www.100percentdesign.co.uk, must attend event for all design savvy. Three day interior design focused event with lectures on sustainability, materials, futures topics etc... an interesting melange of events alongside up and coming designers and their creations, £10 if students register online before the 12th of September.
Processed. These re-appropriated pallets would have been a stroke of ingenuity at the Goldsmiths BA Design 3rd years 'Processed' exhibition on Brick lane given that the space was filled with a truck load of the splinter inflicting things supporting their works. This re-appropriation has been coined as 'product hacking', customising the existing and transforming into products suited to users individual needs, there's a plethora of great examples at www.designboom.com/contemporary/product_hacking.html, also www.studiomama.com, this is the Nina Tolstrup, the London based designers website behind the line of processed pallets.
So the final year is here and the project is reaching some point of clarity now praise the lord! My territory concerns the realm of food within environments that have suffered neglect and have been marginalised. It is my intent to find a way to penetrate and design within this sphere a motivating, enriching strategy, within my means of course.
Studying design at Goldsmiths, the final year has landed. The summer has been spent developing some good honest carpentry skills and working for a small furniture company over in the sunny climes of Deptford, &made. Lets see what happens!
