Designersblock London 2010 location confirmed

July 20th, 2010

The Bargehouse

Bargehouse
Oxo Tower Wharf
Bargehouse Street
South Bank
London SE1 9PH

Designersblock London 2010 23rd – 26th September

Free online registration

The view from the OXO Tower


Bargehouse is owned and managed by Coin Street Community Builders

Opening times: Designersblock London 2010
23 – 26 September

Thursday 23rd – 10am – 8pm
Friday 10am 24th – 6pm
Saturday 10am 25th – 7pm
Sunday 10am 26th – 6pm

www.coinstreet.org

The London Design Festival

Matthew Plummer Fernandez for Bloomberg

July 29th, 2010

Designersblock friend Matthew Plummer Fernandez has recently completed this commission for the staff canteen in the Bloomberg building in Finsbury Square. Read the rest of this entry »

Go see

July 28th, 2010

97/99 Clerkenwell Road, London.
Open this week until Friday 30th July. 11am — 7pm
Do drop by if you are in the city, and spread the word
It’s the most well put together pop up shop i’ve seen and the content is superb.

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Cov Bodge is Go

July 9th, 2010

Sitting Firm Factory

Back in March 9 designers went to the forest. Bodging Milano took place in Clissets wood in Herefordshire in the workshop of Gudrun Leitz. Over 4 days using only hand tools, pole lathes, and traditional steam bending techniques, 9 unique pieces were created. We then exhibited the results at Designersblock in Milan to great acclaim. Quite a few people have told us that it was the best thing they saw in Milan this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Christina Biliouri Transensing

June 28th, 2010

Transensing by Christina Biliouri is a series of objects inspired by the idea of synesthesia. Each piece is designed to improve communication by using another sense to replace the one that has been impaired. Read the rest of this entry »

Monica Hernandez Room 0

June 23rd, 2010


It was lovely to visit Monica Hernandez at the St Martins degree show last week and see what she’d been up to. Read the rest of this entry »

Top Shop ILLUSTReight

June 9th, 2010

Natasha Ferro of Collective Not That Young

May 28th, 2010

Volcano problems

May 20th, 2010

Alvera

May 15th, 2010