This event just keeps growing; I feel as if I’m looking at things non-stop – actually I am – and it carries on through till next week. Wednesday night was the Designerblock private view and I spotted cabinet maker John Galvin‘s work from across the room. To begin with I wasn’t sure what this slab […]
London Design Festival – John Galvin at Designersblock
Open House Weekend – the first passivhaus retrofit conversion
One of the buildings I visited last weekend was the almost finished Mayville Community Centre in Islington. Originally a machine shed for the London tram system built in about 1890, it became a community centre in the 1970’s and was looking very tired. The refurbishment has brought light into the building and released 35% more […]
Flux at Maison & Objet
Flux Stoke-on-Trent was established in 2010 as a new brand offering work by designers from the MA Ceramic Design course with the manufacturing capability of Stoke-on-Trent , the traditional ceramic region in the UK. Staffordshire pottery was distinguished by cobalt blue, a tradition retained and updated here for the 21st century. The contemporary designs are […]
Maison & Objet Paris – Ella Doran
Just back from Maison & Objet which closes today. It seems to grow ever-larger or maybe my feet give in more easily these days: phew! I bumped into Ella Doran whilst walking the aisles in Hall 6 and she told me about the development of their bespoke service as well as their new wallpapers. Here […]
British design – Re-worked with coffee
As they say on their site, Re-worked is a non profit industrial design and product manufacturing company that invests in green technology and social enterprise. What caught my eye was their composite board made from recycled HIPS (high impact polystyrene) and coffee grounds. All sourced and made in the UK, this material, Çurface, is water […]
London Design Festival – Open House London
Although not officially part of the London Design Festival, Open House celebrates buildings or parts of buildings which we wouldn’t normally be able to visit. These include such iconic institutions such as The Bank of England, Lloyds of London and BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir to The Redundant Architects Recreation Association. Every London borough has something […]