Namon Gaston
In 2018, Design Exhibition Scotland debuted the Oxbow Lounge Chair. A collaboration between designer maker, Namon Gaston and master upholster, Peter Holmes. They had previously worked together on projects however the Oxbow was their first collaborative design project. The process enabled Gaston and Holmes to push and pull ideas and possibilities from the outset, shaping and informing a new structural form that unites highly considered design with the sculptural presence of upholstery. In early 2019, the Oxbow was awarded the […]
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Andreu Carrula
RR201 is the result of an innovative project commissioned by El Celler de Can Roca, a world-celebrated restaurant in Girona, Catalonia. Roca Recicla, (Roca Recycles) is their ambitious project to become a zero-waste restaurant with the slogan Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle. Every day El Celler de Can Roca receives 6 boxes of fresh fish, delivered in white polystyrene boxes. On considering how these transportation boxes, which are notoriously difficult to recycle, could be reused, […]
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Mirrl
The trestle table, a long-time furniture staple, has been reinvigorated by Mirrl. Their new trestle table champions durability and versatility. Double-sided, it features two different Mirrl colourways, enabling it to be flipped to both afford different uses and change the mood of any room. It is collapsible, so can be easily dismantled and placed flat against a wall. The trestle legs can be stacked or used for further table tops. The double-sided Mirrl trestle table can be produced in various sizes, heights and colourways. Mirrl is […]
Read onJames McLardy | DES 2019
James McLardy presents a further exploratory instalment of In the Grip, a series of new works he first showed at Design Exhibition Scotland 2018. Using hand-crafted elements combined with bespoke manufactured materials, these new objects are made from lacquered sculpted wooden forms slung together with natural rubber sheeting. The beige-coloured rubber was first developed in the 1950’s by the Italian company, Pirelli, as upholstery webbing for mid-century furniture. McLardy sources the rubber from a small […]
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Derek Welsh
Talking Time is a new collection of handcrafted furniture by Derek Welsh. Referencing time and the time it takes to craft and to make decisions and revisions about materials, form and function, Welsh sees the collection as a celebration of both perfection and imperfection of the handmade and of time itself. As a child Welsh remembers seeing his grandfather weaving: the methodical process of weaving the warp and weft and the time it took. Using Danish […]
Read onKate Morgan
In ‘A Bench for The Universal Holding Device’ Kate Morgan explores ideas of functionality, gesture, and the decorative. Integral to the bench is Morgan’s ‘Universal Holding Device’. Comprising two baton-like brass bars which can either sit in the aperture at the centre of the bench or be placed one at each end where they become functioning handles. The handles – brass was once the go-to material for furniture handles and door knobs – both signpost and invite potential sitters to engage in the physical act […]
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Claire Barclay & Laura Spring
This is Claire Barclay and Laura Spring’s first collaboration. Fuelled by their shared interest in historic Scandinavian craft and design, both have undertaken independent research trips to Sweden and Finland. Recently Spring spent time in Finland researching weaving and tufting techniques that has led to the incorporation of Ryijy, a wool knotting process and design inspired by täkänä processes within their work. Täkänä is an ancient Finnish weaving technique with the earliest täkänäs being recorded in […]
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Laura Aldridge & James Rigler
In 2019, Design Exhibition Scotland commissioned three prototype drinking fountains. Once a common sight in Britain’s towns and cities – many were manufactured by Walter Macfarlane Ltd at the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow and Greyfriars Bobby from the 1870s, in Edinburgh’s Old Town was originally conceived as a drinking fountain for both humans and dogs. These […]
Read onAlice Jacobs
Following on from her Utility Stacker chairs, shown at DES 2018, and part of her ongoing Ply-Works collection launched in 2017, Alice Jacobs exhibits furniture commissioned and recently installed at Craigbank primary school, Alloa. The commission was the result of an earlier project initiated by Architecture & Design Scotland. On seeing her work at DES 2018, A&DS invited Jacobs to tender for a project with East Renfrewshire Council: to design innovative and creative furniture for Our Lady of the Missions primary school in Thornliebank. […]
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Adam Nathaniel Furman & Mirrl
Adam Nathaniel Furman’s practice spans architecture and interiors, sculpture, installation, writing and product design. He explores ideas and possibilities through his studio ‘Productive Exuberance’ at Central St Martins, and the Research Group ‘Saturated Space’ which he runs at the Architectural Association, London. Furman was Designer in Residence at the Design Museum, London between 2013-14, received […]
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