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Welcome to the September issue of Designer. Irrespective of your main areas of professional interest, there is a real creative showcase for everyone to look forward to this month. London Design Festival draws on ideas, concepts, and in uences from all corners of the design world to present a lively and highly diverse snapshot of what’s happening right now. From new products on display in a multitude of showrooms, engaging talks and presentations, to a broad mix of exhibitors at the 2nd edition of Design London, as well as a host of installations and art-based pieces to admire across the capital, the event promises to deliver a very welcome top-up of inspiration for anyone working with interiors. ere is a focus on emerging talent too. Design journalist Barbara Chandler has been a long-time supporter and encourager of those setting out on a career in the industry. We take a look at Green Grads, the event that she founded and curates and which puts the spotlight on new designers with inspiring solutions for some of the huge sustainability challenges that we all face. ese are names to discover, get to know, and perhaps look to work with in harnessing the very best in fresh creative thinking and bold solutions. ere’s lots happening beyond our shores this month too, with appliance and electronics event IFA in Berlin (2-6 September), German kitchen showcase Küchenmeile (17-23 September), and Italian bathroom exhibition Cersaie (26-30 September). We’ll be bringing you some of the very best from across them all over the coming issues of course.
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DESIGNER MAGAZINE / SEPTEMBERDESIGNERATI.CO.UK2022/ISSUE265 CONTENTS 10 OurSOURCEmonthly round-up of the people, products and events that matter from across the design sector 18 ExploringSHOWROOMSthenew Surrey showroom of flooring specialist Havwoods 20 DESIGNING A BRIGHTER FUTURE Alongside sustainable design showcase Planted which takes place during this month’s London Design Festival, Green Grads will feature recent graduates who have enlightening ideas on how to tackle some of the planet’s biggest challenges 2420 24 SUNNY DISPOSITION A beautiful Italian holiday home that makes the very most of its unique surroundings 30 CAPITAL CONNECTIONS A feast of creative ideas unites London’s varied districts this month as the London Design Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary 34 IDEAS CENTRE The second edition of Design London takes place this month, bringing a together a selection of key brands from across the sector for an inspiring creative showcase 38 HOME WORKING A sensitive townhouse restoration saw a listed building given a new life as a suite of offices with a home-from-home feel 42 WAYNE HEMINGWAY We welcome one of the UK’s most successful – and forthright – designers as a guest on the designerati podcast 46 LIVING LIFE IN COLOUR Bold use of colour characterises the full refurbishment of a housing unit in Barcelona’s emblematic Banco Urquijo building 50 HowEXITideas for Martian living could help us rethink the everyday on our own planet 07 3830
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After presenting its classic modular furniture in a vibrant new pink hue during Milan Design Week, USM is now offering the selected, limited-edition pieces from the show to buy from this month.
Ekstrem by Varier features playful curves and organic shapes which allow for a wide range of seating positions. The design allows the user to sit forward with their feet on the ground, sideways with their legs draped over the armrests or in reverse with the front of their torso against the chair’s back.
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The focus of the Milan installation was to look at the important role colour plays in design and architecture. The True Pink options are available in the UK from exclusive UK sales partner Aram in a selection of configurations including a bar cart, pedestal, television trolley and home office.
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Available from UK retailer Back in Action, Varier has partnered with Dutch fabric brand Febrik to offer a new plush, velvet-knitted fabric, Gentle 2, for its Ekstrem chair. Lucinda Newbound, Senior Ergonomics Advisor for Back in Action, said: “The iconic Ekstrem is a throwback to the eccentric 80s and challenges conventional furniture design. Providing unparalleled comfort and infinite ways to sit, it may just change the way you look at siting down forever. The Ekstrem is an ideal piece to spice up any interior.”
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USM wanted to make a dramatic statement for its Milan Design Week presence this year teaming up with Rossignoli, Milan’s most famous bicycle shop.
