The Victoria & Albert Museum holds an amazing collection of works from across all fields within Design and the Visual Arts; and for the London Design Festival it is showing 12 installations across the site. I had a preview of the ...Read More

London Design Festival – V&A

There's an inherent honesty in the creation of these group of products. Pieces of wood held together with simple joinery; you can see exactly where one piece links with another, nothing hidden or disguised.  The use of traditional joinery skills ...Read More

Joint

I'm a little late in posting this due to travelling - about a week late and with little chance of winning but what the heck! The blog has been nominated for the Mydeco Design Democracy awards; and as part of the competition ...Read More

Vote

Marquetry has had a make over. Bold contemporary graphics have taken over from traditional classical forms to resurrect a craft that was in danger of disappearing. Laser cutting may have replaced the hand carved, but it still takes skilled craftsmen ...Read More

Marquetry

                Here are some beautiful products that give the illusion of floating. Perhaps the weight of the worlds problems feel a little too much, we'd like to float off or at least rise above them. Blown by Nendo Looking like bubbles about to ...Read More

Floating

                                                                                                                  Illustration on paper products and t-shirts we're used to, doodling on pieces in your home  is something we expect from a naughty toddler, but despite this association a number of women artists and designers have created a series of products and ...Read More

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