Set up by the Spitalfields Crypt Trust, Restoration Station is a non-profit social initiative that uses design and making as a tool to help people recover from addiction and re-engage with the world of creative work. Participants in the programme are trained in woodworking and the restoration of vintage furniture – much of it donated – at the enterprise’s studio at the New Hanbury Project, where they also receive specialist instruction from local craftspeople. Every Thursday and Friday, Restoration Station’s workshop on Shoreditch High Street opens to sell beautifully restored 20th-century pieces – including antique furniture, tools, ceramics and toys. The workshop is also available for commission – Restoration Station’s work can already be found in cafés, restaurants and shops throughout the local area.
A behind the scenes look at social enterprise Restoration Station’s colour-saturated collaboration with designer Yinka Ilori.
Zetteler clients received a lot of love this London Design Festival. Here’s the very best of the press coverage to come from the UK and beyond.
The best bits from Restoration Station’s one-of-a-kind collaboration with Yinka Ilori.
Shoreditch-based social enterprise Restoration Station proves it is fit for royalty with a visit from the future king.
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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.
Zetteler catches up with Restoration Station to see how its extended opening hours are helping build a fanbase.
Yinka Ilori's technicoloured collaboration with Restoration Station graces the pages of Architectural Digest.
Breathing new life into forgotten furniture Yinka Ilori and Restoration Station are spotlit in Architectural Digest.
Yinka Ilori’s colourful LDF collaboration with social enterprise Restoration Station features on Dezeen.
Wallpaper* includes Restoration Station in its round-up of "unmissable" London Design Festival highlights.
Creative Review showcases Yinka Ilori’s colourful collaboration with Restoration Station for LDF 2017.
