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Win a Tom Raffield Skipper Pendant
This article was published 10 years Tom Raffield Ltd designs and makes a range of contemporary furniture and lighting that represents their beliefs, promotes good design and champions the materials they love. Every piece is hand-made by a skilled set of craftsmen in a woodland workshop in Cornwall, England, and…
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interview :: domaas/høgh
This article was published 10 yearsDomaas/Högh will be exhibiting at 100% Norway as part of the London Design Fair 22 – 25 September 2016. Register for your ticket here. This article was published 10 years
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Olivia Post’s interactive light is inspired by a spinning top
This article was published 10 years The spun copper and turned oak lamp has been designed to be positioned in two ways – either resting on the wooden part and directing ambient light upwards, or resting on the metal part and directing task lighting downwards. In either position its rounded…
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Emma Graney’s lights pair cast concrete with hand-blown glass
This article was published 10 years Taking inspiration from both nature and architecture, Emma Graney created the lamps’ block-form bases in three simple geometric shapes, off-set by fragile glass shades. The use of the traditional filament bulb, also available in a variety of different styles, adds a layer of warmth…
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Tom Dixon creates co-working space in Clerkenwell church
This article was published 10 years “One of the conundrums of St James, Clerkenwell is that it has a very imposing outside but a very welcoming inside,” he says. “All sorts of people live in Clerkenwell, but still one [group of people] alluded us – and one that is more…
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Studio Haran champions sustainable design
This article was published 10 years Kate 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…
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Time out enabled Jennifer Stafford to get back to basics
This article was published 10 years Kate 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…
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Iceland’s unique landscape inspires at Design March 2016
This article was published 11 years Borne out of the 2009 financial crisis, and populated with design inspired by Iceland’s volcanic landscape, Design March has been celebrating both local and global design since 2009. Gero Grundmanne’s Driftwood Cantilevered Box was part of an exhibition of products made from driftwood – an alternative…
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interview :: os ∆ oos
This article was published 11 years Eindhoven-based Os ∆ Oos were one of those brands that seemed to appear as if from nowhere and then keep popping up. In a short space of time, I saw their work at Northmodern in Copenhagen, at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week…
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Designer-maker Kate Colin transforms paper into intricate 3D forms
This article was published 11 years Kate 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…
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interview :: studio haran
This article was published 11 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…
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look like love :: samuel bellamy
This article was published 11 years This is the first post in a new column by Kate Brewer, founder of Look Like Love, in which she will profile a different new designer every week. With the tagline “support, nurture, promote” echoing confessions of a design geek’s own “discover, champion and…
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Tom Raffield’s Scots Light is made from 80 steam-bent ‘leaves’
This article was published 11 years Cornwall-based design Tom Raffield has launched a new wooden lampshade hand made from approximately 80 individually cut and steam-bent leaves of ash. Inspired by a pinecone, the Scots Light is built around a laser-cut birch wood frame, to which the ash leaves are attached….
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Marcus Kane’s Tempo uses kinetic energy to produce 15 minutes of light
This article was published 11 years Central Saint Martin’s graduate Marcus Kane has developed a self-powered light that uses kinetic energy to generate 15 minutes of light at a time. Tempo is a circular wall light with an internal mechanic motor inside, powered by a user-operated counter-weight. When you pull…
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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…
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interview :: studio ljung ljung
This article was published 12 years I spotted Studio Ljung Ljung’s smoked bamboo lamps, made in collaboration with Thai artisans, at the London Design Festival’s desigjunction. They were exhibited as part of Ventura London, a showcase of new design talent. I caught up with founders Martin Hedenström Ljung and designer…
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creative spaces :: foldability
This article was published 12 years I’ve been wanting to visit the East London studio of folding fanatic Kyla McCallum for absolutely ages, so I was delighted when I finally managed to squeeze a trip into my schedule last week. Kyla’s design studio Foldability is based in the Limehouse Art…
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interview :: bjorn andersson
This article was published 13 years I featured the design and making process of Bjorn Andersson‘s Cutting Corners lighting range on the blog ahead of its launch at Tent London in September, so it was really nice to finally meet the man himself. Here’s what he told me… “The most…