One Light Only by Lee Broom

London designer Lee Broom will also launch two faceted pendant lights in white and gold at the London Design Festival next month (see our earlier story on his Architrave collection).

One Light Only is inspired by Art Deco jewellery and 1970s fashion photography.

The lights come with a polished gold exterior and matt-white inner surface or vice versa, and will be on display from 18 to 26 September at Broom’s new Studio in Shoreditch, east London.

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LEE BROOM LAUNCHES ‘ONE LIGHT ONLY’

Award-winning British designer, Lee Broom, presents his fourth collection at this year’s London Design Festival with the launch of a new lighting range, ‘One Light Only’.

After the success of ‘Heritage Boy’ at last year’s festival, ‘One Light Only’ (OLO) is a new collection of striking pendant lighting. Drawing on Broom’s fashion background, OLO is inspired by Art Deco jewellery and fashion photography from the late 1970’s.

OLO is characterised by a jewel-like gem faceted exterior lighting shell. The lights are presented in two striking finishes, matt white or polished gold. The interior shell of each light is juxtaposed against the exterior finish; reflective gold facets shine against the subtle matt white interior finish and vice versa.

Commenting on his latest range, Broom explains why this collection marks a departure from his previous work, “With OLO, I’ve taken a different design approach; I wanted to create a range which was particularly accessible and affordable…perhaps not such an arts and crafts approach where the collections I’ve created feature significant investments pieces. OLO is more of an accessories collection; it is truly inspired by my fashion background and presents a striking lighting solution.”

OLO features two different pendant-sized lights ranging from 10cm high to 30cm high. The range is designed to work in clusters, mixing small and large pendant sizes together. OLO retails from £245.

As part of the London Design Festival (18-26 September 2010), Broom is creating an impressive illuminated OLO installation, where visitors to his new brand new studio in East London will walk through the gem-faceted pendants.

Broom’s new gallery space based in London’s dynamic Shoreditch Triangle acts as a permanent showcase to his collections. The artistic studio has been curated to celebrate his iconic designs, both past and present.

Vessel Series 01-03 by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode

London designer Samuel Wilkinson created these mouth-blown glass lamps specifically to house the Plumen 001 low-energy light bulbs released by Hulger last month (see our earlier story).

Called Vessel Series 01-03, the designs produced by British brand Decode feature three different cuts, allowing them to be suspended or laid on a table.

The product was launched at The Tramshed and 100% Design during the London Design Festival last month.

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Vessel Series 01-03 by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode

Samuel Wilkinson presents his new Vessel series under Decode’s ‘Exclusive’ label. The series consists of three mouth blown forms cut across individual angles. Each looks to celebrate the bulb from a different perspective. The designs were produced specifically to complement the flowing forms of the recently launched Plumen 001, which Wilkinson designed with Hulger.

When illuminated the glass tint mutes the light without hiding the form and produces an unexpected irregular reflection that appears holographic.

The outer wall of the Vessels is pierced by a fluid machined aluminium form which holds the bulb in the centre of the volumes. Every piece is totally unique as they are all mouth blown by eye, without a mould, by a local master craftsman.

Of the three variations two can be either hung as a pendant or placed on a flat surface as a floor or table light. The angle cut form references the traditional type of ‘impossible bottle’ (ship in a bottle).

The series was previewed at 100% design and the Tramshed 2010. One variant has been donated to the Shoreditch Ball’s charity auction on October 15th conducted by Sotheby’s auctioneer Adrian Biddell. The design has been nominated for Best British Design 2010.

Samuel Wilkinson is an Industrial designer based in London. He has worked for several leading consultancies before setting up his own studio in 2007 where he continues to develop new projects. In 2008 Wilkinson completed his largest work, co- designing L’arbre de Flonville in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was the first of a few large projects to be completed as part of re- generation of an old industrial area, Le Flon. The work consists of a 16m sculptural metal tree surrounded by root benches.

Buoy Lamps by PostlerFerguson

London designers PostlerFerguson have created a collection of lamps shaped like nautical buoys.

Called Buoy Lamps, the pieces comprise wooden ribs bound together with rope.

PostlerFerguson presented the project at Mint shop as part of the London Design Festival in September.

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The Buoy Lamps are part of an ongoing investigation to the aesthetics of industrial technology. The most specific, highly engineered objects take functionality to an extreme which is no longer recognizable to the layperson. The odd shapes and brilliant colours of navigational buoys could just as well be from children’s’ toys, Christmas ornaments or giant jewellery.

Underneath the bizarre appearance, however, remains a pleasing materiality that is still comprehensible to the non-engineer upon inspection. There is a logic of balance, construction and materials that is curiously pleasurable, rewarding in its simplicity and inevitability.

The Buoy Lamps draw on these qualities, referencing various aspects of marine culture in their design and performance. Wooden ribs bound together by rope support central lights, balanced so that they can be jostled into different angles.

Hands On: Design Brought to Life by studioXAG

London Design Festival 2010: this cardboard interior by London designers StudioXAG has giant hands suspended above it and houses products by University of Arts London graduates.

Hands On: Design Brought to Life is an exhibition curated by StudioXAG that sits behind the glazed street front of the new Arts Gallery in Holborn.

The interior is designed to look like a tea party in the drawing room of a scaled-up dolls house and will be open until 29 October 2010.

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Hands On: Design Brought to Life

studioXAG invite you to step into their parlour

An idyllic Edwardian parlour is transplanted into a twenty-first century gallery space and opened up to the street, exposing the enchanting interior to the passing crowds. This London Design Festival, studioXAG and University of the Arts London invite you to step in to the new Arts Gallery, remodelled as a fantastical shoebox house. The doors open on 16 September.

