This article was published 13 years The next in my series of interviews with new designers exhibiting at the House of Detention, Clerkenwell Design Week is Latvian architect and designer Liene Jākobsone. She runs architecture and design practice Sampling with Belgian architect Manten Devriendt. What’s the most important thing to…
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interview :: alex mueller
This article was published 13 years Odd socks, ‘too cool for school’ hair and some very exciting furniture, Alex Mueller is next in my series of interviews with Clerkenwell Design Week House of Detention exhibitors. Born in Austria, based in London and still studying for his BA in Furniture and…
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interview :: barnby & day
This article was published 13 years I am delighted to announce that confessions of a design geek is the Official Blog Partner for Clerkenwell Design Week. I have always loved the three-day design festival in May – previous years have not only delivered bucket-loads of fabulous design, but also guaranteed sunshine……
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out and about :: greenhouse at the stockholm furniture fair
This article was published 14 years The Stockholm Furniture Fair one of my favourite design shows and one of the main reasons for that is Greenhouse. Whereas some trade shows seem to pay lip service to showcasing student work, Stockholm makes a real investment in it. Entirely dedicated to new designers,…
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out and about :: home london 2013
This article was published 14 years Where better to start my round-up of Home London than with the best in show? And not just in my opinion either; HAM won the award for Best Stand on the opening night. That, together with the launch of the fabulous new design above, and Jo’s…
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out and about :: coadg bursary at home london
This article was published 14 years For this week’s out and about post, I wanted to share some pictures of Saturday’s set-up for Home London, which is at Earl’s Court until tomorrow (15th January 2013). Before Christmas, I launched the confessions of a design geek bursary. A shortlist of five…
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interview :: room 39
This article was published 14 years Next up in my series of interviews with exhibitors at Home London‘s Homegrown is Petra Green aka Room 39. I discovered Petra’s work recently, when I was asked to pick my Christmas ‘wish list’ for Blog and Buy Sale and included her gorgeous Knit Knit…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2012
This article was published 14 years Wow – what a year! This time last year I had just made the decision to leave my day job, follow my dream and see if I could make a living as a design writer. A year later, I can confidently say that I…
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coadg bursary :: and the winner is…
This article was published 14 years I am delighted to announce that the winner of the confessions of a design geek bursary is… drum roll please… Jessica Hogarth! Jessica has won a 3x3m stand at Home London 13 – 15th January 2013, an hour of PR mentoring with David Gorrod of…
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coadg bursary :: the shortlist
This article was published 14 years First up, I’d like to say a massive thank you to the hundreds and hundreds of you who helped to spread the word about the first confessions of a design geek bursary, through twitter, Facebook, emails, word of mouth and your own blogs. Secondly,…
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coadg bursary :: win a stand at home london
This article was published 14 years I am incredibly excited to announce that confessions of a design geek has teamed up with Home London to create the confessions of a design geek bursary. One new designer will be offered a stand at the show (worth £2,441), mentoring from Mini Moderns,…
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out and about :: 100% design emerging brands (LDF12)
This article was published 14 years I know, I know: London Design Festival was in September and it’s now November. Last one – I promise! I couldn’t complete my coverage without including my favourite “Emerging Brands” from the show that started it all off; 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Design. The Emerging Brands section…
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here’s one I made earlier :: elasticated chair
This article was published 14 years Matthew Cox’s Elasticated Chair was my favourite find at this year’s New Designers. As I said at the time: “I’m a little bit in love with this chair… I love the colours, I love the form, I love the character… and I know it really…
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here's one I made earlier :: elasticated chair
This article was published 14 years Matthew Cox’s Elasticated Chair was my favourite find at this year’s New Designers. As I said at the time: “I’m a little bit in love with this chair… I love the colours, I love the form, I love the character… and I know it really…
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out and about :: new designers one year on
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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out and about :: new designers
This article was published 14 years Happy Monday! I know, I know, New Designers was at the beginning of July. Design events seem to be coming thick and fast at the moment, so I’ve decided to make this a weekly column, so I can keep up! Hopefully it will cheer…