In its True Pink installation, the Swiss manufacturer presented its simple, sleek design in a new shade that was manufactured purely for the show. This was a novel decision as USM is known for having a classic palette of just 14 colours which has not changed for over 50 years.
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Vilhelm Lauritzen’s lightweight and stackable VLA26 Vega chair from 1956 has become part of the Carl Hansen & Son collection of design classics. Previously only found in the Vega Concert Hall in Copenhagen, the renowned Danish architect’s chair will be commercially available from October 2022. The chair offers an elegant mix of steel, wood and textile or leather. The precise upholstery on the seat and the back gives the chair a slender and refined look. For a more reduced appearance, the chair is also crafted without upholstery, bringing the tactile oak into full focus. The curve of the back of the chair gives it a distinctive character, and the legs are finished with wooden feet that give the chair craftsman-like detail.
Anne Møller Sørensen, Partner at Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, said: “The VLA26 Vega Chair is Danish design at its best. It shows Vilhelm Lauritzen’s signature style – a functionalist design that is almost effortlessly simple and timeless, but still with a very clear character. The chair has the classic uncompromising Lauritzen details and is so well-proportioned that it’s simply comfortable to sit on. In partnership with Carl Hansen & Son, we’re proud that the VLA26 Vega Chair can now be put into production in the quality it deserves.” the Masses
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Throughout a long-standing collaboration between solid surface manufacturer HIMACS and Dutch designer Marike Andeweg, the material’s properties have been utilised for a range of creations under Andeweg’s Not Only White brand. Now they have combined their ideas to create a new ‘bathroom inspiration’ brochure, a guide on how to choose designer styles and inspirations for a new bathroom using HIMACS.
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The volume features four trends: Blurring Borders, inspired by the harmony of nature; Barefoot Luxury, an ode to ‘slow living’; Japandi, a fusion of Zen style and Scandinavian design; and Emotional Shades, for schemes full of light. Andeweg said: “With the kitchen becoming the new living room, now is the time to give the bathroom the attention it deserves.”
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The space displays an array of Havwoods’ wood flooring and cladding designs, available for retail and trade customers to drop-in and browse. It also hosts a selection of luxury tiles from the brand’s sister company Vetro, as well as composite cladding and decking from Trekker Global.
Wood flooring specialists Havwoods has opened a new Surrey showroom. The Guildford location is the brand’s fifth, joining other spaces in Clerkenwell, Chelsea, Carnforth and Knutsford, which opened to customers in March this year. The Guildford showroom is the second opening of the year for the brand and is part of Havwoods’ wider strategy to develop its brand recognition and presence throughout the UK.
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CHARLOTTE WERTH In the centre of the exhibition space is a large and futuristic machine literally growing pattern on cloth, using little water and no harmful chemicals. It is harnessing bacteria, which Central Saint Martins’ graduate Charlotte Werth’s Moving Pigment used to create lines and gradients of colour. “It’s a collaborative process with living organisms,” she says. She believes her methods could replace the petrochemical dyes that pollute water and landscape, and destroy ecosystems.
SAM FOXTON Sam Foxton’s tables use huge chunks of ‘green’ timber complete with bark for the base of small tables with tops of natural timber, using traditional joints that allow the wood to move.
CHRISTOPH KURZMANN “I have a whole new take on upcycling,” says Christoph Kurzmann, recently graduated from Rycotewood Furniture Centre. He has a sleek modern design for a stool and storage tower to be made in quantity from bedroom furniture salvaged from the renovation of three halls of residence at Oxford Brookes University. His stools, dotted around the Green Grads show, are precision-made from curved laminated wood bed frames with eight traditional timber joints and a handsanded silky-smooth finish.
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Surely a material of the moment is fast-growing mycelium, part of the fungi kingdom, a ubiquitous underground network of threads from which mushrooms grow. It’s already producing materials for packaging, clothing, food and even construction. And at Green Grads is a strangely-beautiful cluster of mycelium vessels by Georgie Gerrard graduating this year from Loughborough University. She has grown mycelium in plaster moulds left covered in clingfilm in a greenhouse for at least seven to ten days. Then she removed the results, baked them, let them air dry some more to cure and change colours. Each resulting organic shape is genuinely unique and strangely beautiful.
