This article was published 11 years This week, Fixperts Resident Maya Alvarado goes back to see Mrs Ellis with a prototype for her tea tray and carries on working on her leather footrest for wheelchair-user Heidi at British furniture manufacturer Benchmark. 06:20: I wake up for work and have a shower. I have some cornflakes with…
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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, 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…
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…
a day in the life
A day in the life of the Benchmark Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years Maya Alvarado is the first Fixperts Resident, looking for fixes from British furniture manufacturer Benchmark’s Berkshire workshop. In this weekly column she’ll be sharing a day in her new life every Monday. Today we hear about her first day, including adventures on a bicycle,…
a day in the life
Benchmark selects first Fixperts Resident
This article was published 11 years Kingston University graduate Maya Alvarado has been selected for the first Fixperts Residency and will spend the next year aligned to a master craftsman at British furniture maker Benchmark’s workshop, solving problems. Alvarado, who will be writing a weekly column for confessions of a…