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...
It's that time of year again. When graduates emerged from their studios and workshops; rubbing their eyes from sleep deprivation and get dressed up for the starkly lit graduates show spaces. I alw...
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–Copenhagen
I love all things Scandinavian (apart from the pickled herring) especially one if my best friends Rebecca, half of the Green Suitcase in Copenhagen.So a catch up weekend sprinkled with creativity ...
Clerkenwell design week grows from strength to strength year on year. Due to my Far East adventures last year I missed CDW12 but I was glad to see some familiar faces plus some new designers/brand...
Milan Furniture Fair 2013 - Kirstys Top 20
At the Milan Furniture Fair there is such a diverse breadth of work exhibited, from handmade, conceptual, mass production, high end and graduate its hard to take to take it all in. Eventually over...
Milan Furniture Fair 2013 – Trends
The Milan Furniture Fair is the highlight in the Furniture design calendar. With the immense Salone sprawling 24 Halls, Ventura Lambrate, Tortona area, furniture showrooms and also independent eve...
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...
On a sub zero early Friday morning I made my way on the Eurostar to Paris to check out new trends and talent at Maison et Objet. With under 3 days to cover all 8 halls and see some of the design...
Still a fledgling in the tradeshow calendar Home at Earls Court London offers a contemporary mix of small-medium established companies to recent graduates. Perfect for finding unusual designs to ...
Working within a small creative team at Made.com gives me to opportunity to explore creative avenues I haven’t before. For AW12 we had a new textiles manufacturer where I selected up and coming tex...
Travelling is an inescapable necessary evil in the product and furniture world. Visiting factories around the world comes hand in hand with design, development and manufacture. It may sound like ...
On a sunny Sunday afternoon I sauntered to the Lord Cricket ground from my newly moved into flat. Not to see men running up and down some grass in white but to the most recent Mid Century Modern s...
London Design Festival 2012, Part 3 of 3.
Part 3 of 3: Tent, Superbrands, Decorex, Creativeworks . Design week was nearly over, so on the closing Saturday I tried to squeeze in a few more events; which lead me east to the partnered Tent a...
London Design Festival 2012, Part 2 of 3.
Part 2 of 3: 100% Design and Designjunction. 100% design has always been one of the largest exhibitions that is part of LDF, but in past years the curation has waned and so has the visitor enthusi...
London Design Festival 2012, Part 1 of 3.
1 of 3 V&A, The Dock, Top Drawer and Made.com My time of living is China has come to an end with many exciting opportunities coaxing us back to the UK, but this is not the last of my Chinese b...
…What a picture. Allot of my recent blog posts have been focused on China, there is such a huge selection of things I want to post about, there may not be enough time! I thought the design/creativ...
Safety First! Health and safety what's that? Would be the reply here in China. I know in the West, we've gone a bit crazy on the health and safety front, but some precautionary steps are always a ...
Obviously the Chinese and English language are poles apart. In structure, pronunciation and of course how it looks on paper.Saying that I'm frequently surprised by local Chinese trying out their E...