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Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: topdrawer
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Confessions of a Design Geek
Charlotte Abrahams selects 40 designers for ‘Spotted’
This article was published 10 yearsThe 40 new design brands were selected for the originality and quality, but also the commercial viability of their products – the latter being very much part of exhibiting successfully at a trade show. “Spotted just goes from strength to strength and this edition promises…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: aman khanna
This article was published 10 yearsAman Khanna will be exhibiting at the London Design Fair as part of This Is India. Register for your tickets here. This article was published 10 years
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…
Confessions of a Design Geek
design for good :: maacraft
This article was published 11 years I’ve just discovered Maacraft and I thought it was worth sharing. Founded by product designer Dani Szalkai at the Miskolc Autism Foundation, it is a small Hungarian workshop, where designers work alongside people on the autism spectrum to produce everyday objects, embracing rustic surfaces, clear shapes, natural…
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feature :: into the fold
This article was published 11 years In a light-filled east London studio, designer Kyla McCallum is folding paper. Sheet by sheet, she makes 11 folds in each of 70 pieces of Italian parchment. She talks as she works, barely watching what she’s doing, her hands moving automatically. “This module was…
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out and about :: home london, january 2015
This article was published 12 years Last week I wrote about the fabulous 2015 confessions of a design geek bursary designers, and alumni from previous years, and their stands at Home London. There were also lots of other really talented designers showing their wares at the first trade show of…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: pulse london
This article was published 12 years Pulse London opened at Earl’s Court yesterday, so I popped in to see what was new and shiny. This year’s theme is “First Peek,” so the emphasis was firmly on the “new.” Brand new for Pulse was Ola by Katy Goutefangea (above and last…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: zoe attwell
This article was published 12 years Zoe Attwell launched her homewares and stationery brand at Home London just last month. She cites 50s design, Lucienne Day, Miró and Scandinavian design amongst her influences, but to be honest she had me at yellow and grey! It was lovely chatting to her at…
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interview :: lindsey lang
This article was published 13 years I have been bumping into Lindsey Lang at trade shows since we met at Pulse last June. From the day she launched her eponymous brand, it’s had a sense of always having been around. I thought it was high time I interviewed Lindsey, so…