A childhood daydream comes to life as studioXAG create an eccentric doll’s house drawing room scaled up to adult size. The plate glass wall of the gallery reveals a design aficionado’s tea party, replete with the quirkiest new design objects. Accept the genteel invitation to this private party and the spectator unwittingly becomes a player in this fanciful domestic scene.

Inside this topsy-turvy setting Hektor Mamet’s disobedient Leaning Chair reclines casually against the wall, refuting its practical purpose, while David Clarke’s impish Gore Blimey spoons appear to be literally stirring up mischief. Witty Drip Teas & Lip Tease teacups by Reiko Kaneko lure you in with the promise of refreshment before revealing their 24 carat gold shadows of lipstick and tea drips, hinting at previous users.

Unsettling the nostalgic delight of the scene, a giant pair of hands hang pendulously above the room, a very fitting motif for an exhibition in which handcraft is the star of the show. studioXAG use craft materials to meticulously replicate the interior architecture, from the traditional fireplace and floorboards, to sash windows complete with shutters. The fittings play with scale and materials to surreal effect.

Speaking about their ambitions for the work, studioXAG reveal “Personal nostalgia for a youth spent making things led us to re-imagine a small scene in a shoebox. Scaling this up to human size allows us to utilise an eccentric selection of furniture and products to enhance the playful mood, with elegant trompe l’oeil tableware nodding to the tea drinking sensibility.”

Hands On is created entirely with imaginative products designed by University of the Arts London graduates. Limited edition prints and featured design products will be available to purchase exclusively from the Arts Gallery. Hands On designers include: Reiko Kaneko, Cemel Otek, David Clarke, Julie Spurgeon, Robert Dawson, Laura Plant, Debbie Lawson, Hektor Mamet, Christian Newton, Joe Ferrari, Sung Kug Kim, Elisa Strosyk, Anna Sudbina and Bodo Sperlein.

Multidisciplinary design team studioXAG was established by Central Saint Martins graduates Xavier Sheriff and Gemma Ruse in 2009. Offering expertise in consultancy, art direction, illustration and prop production, their client list includes Odille, Bertie and Diesel, Oasis, Whistles and Agent Provocateur.

Hands On forms part of University of the Arts London’s programme of events and exhibitions for London Design Festival 2010. This will be the first exhibition at the Arts Gallery in Holborn, since moving from University of the Arts London’s headquarters site in the West End where the original gallery played host to hundreds of artists including Peter Doig, Gavin Turk, Sarah Lucas, Chris Ofili, Peter Blake, John Keane, Poppy de Villeneuve, Annie Kevans, Tom Hunter and Martin Creed, alongside legions of emerging artists fresh from University of the Arts London’s art colleges.

16 September – 29 October 2010
Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London,
272 High Holborn, WC1V 7EY
Monday – Friday 11am – 6pm

The Poundshop interior by Asif Khan for Household and Sara Melin

London Design Festival 2010: designer Asif Khan created this shop interior using dust sheets, nylon rope and white paint.

The temporary east London store, called Poundshop, was open for the duration of the London Design Festival and initiated by design collective Household with illustrator Sara Melin.

Furniture from the organisers’ own homes was wrapped up and used to display items for sale.

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All photographs are by Nick Ballon

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On a budget of £250 we have just completed a pop-up Poundshop for Household+Sara Melin which is open for London Design Week. The location is within a former hair dressers on Roman Rd, a typical high street in the heart of London’s East End.

Taking an image of Christo’s Four Store Fronts Corner in 1964 as a point of departure, we used a combination of cotton dust-sheets, nylon rope and white-out paint as a palette, materials which are common scenery on this street of rapidly-changing businesses.

We invited Household+Sarah Melin to contribute furniture from their homes, which we piled within the space and then wrapped to create an eclectic landscape for showcasing the Poundshop products.

After a spectacular launch in April 2010, The Poundshop returns for London Design Week this September! Design collective Household and Sara Melin have joined forces to create the ultimate low cost, high quality shopping experience.

With a shop interior created with Asif Khan we would like to introduce products from new poundshoppers and past friends. Browse through products like wooden buttons from Peter Nancini, posters from APFEL, candle holders from William Smith and silkscreened cards from Lisa Jones. Welcome to the wallet friendly Poundshop, a boutique selling excellent products only for a pound!

Series One by Another Country

English furniture company Another Country launched their inaugural collection at The Tramshed as part of the London Design Festival last month.

The first series features ten wooden items, including stools, tables and benches, made at the firm’s workshop in Dorset, UK.

Designs are inspired by a mixture of British vernacular, Shaker, Scandinavian and Japanese woodwork.

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A New Furniture Brand

Another Country makes contemporary craft furniture. Our designs are archetypal, calling on the familiar and unpretentious forms of British Country kitchen style, Shaker, traditional Scandinavian and Japanese woodwork. It is the spirit and functionality of these honest forms of furniture that Another Country endeavours to re-interpret for a modern customer.

Another Country aims to deliver quality and longevity at fair prices – our products are built to last, both in terms of construction and style, and are sold direct to the consumer via its website.

Another Country’s products are made from solid wood and produced by hand in a small workshop in Dorset, England.

Series One

This first collection from Another Country is as clear and simple an interpretation of our intention as we could manage. We have taken familiar forms of craft furniture and pared them back to their most basic elements and made them using the most efficient workshop techniques and the best quality wood. This is our Series 1.

Collection

The launch collection is made up of ten pieces: a stool, a bar stool, a bench, a coffee table, a console, a dining table, a daybed and a kids’ stool, step and table. In addition we produce a limited edition ash stool and bench for Monocle Magazine and an accessory peg rail.