Alongside sustainable design showcase Planted which takes place during this month’s London Design Festival, Green Grads will feature recent graduates who have enlightening ideas on how to tackle some of the planet’s biggest challenges…
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Coming to the Samsung Experience Space at Coal Drops Yard in London’s King’s Cross over the weekend of 24-25 September, an intriguing and innovative exhibition of design ideas will include bacterial dyeing, mycelium vases, and other new materials/processes, all imagined by some of the UK’s freshest design talent. Green Grads is an ongoing initiative to platform recent UK graduates who are meeting head-on the world’s most pressing eco-issues such as sustainability, climate crisis, circular production, waste and pollution, depletion of resources, biodiversity and much more. It is also highlighting a return to nature and craft, and the power and desirability of local materials and strengthened communities.Thisisthe second edition of Green Grads at Planted at Samsung which last year attracted around 2,000 visitors over a single weekend. Green Grads 22 will introduce around 50 new graduates from universities and colleges all over the UK. They have been carefully chosen by founder/ curator Barbara Chandler, who has explored degree shows at colleges from Falmouth to Manchester, then criss-crossing London, and finally spending hours at the two editions of the New Designers shows thisGraduatessummer.are drawn from a huge range of disciplines, including product & furniture design, engineering, material innovation, animation, textiles, ceramics, illustration and graphics, fine art, architecture and interior design. Graduates come mainly from the talent pool of 2022, but also include some graduates from 2021 and 2020.
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BRUNO SCHOOLING Bruno Schooling, from Manchester School of Art, has already won a prestigious award from the Conran Shop. His site-specific project Ground is tableware made from the iron-rich earth of Keepers Cottage Organics, a farm in the Peak District National Park, and includes crushed bone from animals.
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“Our show is an inarguable double whammy: we deliver support for new designers and support for the environment at one and the same time…through engaging content created/ exhibited by the cream of recent graduates from British universities,” said Barbara Chandler, founder/ curator of Green Grads. “We are not saying that all the projects and ideas we show will be commercially viable, or indeed possible right now in the ‘real world’ but they are seeds to nurture and grow, the results of in-depth research and dedicated hours in studios and workshops. Their inventors are the talent we so sorely need to help solve our eco-crises.”
After the London event (24/25 September) Green Grads in the North will be at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (GNCCF) at Victoria Baths in Manchester, 13-16 October 2022.
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he SS House is an Italian private vacation home situated within a young olive grove in the countryside of Ostuni, Valle d’Itria. The volume, white and pure, stands out in the surrounding countryside by taking the simple forms of traditional architecture of the Puglia region and updating them with contemporary architectural details. Created by Italy-based architecture studio Reisarchitettura – founded by Nicola Isetta and Paola Rebellato – the spaces are designed for a slow and relaxing life in contact with nature. The house is within the rows of the olive grove. The layout develops from the central axis of the entrance on the east side, the car space and the volume of the storage defined by dry-stone walls which separate the living area from the sleeping area and lead the visitor inside the house. The living area is located on the north side, from where the best views can be enjoyed through the large windows that frame the surrounding landscape thanks to the natural slope of the terrain.
