Landfill Editions

With a selection of textiles, drawings, paintings, ceramics and prints, Landfill Editions once again showcase their work at Pick Me Up, which is back at Somerset House this year.

Moonlight Sonata, Kane Cali; Module from 2D to 3D, Camille Flammarion

Paradise is the title of the Royal College of Art’s exhibition at this year’s Milan Design Week, held April 17-22 2012. Organised as in previous editions by the college’s Design Products department, this year, for the first time, the RCA exhibition will include work from over 80 students and recent graduates across the college’s courses, including Animation, Architecture, Ceramics & Glass, Design Interactions, Design Products, Fine Art, Innovation Design Engineering, Textiles and Visual Communication.

Cutting tool & rye bread cakes inspired by writer Þórbergur Þórðarson, Designers and Farmers

ARTS THREAD takes a look at the exhibitions and events coming up at DesignMarch, Reykjavik from March 22- 25 2012.

Interwoven Objects: Experiments in Being a Designer, Thick Bark

Currently exhibiting at the Artists House in Tel Aviv, Interwoven Objects: Experiments in Being a Designer is the result of an intense collaboration of work between designers Yoav Reches, Noam Dover and Michal Cederbaum.

Camilla Barnard

ARTS THREAD and Designersblock teamed up once again to bring you some of the best and brightest emerging design talents, this time at Interiors UK, Birmingham. From our Call for Entries, we selected six unique creatives from the realms of illustration, ceramics, product design and textiles.

Kerry Peterson

‘Slip below’, the title of RMIT’s Ceramics Graduate Exhibition is a play on words: “To slip down might have a hint of slapstick about it, and even a fear of hurting oneself in the process, however in all seriousness this invitation is merely encouraging you to slip down to the ceramics studio in the basement of building 4 at RMIT university.”

Camouflage, Simone Perrotte

The annual Work in Progress exhibition at the Royal College of Art, London, included some fine new work from the students of Ceramics & Glass.

Sian Zeng, 'Magnetic Wallpaper'

While some of you might have headed to the high street for your Christmas shopping last weekend, ARTS THREAD were scouting for one-of-a-kind handmade gifts at Cockpit Arts’ Christmas Open Studios. Now in it’s 25th year, the award winning Social Enterprise and ‘creative business incubator’ for designer makers opened it’s Holborn studio doors to the public for three days, and will be doing the same at the Deptford studios this weekend.

Zanzibar, Kirsty Fraser, Edinburgh College of Art

PSFK’s Top Ten Creatives of the Week chosen from ARTS THREAD’s graduate portfolios: 10 new talents from the world of ceramics, jewellery and glass. Read more

Helen Stevens, 'SurfacePhilia'

Surface Designer and Illustrator Helen Stevens, founder of design brand SurfacePhilia recently launched her gorgeous ‘Navajo’ wallpaper range at Tent London. The range holds five distinctive designs which draw inspiration from American bird types, feathers and the patterns found within Native-American jewellery. ARTS THREAD caught up with Helen to talk about her career, university days and future plans for SurfacePhilia.