Tent Digital; Michael Eden, Lab Craft
September 23-26 sees Tent: London take over the Truman Brewery for its multi-faceted design show. ARTS THREAD previews the event and picks out some of the talents to visit.
Tent London: Preview
Upcoming designers in Ceramics and Glass at 100% Design London, LDF
Melted Lights, Marie Retpen; Kaspa ceiling lights, Ilsa Parry
ARTS THREAD looks back at new ceramic and glass designers from 100% Design held this autumn in London.
Marie Retpen is from Denmark and specialises in blown glass. Marie graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2008 and for this autumn’s show brought her new Melted Lights. Due to the technique applied, each light is unique in the way the folds form at the rim of the light. The light comes in black, blue or can be coloured to order.
RugMark Rug Design winners, 100% Design
Amy Long at RugMark Rehabilitation Centre, Nepal; The Beat of the East moodboard
RugMark brought the winners of its annual Rug Design competition to 100% Design again this year. The winner, Amy Long, a Textile Design student from Loughborough University, created an abstract geometric pattern in graduated purple and blue tones. The competition sets out to inspire the creative talents of young designers and to raise awareness among design students of the child labour issues within the rug industry.
The 2010 competition brief is set to be announced next month and we will be posting it onto the ARTS THREAD competition section as soon as it arrives.
Family by Cham, CSM Ceramics students, for Few and Far, LDF
Family by Cham, Few and Far
As part of the recent London Design Festival, the upmarket lifestyle store Few and Far presented a limited edition collection of hand-produced ceramic pieces produced by 2nd year Central Saint Martins ceramic students. Entitled ‘The Family,’ the five vessels are sold exclusively through the South Kensington store.
Robin Grasby, 100% Design
Robin Grasby, Homework
New Designer’s prize winner Robin Grasby won a complementary stand at this September’s 100% Design, where he showed his flexible office/studio desk Homework and Bench lounger. Graduating in 2009 with first class honours in 3D Design: Furniture and Product from Northumbria University, Robin Grasby aims to create rational, enduring, functional furniture for mass production.
Kyu-Seon Lee, 100% Design
Chandelier and Lamp Stencils, Kyu-Seon Lee, 100% Design
Kyu-Seon Lee graduated this year with an MA in Textile Design from the Royal College of Art and at 100% Design he showcased his graduate conceptual piece, Secret Links that visualises social networking sites, as well as his stencils for which he won the Crown Project this year with his elegant chandelier.
Northumbria University, 100% Design
Calendars, Philip Luscombe, Northumbria University, 100% Design
At the recent 100% Design, Northumbria University’s School of Design had a stand promoting new work by its Designers in Residence, as well as a selection of work by 2009 graduates on the 3D Design: Furniture and Product course.
Jung Myung Taek, Tent London
Eight Edge Drawers, Ducking Lounge Chair, Jung Myung Taek
We spotted Korean born designer Jung Myung Taek’s ‘Contemporary Art Furniture’ at Tent London last month. Working from his studio in Seoul, Korea, Myung Taek has a strong, quirky and individual style. We particularly liked the surreal, visually intriguing elements in his work.
The New English, 100% Design
Inkhead, Florian Hutter, The New English
The New English was exhibiting its exciting new brand at 100% Design recently. The company’s portfolio collection is partly commercial and partly a collaboration with the MA Ceramic Programme at Staffordshire University.
Ikuko Iwamoto & IKIK, Tent London
IKIK, Tent London
We are long-standing fans of multi-award winning Ikuko Iwamoto’s beautiful work. She creates ceramics with soul. Something of an obsessive perfectionist, Japanese born Ikuko personally hand crafts everything herself in her tiny studio in Clerkenwell, London.
Claire Coles, Tent London
Claire Coles, Tent London
The talented Claire Coles caught our eye at Tent London. Her work encompasses illustration, embroidery, ceramics, bespoke wall coverings and accessories. She has had considerable commercial success so far in her career, and has attracted commissions from Liberty, Oasis, Ted Baker and Blooming Marvellous.
LDF: Zoe Murphy, Tent London
Zoe Murphy, Tent London
Just a year out of university, Zoe Murphy is already enjoying great success. She is working really hard to keep pace with demand for her lovely, colourful furniture and textiles.