The centre of gravity of the living area is the volume of the fireplace that divides the space into a dining zone – dominated by the kitchen island – and a sitting zone. The sleeping area develops on the south side of the house and consists of two bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and large windows facing east and west. The south elevation is almost completely blind to protect from the hot Apulian sun, while the living room on the north side instead opens into a porch that offers a seamless space between inside and outside suitable for the summer use of the residence. From here, the pool area is reached via a natural looking path made of random laid 28
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reisarchitettura.itAnother key aspect to the design was sustainability and the use of renewable energy sources. The traditional white colour helps to avoid overheating in the hottest periods and the large windows are equipped with motorized rolling sunshades for sun protection. On the roof, there is a photovoltaic system to produce electricity that powers the heat pump for the air conditioning of the house. LED light fixtures have been selected, allowing a saving of 50% on the use of electricity for lighting and having a much longer life cycle than traditional systems. There is also a system to recover rainwater, store it in an underground tank, and reuse it for gardening. stone slabs. The pool area overlooks the valley with a view of the town of Cisternino and is completed by a gazebo with bamboo cover, a kitchen for outdoor dining and a bathroom with shower. The external finishes are inkeeping with the local rural architecture, including walls with a white lime plaster finish or made of local dry stone, and external paving made up of Apricena stone slabs. Inside, a more contemporary style has been chosen, characterised by the contrast between the white of the walls, the grey of the microconcrete floor, the black window frames, doors and kitchen and the muted colours of the furniture.
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DESIGNER MAGAZINE / DESIGNERATI.CO.UK 30 LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2022 A feast of creative ideas unites London’s varied districts this month as the London Design Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary… CAPITAL CONNECTIONS Melt pendant light design by Tom Dixon
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Some key installations are among the highlights. Rotterdambased designer Sabine Marcelis will be creating an outdoor installation in central London. This project will invite the public to gather, celebrating the Brutalist form of the iconic Centre Point building and the wider multifaceted architecture of London.
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Sony Design will present INTO SIGHT at Cromwell Place, a life-sized media platform, which plays on sensorial effects that transform simple boundary surfaces into an infinite vista through shifting light, colour and sound. Stepping into the installation unleashes a unique response; as audiences venture further inside, they will become more aware of unexpected visual and audio dimensions that continuously evolve through their interactions. This project aims to capture and discover new insights regarding the coexistence of physical and meta realities.
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“Over the last 20 years, the festival has had incredible depth of penetration and success in bringing people together and distilling new ideas.”
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The festival is predominantly free and audiences have increased year-on-year with the 2019 event reaching 1.1m visits by 600,000 visitors, with more than one third of them from overseas, representing 75 countries. Sir John Sorrell CBE, London Design Festival Chairman, said: “We consciously founded the London Design Festival to be public spirited. Different from other design events, we not only aim to support designers by helping them showcase their work and generate business, but importantly to create an understanding and appreciation for the creative industries by as wide an audience as possible.
London Design Festival returns to the capital from 17-25 September with a lively programme of events, exhibitions and installations. Since its launch in 2003, the festival’s vision has been to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world. It has played a key role in the growth of the design industry, aiming to bolster London’s position as a global destination for business, culture and tourism
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In R for Repair, a project being led by DesignSingapore Council and National Design Centre (Singapore), broken household objects, often with deep sentimental attachment, are handed over to designers to be not just repaired, but creatively renewed. Co-curated by Hans Tan Studio and Jane Withers Studio, the exhibition will feature Singaporean designers repairing UK objects, and UK designers repairing objects from Singapore, in a cross-cultural exchange bound to provoke new interpretations of our everyday items.
Life-sized media platform work INTO SIGHT by Sony Design is an interactive light, colour and sound installation at the Pavilion Gallery, Cromwell Road Plasticity scultpture designed by Niccolo Casas in collaboration with Ocean Plastic from Parley for the Oceans
The festival hub at the V&A, celebrates the 13th year of the collaboration between the famous museum of art, design and performance, and LDF. The partnership this year will once again see iconic spaces within the museum transformed by a extraordinary collection of specially-commissioned installations and displays by international contemporary designers. This year’s projects will be linked by the idea of transformation: from the transformation of molecules and materials, to the creative renewal of household objects, to the regeneration of the planet itself.
Plasticity will be a monumental sculpture, designed by Niccolo Casas, 3D-printed by Nagami, and made with Ocean Plastic, marine plastic waste intercepted by the collaboration network Parley for the Oceans. The project explores the possibility of turning a harmful waste material into new uses, while highlighting the work of the organisation in cleaning up the world’s beaches, islands and coastal communities. In a live glass-blowing demonstration and display, vessels by the Canadian artist Omer Arbel will be produced on site, in which molten copper interacts with blown-glass to create a series of shapes and forms largely determined by the material itself.
