This article was published 10 yearsKate 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 Love…
Tag: furniture design
Confessions of a Design Geek
Design PR quits her job to launch ‘Ruthless People’ furniture collection
This article was published 10 years Lisa McMillan, formerly of leading design PR agency Camron, has turned her back on a career in public relations to launch a six-piece furniture collection, entitled Ruthless People. The collection, which comprises a dining table, a stool, two mirrors, a side table and a…
a day in the life
Maya Alvarado adapts a sofa to make it safer for children with special needs
This article was published 10 years This week, Benchmark’s resident Fixpert, Maya Alvarado visits The Dingley Early Years Centre, finds some seats to fix and starts the refurbishment of a small sofa… 06:20: I wake up and get ready for work. Today I’m looking forward to visiting the Dingley Centre,…
a day in the life
Maya Alvarado meets a new Fix Partner and prototypes paddles
This article was published 10 years This week, Benchmark‘s resident Fixpert, Maya Alvarado visits Fix Partner Anne at the Red Cross Charity Shop, seeks out potential fixes and makes paddle prototypes for canoe trip with Heidi… 07:30: I wake up and get ready to go and meet my new Fix…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Students at Aalto University create 14 different chairs from blackened ash
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
interview :: studio haran
This article was published 10 years I met husband and wife team Studio Haran on my travels during confessions of a design geek’s Cornish Design Season at the end of last year. Falmouth University graduates Joel and Helena design and make sustainable furniture and lighting from their farm courtyard workshop. They…
Blog
Iselin Lindmark Dubland’s side table is designed for “lazy sofa days”
This article was published 10 years Norwegian School of Art and Design (KHiB) graduate, Iselin Lindmark Dubland, has designed Birk, a coffee table with concealed storage for magazines, laptops and television remotes, and a removable tray perfect for TV dinners. The four-legged table is made of birch wood with a…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Andrea Ponti launches side table inspired by Hong Kong street signs
This article was published 11 years Italian designer Andrea Ponti’s Kanban steel and concrete side table references Hong Kong’s industrial architecture in its materials and Kowloon’s distinctive neon signage in its form. The table comprises a concrete drum-shaped base with a steel cuff at the top, out from which protrudes…
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:…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: elliot eakin
This article was published 11 years Eliot Eakin Furniture is based in Chicago where its eponymous founder draws inspiration from the iconic buildings surrounding him, which count Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe amongst their architects, working with local craftspeople using metal casting, fabricating, upholstery and woodworking, to…
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…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Max Lamb slices up 187-year-old tree to make 130 functional objects.
This article was published 11 years Max Lamb, who grew up in Cornwall’s St Austell and is now based in London, felled a 187-year-old tree on his Grandfather’s Yorkshire farm and sliced it into 130 useable objects to save it from being used as firewood. The slices were displayed in…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Carl Austin’s furniture is made using traditional boat-building skills
This article was published 11 years Having moved to Falmouth from Leicester 11 years ago to pursue a lifelong dream of working with wooden boats, three years ago Carl Austin changed careers again, this time putting his boat-building skills to good use in designing and making outdoor furniture. His oak…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Anna Hart Design creates first London outpost for Cornish coffee company
This article was published 11 years Penryn-based Anna Hart Design has created the interior for Origin Coffee‘s flagship store – a combined training space for the baristas that use their coffee all over the capital and further afield, and coffee shop for locals. The 60-square-metre coffee shop on Charlotte Street,…
coadg Bursary
The 2016 confessions of a design geek bursary shortlist – voting is now closed
This article was published 11 years We have a shortlist! Huge thanks to our esteemed panel of industry experts: Anthony Joseph of Joseph Joseph, Mark Hampshire of Mini Moderns, Jessica Sims from West Elm, Ian Rudge and Alejandra Campos from Home at Top Drawer, and me – confessions of a…
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…
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…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Megan Czaja’s Oblio stool is designed for people who can't sit still
This article was published 11 years Pratt Institute graduate Megan Czaja has designed a stool for ‘Kinesthetes’ – people who need to be active in order to think. The three-legged maple stool has a seat balanced on a silicone and foam half-sphere, which plugs into a maple convex base, without…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Megan Czaja’s Oblio stool is designed for people who can’t sit still
This article was published 11 years Pratt Institute graduate Megan Czaja has designed a stool for ‘Kinesthetes’ – people who need to be active in order to think. The three-legged maple stool has a seat balanced on a silicone and foam half-sphere, which plugs into a maple convex base, without…