Stooping through a small door in a Kensington side street, I visited Understory, a small show during the London Design Festival whch showed recent work by Catherine Aitken, Eva Malschaert and Pia Wüstenberg. I first met Eva at her graduate show where I admired her interactive textile environments. She’s now working on modular room dividers designed for a domestic environment and using hand-dyed cotton tape for the subtlety of colour achieved.
One of Catherine’s texture wall pieces is in the background.
Pia Wüstenberg showed clusters of delicate paper lighting as well as wood and paper furniture. She’s particularly interested in combining disparate materials with, as far as I can see, happy results.
Her stacking vessels, not shown here, have been nominated for the Elle Decoration British Design Awards and she’ll show more work at Standpoint Gallery N1 in December. I’m looking forward to seeing more from these RCA graduates.
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