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The Lebanese House: saving a home, saving a city is an installation at the V&A installed for London Festival of Architecture by Annabel Karim Kassar. It explores the reconstruction of Beirut after the 2020 explosion. This project will be transformed for the festival with new design elements developing the narrative of the effects of this disaster on the city’s cultural identity.
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DESIGNER MAGAZINE / DESIGNERATI.CO.UK 34 DESIGN LONDON 2022 The 2nd edition of Design London takes place this month, bringing a together a selection of key brands from across the sector for an inspiring creative showcase IDEAS CENTRE The Ink side table by Masaya, made of brass, is inspired by the aesthetic of Chinese calligraphy
The largest of the official venues during London Design Festival, Design London returns to North Greenwich with its second edition (21-24 September). Taking place in Magazine London on the banks of the Thames, the four-day event will headline as the main attraction among a range of other creative features in the festival’s newest design district at Greenwich Peninsula. Design London made its debut in 2021, attracting over 12,000 UK and international visitors, with organisers saying that the show is set to double its floor space this year. Architects and interior designers will be able to source furniture, kitchens and bathrooms, lighting and architectural fittings. The line-up aims to bring together a diverse line-up of established and emerging design brands from around the world, from global manufacturers – including HAY, Zeitraum, Wewood and Ago – that are joining the show for the first time, to returning exhibitors such as Artemide, Christian Watson, Van Rossum, Bert Plantagie and Penta Light.
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Alongside a multitude of product showcases, visitors to Design London 2022 will also have the opportunity to explore a curated selection of international pavilions from countries including Denmark, South Korea, Portugal and Thailand.
Design London takes place at Magazine London, North Greenwich from 21-24 September 2022.
Alongside the exhibition, the show will also include the second edition of Discussions at Design London, a thought-provoking talks programme that features headline keynotes, trend forecasts and panel discussions with a range of industry experts, influencers and thought leaders. Brand consultant Katie Richardson returns to curate the series, which runs daily throughout the show and offers an insight into future trends while addressing some of the key topics within design, architecture and the wider creative industries.
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A Bauwerk Limewash nontoxic paint was specified from the ground floor entrance hall and staircase throughout the whole property. The organic, relaxed nature of the paint finish creates visual impact and a less formal feel which beautifully juxtaposes the grandeur of the building, while helping to highlight its traditional architectural features.
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Kitesgrove was commissioned to transform the building from a semiderelict state into a welcoming and organic space with a warm palette of natural materials. Undertaking a complete renovation, the project involved a reconfiguration of many areas as well as a full refurbishment and for a calm and welcoming space in mind, Kitesgrove
introduced a house palette which created architectural consistency across the property, allowing each space to feel individual but connected. Details include the same characterful timber flooring from Havwoods used throughout to the soft, muted green and blue colour palette and the bronze ironmongery punctuating the space.
London-based design studio Kitesgrove has re-structured and redesigned a Grade II Listed townhouse in the heart of Mayfair, built around 1755 and which functioned as a working bank for the majority of the twentieth century, to accommodate a suite of offices with a quietly luxurious aesthetic more akin to a residential property.
A sensitive townhouse restoration saw a listed building given a new life as a suite of offices with a home-from-home feel L with the subtleties of Farrow and Ball’s De Nimes, Mizzle, Inchyra Blue and Green Smoke transforming throughout the day in the light-filled rooms. The spaces are filled with carefully curated furniture, lighting, accessories and soft furnishings specified from brands including Rose Uniacke, Soane, Porta Romana, The Invisible Collection, Julian Chichester, George Smith, Collier Webb, Howe, Fiona MacDonald, The New Craftsmen and Ochre.