LDF: Corita Rose, Tent London
Corita Rose, Tent London
Last week at Tent London ARTS THREAD was completely smitten with the joyful blast of colour courtesy of Corita Rose. This small company, based in Dorset, was set up in 2008 by Caroline Ritchie and showcases her textile design talent as a recent MA textiles graduate from Bath Spa University.
Bricolage, Tent London
Bricolage, Tent London
New design collective Bricolage caught our eye at Tent London. Five talented textile designers, all recent-years graduates from Chelsea College of Art & Design, showcased their work together – creating a strong complementary mood. Their modern styling has a warm retro ‘50’s vibe which should be a sure-fire hit.
LDF: Talent Zone, Tent London
Talent Zone; Zaza chair, Omri Barzeev
The Talent Zone at Tent London design show featured the work of ten graduates from universities and colleges in Europe and beyond. The ten were chosen by Tent London and the online store mydeco and given space at the event. The three lucky winners, chosen on October 7, get the opportunity to showcase their work to Terence Conran and Philippe Starck from the mydeco design board.
LDF: Lee Walsh, Tent London
Tulip & Frame tables, Lee Walsh, Tent London
ARTS THREAD caught up with young furniture designer, Lee Walsh at Tent London. We first spotted Lee at New Designers last year, as a graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University and, since then, he has been developing a new range of super-modern pieces with a distinct, futuristic handwriting, which he showed for the first time at Tent.
[Re]design Project: ‘Doing it for the Kids’, 100% Design
Doing it for the Kids; Up-Cycled Frisbees, Future Industries
Now in their fourth year of exhibiting at 100% Design, with sustainable innovative design at the forefront once again, the [Re]design team did not fail to disappoint. They had invited a team of likeminded makers and designers along to contribute to their interactive stand, tackling the issue of sustainable play design for kids.
Boex, Tent London
Pencil Bench; Turn Stool, Boex
ARTS THREAD was drawn to the great mix of simplicity and quirkiness of design company Boex. Based in Cornwall and run by twin brothers Sam and Will Boex, their Pencil Bench from 2007 still looks fresh and fun – rightly drawing stacks of praise and being featured widely in the design press. Their new products include their beautiful ‘Easy Willow’ chair, and the ‘Turn Stool’ which mixes a warm traditionally turned ash seat with cool powder coated steel legs.
emerge: graphic design graduate showcase: LDF
emerge; London Poster Ruth Pearson
Set up to support recent graphic design graduates, emerge created an exhibition of the work of 22 designers as part of London Design Festival at the Rich Mix centre in East London.
LDF: This is what we call product design…CSM
This is what we call product design...Sebastian Bergne; Martin Bone
During London Design Festival, the Charing Cross windows of Central Saint Martins showcased the work of alumni from the Product Design course – the UK’s oldest course in the subject, starting from 1938.
LDF: The Wallpaper* Chair Arch
The Wallpaper* Chair Arch, V&A
The Wallpaper* Chair Arch can be found in the gardens of the V&A museum during the London Design Festival (September 19-27). Designed by Martin Gamper using Ercol chairs, the arch is a modern take on the tradition of improvised public sculpture popular in the Victorian era, where local materials were used to create an arch celebrating local industry.
LDF: The Papered Parlour
The Papered Parlour
ARTS THREAD was in Clapham on Saturday to check out the ‘Come across Stitch’ intervention – popping in to the Papered Parlour, for a welcome cup of tea and a rather fabulous cake.
Artist Hannah Hull was out and about creating a stir in the outdoor environment – we spotted her giant bunting adorning a building on The Pavement in near Clapham Common. With the sun shining, the cheery vibe continued inside the Papered Parlour where selected artists, illustrators and craftspeople were showing and selling their work.
The Tournament, London Design Festival
The Tournament, London Design Festival
The Tournament is a five-day installation by Spanish Designer Jamie Hayón, a giant chess game with 32 unique ceramic pieces inspired by English culture, monarchy and the city of London.
LDF: Giles Miller…a pop-up shop
Giles Miller at Kingly Court pop-up shop
Words: Joyce Thornton
Arts Thread joined young product designer Giles Miller and friends at the opening of his new ‘pop-up shop’ at Kingly Court on London’s Carnaby Street last night. Miller has wasted no time since graduating with an MA from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in June. As well as showcasing his own work, this venture is his first foray into pulling together work of other designers, creating a vibrant, quirky interior space.
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