17th June 2024
June news: Walk The Line on Refugee Week, Create London at LFA24 and unmissable debuts at 3daysofdesign
Zetteler’s updates from London and Copenhagen include Anderssen & Voll’s homage to Japanese design, Hem bigging up light, and building innovations in Barking…
Artist Helen Cammock stands in front of her new artwork On WindTides. Photo by Lily Ashrowan.
The Line
‘Groundbreaking’ art trail announces walk for Refugee Week
‘Groundbreaking’ art trail announces walk for Refugee Week
Following the successful launch of Helen Cammock’s On WindTides, groundbreaking public art trail (thanks, Financial Times!), The Line announces a special guided walk for Refugee Week UK.
Welcoming refugees, migrants, displaced people, asylum seekers and anyone who wants to show their support and care, the walk takes place on Saturday 22 June and is part of the Great Get Together, a joint initiative of Refugee Week UK and the Jo Cox Foundation.
Beginning at 2pm by the House Mill, participants will walk along the route over the course of an hour, pausing to hear about each artwork, finishing at Cody Dock near Canning Town around 3.30pm, where there will be refreshments and a creative session until 5pm.
Book your (free) ticket
Welcoming refugees, migrants, displaced people, asylum seekers and anyone who wants to show their support and care, the walk takes place on Saturday 22 June and is part of the Great Get Together, a joint initiative of Refugee Week UK and the Jo Cox Foundation.
Beginning at 2pm by the House Mill, participants will walk along the route over the course of an hour, pausing to hear about each artwork, finishing at Cody Dock near Canning Town around 3.30pm, where there will be refreshments and a creative session until 5pm.
Book your (free) ticket
Flood structure installation as part of Designing in a Climate Emergency. Photo by Thierry Bal.
Create London
Young architects explore radical flood structures with Yasmeen Lari and Material Cultures
Young architects explore radical flood structures with Yasmeen Lari and Material Cultures
In collaboration with Material Cultures and Yasmeen Lari, Create London’s Rising from the Water: Designing in a Climate Emergency is an experimental architecture project exploring how we can build in cohesion with the land, within the context of the climate crisis.
The project began with a seven-day workshop programme that brought together young people and student architects, resulting in a temporary installation that shows how the innovative use of plants might change the future of construction. The structure will be on show at a House for Artists in Barking throughout London Festival of Architecture – don’t miss it!
Experience a radical flood structure
The project began with a seven-day workshop programme that brought together young people and student architects, resulting in a temporary installation that shows how the innovative use of plants might change the future of construction. The structure will be on show at a House for Artists in Barking throughout London Festival of Architecture – don’t miss it!
Experience a radical flood structure
The Toto Lamp sitting in a living room. Image by Giulio Ghirardi, courtesy Hem.
Hem
A light exaggeration...
A light exaggeration...
At 3daysofdesign, Hem is showcasing their latest collaboration with the Mexico-based designer Fabien Cappello – the ‘irrepressible burst of colour and light’ that is the Toto Lamp.
The exaggerated proportions of the piece push the silhouette of an archetypal lamp to a joyful extreme, which is also covered with a textile surface – a playful extension of the classic lampshade. Additionally, the exaggerated scale of both the Toto Large and Toto Small lend each option their own distinct character: the former is visually gigantic yet physically light, whereas the latter charms with its tidy form and diminutive size.
Available online from 15 August; until then, follow Hem.
The exaggerated proportions of the piece push the silhouette of an archetypal lamp to a joyful extreme, which is also covered with a textile surface – a playful extension of the classic lampshade. Additionally, the exaggerated scale of both the Toto Large and Toto Small lend each option their own distinct character: the former is visually gigantic yet physically light, whereas the latter charms with its tidy form and diminutive size.
Available online from 15 August; until then, follow Hem.
Brasilia lounge chair for Audo will be launched at 3dd this week. Image courtesy of Audo.
Anderssen & Voll
Sweden’s dynamic design duo taking over Copenhagen
Sweden’s dynamic design duo taking over Copenhagen
Right now, Anderssen & Voll’s designs are all over Copenhagen for 3daysofdesign, taking pride of place in the showrooms and exhibition venues of brands including &Tradition, Muuto, Lapalma, Audo and Ariake.
From boundary-blurring outdoor furniture and a modular sofa system, to a wooden chair inspired by a Japanese meditation cushion, Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll’s idiosyncratic designs are certain to be a highlight of the festival. Make time in your diary to catch their twinset of exhibitions with &Tradition – one, a retrospective; the other a celebration of the beauty of sketching and modelling.
