Duncan Riches interviews Ella Doran, Andrea and Patrizia of Urban Upholstery, and Sophie Thomas about their new chair ‘Clean Up Plastic Camo’. Discover the story behind the Chair and how they created a new fabric using the negative back-story of plastic pollution with a new message of re-use and hope.
Grant Gibson of Material Matters talks with Sheridan Coakley, founder of SCP, and designer Matthew Hilton about his new furniture launching during LDF and their long working relationship since Hilton’s first design for SCP, the iconic Balzac chair, designed in 1992.
Opportunity, design connectors and the future of creative Shoreditch. Founders of Design Dialogue, William Knight and Martha McNaughton in conversation with two of Shoreditch’s prominent design connectors of past and present; Piers Roberts, Founder of Designersblock and Rebecca Collings, founder of onRedchurch.
Design Director Joe Armitage talks to New York based designer David Weeks about his new design for Tala and how they have channeled their creativity to seek solace during this turbulent time.
Freya Coakley speaks to a selection of local womxn creatives Henrietta Adams, Zoe Anderson and Bisila Noha, about how lockdown has effected their work. From much loved local stores closing their physical spaces and staying online, to repurposing studios to create food deliveries for the local community, COVID has had the creative industries thinking outside the box.
This podcast is pre-recorded and will be posted here at 3pm on Friday 18 September.
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