published 12 years Last week I wrote about New Designers Part 1, and this week it’s time for Part 2. New Designers is an annual showcase of design graduates’ final projects and I was particularly keen to see the work that had come from the furniture, product,…

Confessions of a Design Geek New Designers

out and about :: new designers part 1 2014

Katie, July 21, 2014June 16, 2020

This article was published 12 years New Designers is the annual showcase of over 3,000 graduating design students’ final projects, split across two weeks. I went along to Part 1 specifically to see the textiles and ceramics. The first thing I spotted was Sophie Southgate‘s Landscape // Colour. Sophie starts…

Confessions of a Design Geek

out and about :: central saint martin’s degree show 2014

Katie, June 30, 2014June 16, 2020

This article was published 12 years I love this time of year. Design students all over the country present their final projects in a grand finale of three years’ work. The excitement is palpable and it’s a real treat to meet the designers of the future. New designers still believe…

Confessions of a Design Geek

out and about :: central saint martin's degree show 2014

Katie, June 30, 2014June 16, 2020

This article was published 12 years I love this time of year. Design students all over the country present their final projects in a grand finale of three years’ work. The excitement is palpable and it’s a real treat to meet the designers of the future. New designers still believe…

Confessions of a Design Geek Malin Bobeck Experimental Textiles

interview :: malin bobeck

Katie, February 25, 2014June 16, 2020

This article was published 12 years I met Malin Bobeck at the Stockholm Furniture Fair‘s student and graduate showcase, Greenhouse. I was immediately captivated by her experimental projects using light technology in textiles, Droplet and Liquid. I had to find out more… What’s the most important thing to know about…

Confessions of a Design Geek

out and about :: new designers one year on

Katie, August 27, 2012June 16, 2020

This article was published 14 years After the fabulously talented top ten from New Designers last week, here are my top three from New Designers One Year On. This is the section of the show that focuses on designers who either graduated a year ago, or have been in business…

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