Every year in the deepest depths of the Kent countryside designers, creatives and like-minded individuals receive a coveted ticket to the "Make Party". After making it through the Tarmac nightmare...
New Designers | 2015 | Designer of the Year Award
New designers; the annual platform from design graduates from all over the UK from a huge spectrum of courses. 2015 was the 30th anniversary of the exhibition. With a long list of successful alu...
Maison et Objet | Cologne | January 2015 | Trends
With the Cologne Fair and Maison et Objet right at the beginning of the year, this was a perfect opportunity to walk off the added wait of Christmas! With many design halls to cover and trends to s...
The Final leg of the LDF 14 marathon was East, with such a huge amount of independent exhibitions I had to be ruthless with my time and shoe leather. Below are my top 20 picks from Eastside. Ten...
June 11th 2014 was the launch night for the new showroom of YOO Home at Harrods. The launch was after hours; so guests were directed up the floors to the exclusive space, which had more of party v...
I have a small batch of ARRAY BOWLS available to buy directly from kirstywhyte.com. These items were previously available via Paperchase when they were licensed by Arevalo, and I have a small numbe...
On a bright but chilly Friday morning a group of welly clad Londoners consisting of UK journalists, bloggers and the Heal's furniture team gathered outside Heals HQ. Ready for a woodland adventure ...
London Design Festival 2013 - 3/4
Emerging Talent AwardsI love searching out new designers, trends and materials at Graduate shows; so I was very excited to be able to curate MADE's first Emerging Talent Awards (ETA's) you may spo...
London Design Festival 2013 - 2/4
Two days in to LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL (LDF) 2013 and this year I wasn't exhibiting anything personally at 100% Design; but that didn't mean I escaped the stress setting up a display and covering m...
London Design Festival 2013 – 1/4
The London Design Festival was my first stop after returning from China a year ago.12 months have flown by; but it's great to see how companies and designers have developed fresh new designs to ex...
As the last bank holiday of the year came and went; I consoled myself with a few days away in historic Bath. But it had more on offer than just 60AD Roman plumbing! First obligatory stop the merk...
Being stuck behind a computer screen is all very well but when ever I get the chance to escape to the real world, I jump at it (all be it with smartphone in hand). As well as working on in-house d...
Weekend Meanderings – Brick Lane
Despite being able to catch a cold in April, I decided to venture out and make the most of the blue sky. By going East side to my much loved London Markets; which I really missed in China and am s...
Escaping the great British ‘Spring’ wasn’t going to be an option this Easter weekend, so escaping London would have to do.With a trade of accommodation in turn for some help with child entertainin...
Introducing - Ready Wall Hook for Normann Copenhagen
As you may have seen on my website product pages and Facebook page; 2013 kicked off brilliantly with the launch of my Ready Wall Hook for Danish design brand Normann Copenhagen. They launched ‘Re...
Studio Visit - Steuart Padwick
I'm frequently abroad with work visiting suppliers and factories and every once and a while I get to venture a little closer to home. Last week I had the opportunity to catch up with Steu...
Happy 2012 and welcome year of the dragon! So this is my snazzy new look website and blog. My new blog posts will now continue on the 'Blog' bit of my website. This is so I can update you all qui...
A Very Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year!
2011 was a busy and exciting year: With Array Fruit Bowls being launched by Aarevalo and retailing in Paperchase. Modus Furniture launching the Drew range, which made its debut as part of...
PLEASE VOTE FOR MY DESIGNS ON MADE.COM!
Two of my products have been selected to be included in the VOTE page of the new home brand MADE.COM. Made offer handpicked pieces from designers all around the world. The designs are then added t...
As you will have read in my previous post Hidden Art are in danger of closing down. The HA team suggested writing to the Mayor of London; so that’s what I did. Amazingly I received a reply, altho...
Since designing fulltime and launching Purewhyte in 2008 I became a member of Hidden Art; from then onwards they have been a vital supporter and source of advice and opportunities for me. From rel...
Array Bowl Launch at Top Drawer
Just to update you on some very exciting news: The launch of the Array Bowl and new Array Tea light Holder, which can be seen at: AAREVALO Stand B46 in the HOME section at Top Drawer Autumn. Wh...
Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture!
What a photograph... One day photographic studio in my London Flat! It's not normally this tidy! A HUGE thank you to Alison Tanner who succumbed to my pathetic puppy dog eyes and empty pockets...