My pick of what caught my eye.Every year a new crop of aspiring graduate designers make their way to the Business Design Centre in Angel, for New Designers. Competing individually and across univer...
NEW DESIGNERS 2011 WEEKS 1 & 2
My pick of what caught my eye.Every year a new crop of aspiring graduate designers make their way to the Business Design Centre in Angel, for New Designers. Competing individually and across unive...
Just a super quick review from Pulse London, featuring the Launchpad area. Pulse ran from Sunday 5th to Tuesday the 7th of June this year, and took up it’s usual residency at Earls Court, London. ...
Clerkenwell Design Week - 2011
Through the grey clouds and lashing rain CDW shone through! a The three day show returned to EC1, bigger and better than last year. Sprawling around and in the streets of Clerkenwell. (The name Cl...
From the 30th of April to the 8th of May 2011 (that is one long fair), was Grand Designs at Excel London, over in the old east London dock area. Grand designs live always has such potential, but...
Milan Furniture Fair 2011 - 3 of 3 - i Saloni Fiera
This year was the 50th Birthday of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Fiera Saloni; more than 2,700 companies exhibited. Founded in 1961, the fair was a driver of the Italian post-war design po...
Milan Furniture Fair 2011 - 2 of 3–In the City
Next venturing in to Milan's city centre, filled with grand buildings, designer brands and for one week only design instillations scattered all over. As a rough guide with where to go I clutched b...
Milan Furniture Fair 2011 Invite
Milan Furniture Fair is the most important fair in the Design Calendar. As you will have seen from previous years posts there is always so much to see and do. If you are in Milan from APRIL 12TH –1...
Shamefully late post of some Christmas markets and Pop-up shops I popped into before the frantic wrapping began. Even though Christmas has long gone and the evenings are gradually getting lighter I...
Apart from the London Design Festival there is always something creative and interesting to visit a tube journey away. Below are a few that I’ve visited over the last month or so; I always have my ...
London Design Festival 2010 – Instalment 4
Finally the last quarter of my LDF design blog. Apologies for posting this a month after the festival, hopefully it will be worth the wait, and not a disappointing 4th sequel , like the Saw movies...
London Design Festival 2010 – Instalment 3
What Kirsty Saw: You’ve passed the half way point, this is 3 of 4 for LDF, stay with me there is still interesting stuff to come. FRIDAY PM: Still in East London on my way to SCP, I visited Lee B...
London Design Festival 2010 - instalment 2
What Kirsty Saw: So sorry for the blog delay, but here finally is instalment 2; which includes Tent London and The Rocket Gallery: FRIDAY (DAY) : I decided to saunter around, no rush getting to T...
London Design Festival 2010 - instalment 1
What Kirsty saw: The London Design festival is always huge, and this is the first time since Purewhyte began that I am not exhibiting. Which is brilliant as I actually get to see the festival, not...
Culture Label's Xmas Press Day
Purewhyte is taking part in Culture Labels Christmas 2010 Press day on Weds 21st July at Beach Blanket Babylon. Press visitors will be the first to see their entirely new range, which has be...
Returning to the launchpad area of Pulse from the 5th-7th of June. It was great to have a free stand this year, after winning the Liberty Award for best newcomer the year before. As an ‘old pro’ i...
A little late as usual but here’s a quick round up of other fun and creative events, etc I’ve been up to! PICK ME UP at Summerset House, London. A graphic arts fair with a range of esta...
An Exhibitors view of the Milan Furniture Fair 2010
Yes it's been nearly a month and I still haven't posted these photos. Here are the highlights from an exhibitors limited perspective from the show; with long hours and not being able to venture to...
Hidden Art Milan 2010... the Fab 5
Milan 2010 was a great show and experience, apologies for the delay in posting updates. Below is a quick bio about each designer and the work they exhibited: Here the designers and Hidden Art te...
...AND THANK YOU! It has been a busy two weeks, with the Milan Furniture Fair and then trying to get back to the UK afterwards; thank you Eyjafjallajokull! I'll be updating this blog soon with hig...
Purewhyte would like to invite you to the Milan Furniture Fair from the 14th to 19th of April. Purewhyte will be launching three new products alongside four UK based independent manufacturers. ...
Next show in the Purewhyte Calendar – The Milan Furniture Fair 2010. I can’t believe only a year has passed since Purewhyte first exhibited at a design fair, back in April 2009 showing with Designe...
Maison et Objet Jan 2010 - Designers in detail
Below are a selection of my neighbours during Maison et Objet this January. We were all part of the BEDG stand in Hall 7A as part of theNOW! Design a Vivre exhibition. Peter Ibruegger with his ...
Purewhyte Collaborations It was a busy week as Maison et Objet was the same time as Birmingham interiors! As part of Designersblock’s Unite:d exhibition at Birmingham Interiors 2010, Purewhyte...