New Designers 2 – One Year On

Here is very different work from two of last year’s graduates. Danny Duquemin-Sheil of DDQ Design is now based in Newcastle but studied at Nottingham and his concerns include precision craftsmanship as well as our industrial heritage. He’s certainly in the right part of the country for that. He showed bags from former builders’ sacks which I have […]

These two are both from Edinburgh. Spyros Kizis showed a thoughtful project to develop a useable material from artichoke thistles and resin produced from waste cooking oil, both readily available resources from Greece, his home. His idea is to use agricultural activity in conjunction with design and manufacturing to produce locally sourced products and encourage self-reliance as the country seeks to rebuild. […]

Part 2 of New Designers included furniture and product design, interior & set design as well as illustration. Here are a couple of things I picked out, both from Northumbria University. Interesting for me that the same college’s students pop up even from different courses on different stands. It happened as last week without me even realising till I […]

As ever, these postings represent but a fraction of what I see. I was able to talk to both makers featured here which also means more photos. Yay! Both graduates are mature students (another coincidence), demonstrating that changing direction in life will always bring something joyfully unexpected. Nigel Matthews graduated from Staffordshire University. He became interested in the now […]

As my last post might have seemed a bit limited with only printers, here are a couple of other selections – fewer images as I didn’t get to speak to them at the show and don’t take pictures at stands without permission: Bucks College showed another strong collection of students (lots of lush prints). Clara Malonda presented knitted textiles including this […]