For the office spaces on the first and second floors, Kitesgrove chose a palette which was more neutral in tone with a shift in the design towards cleaner lines and a mixture of antique and modern furniture. For the client’s family office on the third floor, the palette echoed the organic feel and natural palette on
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The design team reconfigured the basement completely from one large open plan space to house a fully equipped gym, separate male and female changing rooms offering a modern necessity in this luxury refurbished residential setting.
the ground floor, with a focus on mid-century artwork, and furniture from George Smith, The New Craftsman and a rug from Sinclair Till, offsetting the original beams of the Kitesgrovebuilding.was careful to retain and restore historical elements of the building where possible which included reinstating a cantilevered stone stair from the ground floor to the first floor – a truly striking architectural feature. Out of respect for the original architecture, all elements which were replaced were done so with profiles that were historically accurate to the original era of the building, including windows, doors, architraves, skirting and cornicing.
Clara Ewart, Kitesgrove’s Head of Design, said: “When we were first appointed on the project, the property was in total disrepair, so the experience of reinstating the building’s original identity and grandeur has been a real privilege. Whilst differing in terms of the ergonomic design, such as how people would ultimately move around the spaces between desks and spending long hours in meeting rooms, our approach to the feel of the space was very similar to a residential property.
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“We tried to create interiors that people wanted to spend time in, with a quiet sense of luxury that felt sophisticated but inviting. Our client is also our landlord – the Kitesgrove studio is located in the building so it has been particularly fun project for us to work on.”
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“I’m still proud of being one of the first in the country to own a hybrid vehicle. When we founded Red or Dead, we were known for our sustainable credentials and that often gave us the chance to try things that were a little bit forwardthinking. So, back in 2003, I was asked to try the first Toyota Prius to come into the UK. Nobody had heard of hybrids before, and I was given the chance to drive it for a month, and in return, I would comment on its design and usability.
Designer Wayne Hemingway has forged a career that has embraced fashion, branding, television, and writing. He spoke to Melissa Porter for the designerati podcast about humble beginnings, dress sense, and the importance of staying true to your core values…
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Wayne Hemingway on… FAMILY
“I never thought I’d have four kids. As an only child, I was never really interested in having children, but of course it ends up being the best thing that can happen in life. And now, being a grandfather is blooming brilliant! With your own kids, you have them at their best and their worst, but grandkids tend to be more likely to misbehave for their parents and be on their best behaviour for their grandparents – they know they’re more likely to get ice creams and chocolate from their grandad.”
Wayne Hemingway on… HYBRID VEHICLES
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Wayne Hemingway on… FASHION SENSE
Wayne Hemingway on… BEING THRIFTY
“When you grow up in a stylish family, and then you find yourself going to certain types of nightclubs, and going to watch certain bands, fashion becomes quite easy. I don’t look in the mirror in the morning – I know what I’m going to look like. I know what my style is and it doesn’t change much; most of my clothes are second hand. I can rarely walk past a charity shop
“I’ve got no ties with them so I don’t say this because I have any relationship at all with them. But I do have a relationship with things that work, are functional, that last, and are thrifty. I don’t get why someone would covet a Rolex. It’s beyond my comprehension. I imagine what you could do instead with the thousands of pounds such a watch would cost.”
After selling the business, the pair set up Hemingway Design, a practice specialising in affordable and social design, including The Staiths South Bank, an 800-property housing project on Tyneside for Taylor Wimpey Homes. Their work has also included designing uniforms for London Underground staff, transforming the Dreamland theme park in Margate, and ‘place branding’ for a number of UK towns and seafronts.
British designer Wayne Hemingway has enjoyed remarkable success since he and then-girlfriend (now wife) Gerardine started their fashion career selling items from their wardrobe on a stall at London’s Kensington Market in 1982. More stalls followed, then Gerardine began selling her self-designed and self-made clothes, signalling the birth of the couple’s Red or Dead fashion brand.
