This article was published 10 years Rejecting mass production methods, Norfolk based designer-maker Andrew Cunningham has designed a collection of home accessories created entirely from reclaimed and sustainably managed English and tropical hardwood offcuts that larger companies can’t use. “Function is a major feature of my designs as well as a clean uncluttered…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
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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interview :: studio haran
This article was published 10 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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interview :: jack mcguiness
This article was published 11 years What’s the most important thing to know about you? I’m all about trees, trees and all the interdependent ecosystem that surrounds them. I’m not sure if that’s the most important thing about me, but it’s certainly up there. Why does social, environmental 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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Shops close their doors for 'Black Friday'
This article was published 11 years As sustainable brands close their doors for Black Friday, artist and designer Sarah Hamilton encourages to you to buy ‘just a card’. Vitsœ has closed its doors for Black Friday – an American import which sees shops slash prices the day after Thanksgiving. “We…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Shops close their doors for ‘Black Friday’
This article was published 11 years As sustainable brands close their doors for Black Friday, artist and designer Sarah Hamilton encourages to you to buy ‘just a card’. Vitsœ has closed its doors for Black Friday – an American import which sees shops slash prices the day after Thanksgiving. “We…
Confessions of a Design Geek
Desso showcases best design graduates of 2015
This article was published 11 years Clerkenwell contract carpet showroom Desso is showing Best In Class, a exhibition of the best design graduates of 2015, curated by confessions of a design geek editor Katie Treggiden, for the second consecutive year. Katie selected the work of five designers or design teams from…
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out and about :: 19 greek street, LDF14
This article was published 12 years I have never made it to 19 Greek Street during London Design Festival before, so I was determined to fit it in this year, and I’m so glad I did. With the strapline “advancement, integrity and good taste” the Soho townhouse is painted entirely…
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design for good :: bee blocks
This article was published 12 years I love Cornish design studio Green and Blue‘s bee blocks, launched at Home London in January and designed and handmade in the UK. Designer Gavin Christman says, “Inspired by solitary bees’ use of holes in old walls for laying their eggs, we’ve created a…
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out and about :: rechargeables
This article was published 13 years “Free” is a word that comes up a lot when you talk to Babke Dekker about Rechargebales, the project she initiated with Jonathan Hofmeijer and Dries van Wagenberg, when they were offered some space for “free” during Dutch Design Week. The combination of low cost…
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creative spaces :: sebastian cox
This article was published 13 years I met Sebastian Cox at Tent London and was so moved by his passion for the material he works with that I had to feature his woodland studio on creative spaces at the first possible opportunity. He says: “I am so in love with…
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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…