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Recycled Pendant Lamps by Kelly Caruso
Designer Kelly Caruso is a recent grad with a degree in Furniture Design and Woodworking but it's her Recycled Pendant Lamps that really caught our attention. What began with a grant from her college to study "the application of recycled material in furniture design", led her down the path that she's now on and it's a good one.
London Design Festival 2012: Designers in Residence at designjunction
One of the highlights of designjunction was the Designers in Residence stand. Designers in Residence is a Northumbria University scheme for graduates that provides workspace, equipment and mentoring to selected alumni of the BA(hons) 3D Design course there. Graduates use the program to develop their professional practice before fully going it alone - and get the opportunity to exhibit at places like designjunction.
London Design Festival 2012: 100% Norway
100% Norway turned nine this year, making it only a year younger than the London Design Festival itself. To celebrate, it moved to a shiny new venue, Dray Walk Gallery, just around the corner from Tent. The light-filled space was a perfect backdrop for the cool understated Scandinavian design. It was designed by Amy Hunting and Oscar Narud; described by curator Henrietta Thompson as "two of the most innovative and capable young Norwegian designers in London."
London Design Festival 2012: David Irwin
If there was a "man of the match" for the London Design Festival, I think David Irwin would be it - his name just seemed to pop up everywhere. He had his own stand within 100% Design's Emerging Designers section and his products also featured on Deadgood's stand and on the Designers In Residence stand at designjunction. Everywhere I turned - there he was, and with good reason. His products are gorgeous!
LYHTY Lighted Indoor/Outdoor Tent by Erkko Aarti
Helsinki-based designer Erkko Aarti came up with a way to beat the long, dark months that last throughout the winter in Finland. It's called LYHTY - a tent-like space that can be placed in public spaces or even somewhere in your house. The structure has light built into the frame to make the inside (and the outside) glow.
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London Design Festival 2012: 100% Design Interiors
All eyes were on 100% Design at this year's London Design Festival. Under new ownership and with a new director, the hype had begun months previously and continued right up to the moment we entered the rather spectacular entrance, designed by London agency Shaw + Skirm. In its 18th year, this predominantly trade show seems to have found its feet again. Here are our top picks from the Interiors Section.
London Design Festival 2012: designjunction
designjunction was one of the most exciting shows of London Design Festival. The venue alone was enough to look forward to. Built in the 1960s by the Ministry of Works as a Royal Mail Sorting Office, it became largest in the UK in the 90s before closing down. Since then it has been used for everything from an illegal rave in October 2010, to an Alexander McQueen fashion show earlier this year. The design had a lot to live up to. Luckily it didn't disappoint.
London Design Festival 2012: designersblock Highlights
With queues around the block for the opening night party, designersblock was set to be hit from the beginning. And, it didn't disappoint. Known for their use of interesting spaces (they were in the Familoe Building last year), this year's venue was the Southbank Centre's Festival Village - a space that's never been open to the public before; it's usually used as a green room for performing artists.
Furniture Inspired by Your Socks by Greg Papove
Vancouver-based designer Greg Papove has created a collection of furniture that was inspired by your everyday socks and the stories they have to tell. Socks + Furniture is a coffee table, floor lamp, and sofa that challenge one to take a second look at the mundane and not to overlook the simple things in life.