“So I asked Toyota if I could buy it from them after they had finished trialling it. After a while, they got in touch and said they had finished with it and so we bought it. It had only done around 2,500 miles. We continued to use it until fairly recently and it reached 248,000 miles before it eventually gave up the ghost. I wanted to get it to 300,000, but it really was amazing to have the first of something as a trial, and for it to be that good.”
“I don’t wear expensive watches. I wear a Swatch. They work, they look unobtrusive, they’re not flashy, and the great thing about them is that when the strap breaks, you can take it back in and they’re replace it, often for free. It’s the same with the batteries. So why wouldn’t you buy it?
Hemingway Design / hemingwaydesign.co.uk without a look. You develop an eye for fashion that means you don’t have to spend a fortune because you can spot how to look good.
Hemingway has written numerous books, is on the trustee board of the Design Council and is on the Council’s CABE Committee, is a Professor in the Built Environment Department of Northumbria University, and a Doctor of Design at Wolverhampton, Lancaster and Stafford. He and Gerardine were both appointed MBE in 2006 for services to the design industry.
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“It’s a little bit different for womenswear perhaps as those styles move a little quicker, but for me, if you know your look and you know what works for you then it’s very easy.”
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“I absolutely loved it, the silence, and the display showing you how well you were driving in terms of minimising the amount of petrol you were using – which was especially great for me, being thrifty and ‘green’.
Red or Dead opened stores in the UK, winning numerous awards for their ground-breaking style which lead to collaborations with brands including Dr Martens, Marks & Spencer, and US department store Macy’s.
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“It’s even just the simple things during childhood – we were never allowed to waste food; it was a cardinal sin. Every single space – from the window box to the back yard – was used for growing things. All my toys were made by my grandad and have been handed down the generations to my grandkids.”
Wayne Hemingway on… STAYING TRUE TO VALUES
“You can never please everybody. You can’t be universally liked by both a Guardian reader and a Daily Mail reader because people are different. But individuals and brands who stray away from their core values don’t please anybody. We’ve always known where we stand, who our following is – and that if we lose support from one quarter because we’ve said something they didn’t like, we would pick it up from somewhere else who agreed with what we were trying to say or do.”
The Staiths South Bank residential development, Gateshead
Wayne Hemingway on… A SUSTAINABLE UPBRINGING “People often have a perception of what those in the public eye are like, but I can honestly say that everyone in our family is just normal. We come from a working-class background and perhaps the only difference nowadays is that we are ok for money, but Gerardine and I were both brought up in families in which money was very tight. Growing up, it has perhaps been ingrained in us to think about being thrifty, and to be mindful of sustainability perhaps even before that word was a thing.
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“When you grow like that, how can you ever change? If you do, you’re not being true to yourself. My grandad always said ‘you’re only here three score and ten, so make the most of it’. And my mum always said that we should aim to leave this world a better place than we found it. It’s just been natural for us to stay grounded. To do anything else would be betraying your background.”
Bold use of colour characterises the full refurbishment of a housing unit in Barcelona’s emblematic Banco Urquijo building
In terms of the layout, the refurbishment work had to comply with two key requirements: the creation of a daytime zone with spaces that were well connected but also equally easy to ‘disconnect’ with separate spaces, and to include four bedrooms and three bathrooms in the night zone.
The clients’ brief was to transform it into a contemporary home for a family with three children whilst complying with the clear aim of recapturing the original essence of Coderch’s project.
Estudio Vilablanch was commissioned to refurbish a housing unit in the landmark Banco Urquijo building, characterised by its highly ornamental appearance.
n 1967, José Antonio Coderch was commissioned by Banco Urquijo to design a housing development on a plot located between the Raset, Modolell, Vico and Freixa streets. Work on the building was completed in 1973. The development consisted of six freestanding blocks featuring a series of highly characteristic elements, including large planters on the ground floor, façades covered with vertically laid ceramic tiles, corner windows and vertical wooden strips to control the entrance of light and
avoid direct vision between the housing units. The setback between the floors ensures constant excellent natural light from the exterior.
