One Year On at New Designers 2014
Rising stars of the design world reveal style trends for the year ahead
Sixty of the brightest new names in the design world mark the impact they have made after just one year in business, with a showcase at One Year On, part of New Designers 2014 – the UK’s largest graduate design exhibition.
One Year On brings together products that are tipped to be the iconic designs of the future. The designers are chosen to take part on the strength of their entrepreneurial flair and the exceptional quality of their work.
New Designers has worked with many curators over the years including the Crafts Council, Max Fraser, Thorsten van Elten and more recently Jethro Macey. This year New Designers is delighted to announce Gemma Fabbri as new curator for One Year On 2014.
Gemma, who is founder of London design studio Scene and co-founder of FAO-shop.com, comments: ‘This year’s New Designers is made up of a rich and eclectic mix of highly skilled craft, alongside contemporary design. Emerging themes include a reappropriation of traditional techniques to create new and unexpected pieces, while colour inspiration has taken on natural tones often with an injection of a bold hue.
‘This is my first year curating One Year On, which has always been a really important part of New Designers. I’m extremely excited about the line-up of designers that we have selected – the level of the work is high, and its shaping up to be a really inspiring show.’
Now in its 29th edition, New Designers 2014 will bring together over 3,000 of the UK’s most talented and innovative design graduates, all under one roof.
One Year On, now in its 14th year, runs across Part 1 and Part 2 of New Designers, featuring creative disciplines ranging from jewellery, precious metalwork, and ceramics to fashion and textiles, furniture, lighting, interior products and illustration.
Highlights from One Year On include:
- Anais Paulard’s unisex jewellery, such as her vibrant Moody Tube pins, use alternative materials, bright colours and pigments to inject a little happiness in our lives.
- Kai Venus-Demetrio is on a mission to revive the art of letter-writing. He uses responsibly sourced materials including bamboo ply, to create highly functional, contemporary study furniture.
- Charlotte Nash’s bespoke light cables combine traditional hand crafts of braiding and crochet with contemporary techniques such as laser-cutting.
- Hamish Dobbie utilises traditional and contemporary techniques including hammering and 3D printing to create functional, yet decorative silverware and jewellery.
- Rosie Moss produces hand-printed textiles for homeware and accessories. Her illustrative prints demonstrate her love for folk art, Scandinavian textiles and mid-century design.
- Sofie Boons, also known as The Alchemical Jeweller, finds inspiration in substances, scents and science, combining jewellery-making with experimentation and the senses
- Working under the name SPARKLYMOUSE, Louise Jones creates intricate hand embroidered illustrations, often of the human figure, putting a new spin on the idea of using embroidery within illustration.
- Chris Thorpe (Head&Haft) designs and produces handmade wooden furniture, lighting and products for the home. With emphasis on function and longevity, his pieces highlight the beauty of the natural material.
- Further product highlights will include: Alice Clarke’s rural inspired wearables, made using plaster, raspberries, wool and goose feathers; Luke Bishop’s range of stoneware and porcelain vessels and Nik Burns’ mechanical insect and sea forms.
Tickets for New Designers 2014 are now on sale.
For further information please visit: www.newdesigners.com