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Russo Lee, Chefas Projects, ILY2, and Parallax are mounting end-of-year group shows that showcase an absurd range of talent.
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Russo Lee, Chefas Projects, ILY2, and Parallax are mounting end-of-year group shows that showcase an absurd range of talent.
Metro newspapers and Thames debris were used to form this collection of London-centric products, created by local designers as part of Atelier100 at LDF.
Exploring the notion of ‘care’, the museum’s Designers in Residence have tackled mental health, empathy, microbes and traditional craft This year’s showcase of the Designers in Residence, an annual programme at London’s Design Museum supporting emerging designers, has gone online. The four designers – Cynthia Voza Lusilu, Enni-Kukka Tuomala, Ioana Man and Abiola Onabule – began their residencies in 2020 and were asked to respond to the theme of ‘Care’. The topic was chosen before the pandemic, but subsequently gained even more resonance over the course of the 10-month reside...
April 7, 2021 5:24 pm This year’s Designers in Residence programme has revealed its digital showcase, with four projects revolving around the theme of care. The responses to 2020’s theme have been cross-discipline, from care packages which make use of illustration to a series of digital walks which encourage people to interact with the natural world. Designers in Residence is an annual programme at London’s Design Museum, where designers are invited for a ten-month residency to explore a chosen theme. This year, the programme’s 13th, boasted an all female line-up. Although the theme...
January 11, 2021 4:26 pm “With the current lack of physical exhibitions and social gatherings, where you’d usually find opportunities, we need to rethink our methods of community building and artist career development,” says Ema Marinova. Marinova is the founder of Cluster, a London-based art fair. Like most events-based companies, the pandemic has up-ended Cluster’s business and left the team wondering how it can continue to engage artists and designers during the biggest threat to the creative industry in a generation. In response to these thoughts, later this year the Cluster stu...