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…
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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
feature :: the new scandi
This article was published 11 years I was recently commissioned to write an article for the Guardian Weekend Magazine about Scandinavian design, so I thought I would share it with you here too. With an appetite for innovation and a new generation of talent, the Scandinavians are coming – again….
Confessions of a Design Geek
feature :: the law of jante
This article was published 12 yearsI’m sharing some of my favourite 2014 posts throughout December – this one was actually inspired by the interview with Petter that I shared on Tuesday… As I typed the pleasingly alliterative phrase ‘Danish design duo’ for the umpteenth time, it struck me how often…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: 100% norway
This article was published 13 years 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway celebrated its 10th anniversary this year – making it just one year younger than the London Design Festival itself. Longstanding curators Henrietta Thompson (London) and Benedicte Sunde (Oslo) came up with the concept “10 x 10” and invited 10 rising stars to…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: folklore
This article was published 14 years Folklore opened in Islington in May of this year and is already one of London’s top design destinations. It’s a space that induces calm sighs of satisfaction: design at its quiet, understated best. With the ethos that “better living is possible through design” there…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: 100% norway (LDF12)
This article was published 14 years 100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway was another highlight of London Design Festival – I’m a sucker for Scandinavian design! Now in its ninth year, it has been going almost as long as the festival itself. And it’s now in a shiny new venue, Dray Walk Gallery, just…