In order to remain true to Coderch’s project, the first step was to locate the original plans in the city’s history archives. The final distribution of the housing unit is the result of the study and understanding
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The clients were eager to add touches of colour to the housing unit and the solution was to include them in the ceramic coverings in the bathrooms and kitchen.
The refurbishment work conserves the original layout in the day zone, conditioned by elements such as the terraces and openings on the façade, yet at the same time creates a strong visual and spatial connection with the three areas of the living room, dining room and kitchen, through the use of three sliding doors. This practical resource allows the spaces to be fully connected or divided for a greater privacy, as required.
The principal changes to the layout include the disappearance of the domestic service zone (with the bedroom now forming part of the dining room and the bathroom converted into the laundry room) and the transformation of a bathroom into a bedroom.
There was a deliberate decision to choose ceramic tiles whose format recalls the pressed ones on the façade. Rectangular tiles in four different tones: more restrained in the kitchen; more soothing for the ensuite bathroom; and two brighter colours for the children’s bathrooms.
The fireplace and fitted bookcase included in the original plans have been recovered, and a customised bench – another of Cordech’s hallmarks – has been included.
The architectural volume is both neutral and clear-cut, setting off Corderch’s original carpentry. Soothing tones were chosen to instil a sense of warmth to the various spaces and bring out the play of light and shade – one of the hallmarks of this architect’s work – to full effect.
of the original nature and layout of the building. According to the original project, there were two 205 sqm symmetrical units per floor. In the interior, a hall articulated three differentiated areas: the day zone in the central section, the night zone with several bedrooms and a third zone for the domestic service.
The project won first prize in the interior design category in the latest edition of the Tile of Spain Awards. Estudio Vilablanch / estudiovilablanch.com Tile of Spain / tileofspain.com
Both the layout and appearance of the kitchen recall the original design, and the gallery with its natural light has been conserved. The layout of the bedrooms – which all face the front of the house – is intended to make maximum use of the exterior light, one of Coderch’s great concerns. The interior sections have no natural light and are used for the bathrooms.
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The house at M Shed Square in Bristol will be open to the public until October 2022. It will start off as an empty façade and will come to life thanks to alternating interiors that provide opportunities to collectively explore a new, sustainable culture. Kent said: “It is to be a place where people can research, experiment, and discuss: a blank canvas to try things out and imagine new perspectives for today’s lifestyles.”
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Requirements for the Martian Toilet include low water and electricity use, ease of operation and maintenance, prevention of unpleasant odours as well as the ability to use waste as fertilizer. Wülker identified various approaches: incinerating toilet; separation & composting toilet; freeze-drying; or a toilet with a water flush. Freezedrying, for instance, removes any water contained in the matter and enables the dried residue to be disposed of. Mars is subject to cold temperatures and low pressure, both of which are required for freeze-drying.
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One last thing from this month’s magazine… Artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent have created a concept artwork which explores ideas around life on mars. In collaboration with Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+, the aim of the public art project was to build a real prototype of a Martian house. Kent explained: “Mars is a place where you’d have to live carefully and resourcefully.” Good added: “Imagining how a small community would live there offers a sharp lens on our lives here on Earth today and our fraught relationship with consumerism.”
Franziska Wülker, Head of Research & Development at Duravit, came up on the artists’ radar. In 2020, she took part in the NASA Lunar Loo Challenge, the aim of which was to develop a toilet that would work both in zero-gravity and on the moon. Wülker’s design ranked among the top three. The development engineer’s fascination and motivation to be involved in the project arises from the discrepancy between the hostile planetary environment and daily comfort: “Everyday life on Mars is challenging and arduous as a result. That’s why it’s so important that everyday items in the home are designed to be as simple and comfortable as possible. That applies especially to the things we don’t like talking about, such as using the toilet.”
Wülker and the project team ultimately chose a shower-toilet: “We opted for a toilet with a water flush. We’ve also integrated a shower function, which is comfortable and hygienic – plus there’s a lot more water than toilet paper on Mars.”
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