Keep up with the dynamic duo
From boundary-blurring outdoor furniture and a modular sofa system, to a wooden chair inspired by a Japanese meditation cushion, Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll’s idiosyncratic designs are certain to be a highlight of the festival. Make time in your diary to catch their twinset of exhibitions with &Tradition – one, a retrospective; the other a celebration of the beauty of sketching and modelling.
Keep up with the dynamic duo
Images courtesy of Open City’s Accelerate
Accelerate
16–18 year olds invited to apply for 2024/25 access-to-architecture programme
16–18 year olds invited to apply for 2024/25 access-to-architecture programme
From working with countless architects over recent years, we know how vital it is to open doors for people trying to break into the sector. That’s why Open City’s Accelerate programme, headed up by the one and only Siraaj Mitha, is so essential.
But we need your help. They’ve launched the open call for 16–18 year olds from under-represented backgrounds to apply for Accelerate 2024/25 and it would mean a lot if you’d send it far and wide. It’s so important that more young people hear about this brilliant initiative.
An unmissable open call
But we need your help. They’ve launched the open call for 16–18 year olds from under-represented backgrounds to apply for Accelerate 2024/25 and it would mean a lot if you’d send it far and wide. It’s so important that more young people hear about this brilliant initiative.
An unmissable open call
Before and after photos courtesy of Furnishing Futures
Furnishing Futures
Helping families escaping domestic abuse turn houses into homes
Helping families escaping domestic abuse turn houses into homes
Looking after everything from sofas to saucers, pictures to pans, Furnishing Futures transforms homes for women and children fleeing domestic abuse, and they’re gearing up for a bold new campaign.
Less than 2% of social housing comes with any kind of furnishing. Yet, the interior design industry routinely throws away objects that were used for display, photoshoots, are returned by customers, or are merely out of season.
Social worker and interior designer Emily Wheeler has a solution. By partnering with some of the UK’s best-known interior brands, stylists and designers, her registered charity saves beautifully designed furnishings from landfill to create homes that uplift women and children at a vulnerable moment in their lives.
As they have an exciting project set to launch later this month, now is the perfect time to reach out if you’d like to work with them. Until then, you can learn more here.
Less than 2% of social housing comes with any kind of furnishing. Yet, the interior design industry routinely throws away objects that were used for display, photoshoots, are returned by customers, or are merely out of season.
Social worker and interior designer Emily Wheeler has a solution. By partnering with some of the UK’s best-known interior brands, stylists and designers, her registered charity saves beautifully designed furnishings from landfill to create homes that uplift women and children at a vulnerable moment in their lives.
As they have an exciting project set to launch later this month, now is the perfect time to reach out if you’d like to work with them. Until then, you can learn more here.
Image courtesy of Unsettled Subjects and Architects for Gaza
Unsettled Subjects / Architects for Gaza
Evening of discussion about Palestinian refugee camps and architecture
Evening of discussion about Palestinian refugee camps and architecture
Later this month, Unsettled Subjects is hosting No home from home; the architecture of the Palestinian refugee camp, supported by the Section for Architectural Workers, Architects for Gaza and The University of Westminster.
Responding to the ongoing destruction of Gaza, Samar Maqusi will lead an evening of discussion on the spatial and architectural meaning of the refugee camp. The event takes place at 6–8pm on Thursday 20 June at the University of Westminster.
Free tickets are available
Responding to the ongoing destruction of Gaza, Samar Maqusi will lead an evening of discussion on the spatial and architectural meaning of the refugee camp. The event takes place at 6–8pm on Thursday 20 June at the University of Westminster.
Free tickets are available
Students from Kingston University’s Product and Furniture Design course. Photo by Petr Krejčí.
AHEC
Fresh thinking about sustainable wood use
Fresh thinking about sustainable wood use
There’s nothing ‘second grade’ about sustainability, argue students at Kingston University’s Product and Furniture Design course as part of a new commission from American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) during Clerkenwell Design Week.
A lack of understanding about timber grades across the design industry means a lot of viable material is left to waste. But tasked with the challenge of working with offcut cherry to develop new design forms, the students have proved that it’s possible to use the whole tree to create new and unexpected designs (see-saw anyone?).
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A lack of understanding about timber grades across the design industry means a lot of viable material is left to waste. But tasked with the challenge of working with offcut cherry to develop new design forms, the students have proved that it’s possible to use the whole tree to create new and unexpected designs (see-saw anyone?).
Follow AHEC for more
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