New Designers is an annual exhibition showcasing the work of recent graduates from design courses around the country. Everything from textiles, fashion, jewellery, product design, furniture, interior design and illustration are covered in the first week. It can be overwhelming so, as a long-term visitor, I tend to skim-view the displays, only stopping when something […]
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Traces at Fenton House, a National Trust property in Hampstead – 2 of 2
It almost became a game, not only learning the family’s story through documentation, but also spotting the contemporary interventions, way too many to list here. You could easily while away a half day poring over letters, looking through books and peering into cabinets in a densely conceived experience. Here is a shot of one of […]
Traces at Fenton House, a National Trust property in Hampstead – 1 of 2
Fenton House in Hampstead is a National Trust property in London. Walking up there doesn’t feel like being in a large city, especially on the foggy morning I visited. The occasion was to experience Lives, Loves and Loss, an immersive project by arts organisation Traces London involving artists, curators and designers exploring the lives of the […]
New work by N & N Wares
You’ll have seen work from Emma Jeffs both in her own name and with N & N Wares here before as well as on Instagram. The new work shown at Clerkenwell Design Week has really developed in terms of colour and the introduction of pleating. This piece below was my absolute favourite – the colouring is so sophisticated […]
Sculptural jewellery by Ute Decker
I first saw Ute Decker’s jewellery several years ago and featured it in a previous post back in 2010. She’s based at Cockpit Studios, one of the diminishing number of London havens for artists and makers. The sculpture was what first appealed to me; I only found out later about her commitment to the use of conflict-free and […]
Shelley James at Cockpit Studios
A maker I hadn’t met before showing at Cockpit was Shelley James and there was no way I couldn’t stop after seeing these glass pieces. The one below contains a poem, the strips of text legible according to the angle of the ball. You can see for yourself the connections to DNA, science, mathematics and music, all […]