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Q&A with FranklinTill
Kate Franklin and Caroline Till, co-founders of design and research studio FranklinTill, discuss why “flash-in-the-pan seasonal trends” don’t cut the mustard.
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Highlights: London Design Fair
Occupying three floors of Shoreditch’s Old Truman Brewery, London Design Fair is the biggest of its kind. But what’s new?
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Creative Mentor Network: Q&A with Isabel Farchy
We talk to founder Isabel Farchy about Creative Mentor Network, which pairs A Level students from low-income communities with top creatives.
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Water: Q&A with Karl Toomey
As part of LDF show Water, Studio PSK and Karl Toomey imagine buildings for a frozen future
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Zetteler Clients at London Design Festival 2017
A rundown of Zetteler creatives taking part in this year’s London Design Festival. What are they doing and where can you find them?
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London Design Festival 2017: The Best Things Zetteler Don't Represent
No ifs, no buts, a list of what you NEED to see this London Design Festival.
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Crafts Council: The New Materiality
Opening at the inaugural Tresor Contemporary Craft Fair in Basel, The New Materiality is the Crafts Council’s showcase of seven boundary-pushing makers.
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Danny Sangra x Laboratory Perfumes
Danny Sangra’s hilarious and wonderfully strange film for Laboratory Perfumes has just been unveiled.
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Russian for Fish: What Makes a Perfect Architect?
Pereen d'Avoine discusses the core principles that drive her architecture practice, Russian for Fish.
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Monotype: The Recorder #5
The latest issue of Monotype’s biannual magazine spotlights Paula Scher, David Rudnick and Google’s Noto typeface.
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The Crafts Council: Q&A with Annie Warburton
The creative director of the Crafts Council on why craft plays such an important role in social, economic and cultural life.
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Urban Potters: Q&A with Katie Treggiden
Clay is making a comeback. Design journalist Katie Treggiden’s latest book explores the resurgence of pottery, with a focus on the new generation of urban makers in cities across the world.
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Water: An interview with Six:Thirty
Matteo Loglio and Six:Thirty have designed a network of floating buoys that generate poetry from local water conditions.
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The GOOD List #34
It might be September but this week’s GOOD list is brimming with summery goodness.
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Water: Q&A with Philipp Ronnenberg
Introducing Dryver, a cloud-shaped philanthropic robot developed by German designer Philipp Ronnenberg for LDF show Water
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Crafts Council: Woman’s Hour Craft Prize
We chat to Crafts Council creative director Annie Warburton about the inaugural Woman’s Hour Craft Prize, a celebration of making that explodes the definition of craft.
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Assembly: An Interview with Studio Proba
Alex Proba, a multi-disciplinary designer exhibiting as part of London Design Fair’s first ever US Pavilion, on why “New York kicks your butt, but also fuels creativity.”
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Q&A with Interaction Research Studio
As part of H2O-themed LDF show Water, Interaction Research Studio has developed a DIY underwater camera that can be constructed from household objects.
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Restoration Station at LDF: Q&A with Sheona Alexander
This September marks the first time that Restoration Station has staged a special project for London Design Festival. Sheona Alexander explains why it’s so significant.
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The GOOD List #33
FOUR. DAY. WEEK. Now if that isn’t a reason to smile, I don’t know what is. Here’s some GOOD news for extra good measure…
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Water: Q&A with Kirsi Enkovaara
Finnish designer Kirsi Enkovaara has developed a series of surface textures using water as an unseen component
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Material of the Year: Q&A with Zuza Mengham
At London Design Fair, Zuza Mengham presents a new series of sculptures made by mixing the Material of the Year Jesmonite with lichen
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Zetteler Films: Swedish Design Moves
A series of six films directed by Zetteler Films spotlights the people and practices behind some of Malmo’s most innovative design studios.
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Dutch Stuff: The Full Line-up
This September marks the first time that Dutch design will have a dedicated showcase at London Design Fair. We’ve rounded up the sprawling exhibition into bitesize chunks.
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Water: An interview with Simon Denzel
At LDF show Water designer Simon Denzel reveals The Fenster Farm, a solar-powered greenhouse that allows you to garden several storeys up.
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Thought Starters Podcast: Zetteler and Riposte
Sabine Zetteler and Danielle Pender discuss the joys and challenges of being at the helm of a creative business.
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The GOOD List #32
Shimmy your way into the weekend with a mighty dollop of GOOD news!
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Water: Q&A with Ola Mirecka
Ola Mirecka's Fontanna fuses ceramics and electronics, inviting visitors to LDF show Water to make a splash
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The Joy of Living: Q&A with Max Fraser
Max Fraser discusses the practicalities of rounding up over 150 of the world’s most celebrated designers to raise money for pioneering cancer charity Maggie’s
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Camille Walala’s Creative Marathon
This summer has already seen Camille Walala launch FOUR projects in various exotic locations across the world. The marathon culminates in London with a fifth: LDF Landmark Project Villa Walala.
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Styling Colour: Q&A with Kråkvik & D’Orazio
Oslo-based creative studio Kråkvik & D’Orazio share the secret to its ten year collaboration with Norwegian paint company Jotun.
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Tapping the Trend: Studio Ore’s Imperfect Craft
For years, the ‘perfect’ bathroom has been a spotless sanctuary of shining chrome, but the tide may be turning – and home-grown tap-maker Studio Ore is riding the crest of the wave…
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Russian for Fish: Chestnut Road
Award-winning architectural practice Russian for Fish expertly balances old and new in their extension of an Edwardian family home in South London
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Assembly: What to Expect
This year marks the first time that US design has had a collective presence at London Design Fair. Zetteler rounds up what will be on show
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Meet the Team: Amy Smith, Marketing Assistant
Amy is a woman of many talents. Not only does she juggle a million social media feeds (whilst drinking bucketloads of tea), but she also crafts pieces of jewellery out of gold, silver and precious stones.
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The GOOD List #31
This week’s helping of GOOD news includes teaching girls to swim in Tanzania, Restoration Station’s dreamy collaboration with Yinka Ilori and a Hackney street party with a difference.
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Water: An Interview with James Patmore
Using cutting-edge 3D drawing technology, James Patmore’s scribble-like lighting feature Cloud is inspired by water’s ability to change state from solid to liquid
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Water: Q&A with Unit Lab
As part of LDF show Water, London design studio Unit Lab has hacked household objects to harness the happy-making potential of the sea
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Bergen Børs: Q&A with Claesson Koivisto Rune
Claesson Koivisto Rune’s third project for De Bergenske transforms Bergen’s 19th Century stock exchange into a hotel that exudes modest luxury
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Jimmy MacDonald: London Design Fair
The founder of the London Design Festival's biggest trade fair discusses why content takes priority over brands and the importance of staying true to the event’s founding principles.
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Restoration Station: An Interview with Yinka Ilori
Zetteler catches up with designer Yinka Ilori ahead of his collaboration with Restoration Station for London Design Festival.
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Water: An interview with Andy Sheen
For LDF show Water, multidisciplinary designer Andy Sheen has created a lighting installation powered by the kinetic force of a waterfall.
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The GOOD List #30
Supper clubs, street art and a bunch of minimalist principles for good measure: it’s this week’s GOOD news.
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Assembly: Q&A with Chen Chen & Kai Williams
From soaking spandex netting in resin with floor scraps to making luxury bookends from stone yard rejects and fine-grain concrete, New York designers Chen Chen & Kai Williams don’t let anything go to waste.
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Water: Q&A with Dean Brown
We chat to designer Dean Brown about aquatic optics and designing reflections for upcoming LDF show Water at Peckham’s Copeland Gallery
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PATTERNITY Present: A Day of Gratitude at Ace Hotel
PATTERNITY is to host a day-long creativity and wellness event in celebration of its new book, Be Great Be Grateful.
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The GOOD List #29
Ignoring emails, nosing in artists’ studios and glimpsing murals from the 106 bus: it’s been a busy week for GOOD news.
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Water: An interview with Fernando Laposse
Designer Fernando Laposse chats to us about Mining Lamp, an alchemic invention for upcoming group show Water.
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