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‘Logic will get you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere.’

Albert Einstein

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Sustainable design philosophy

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Course showcase

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Amy Broadhead

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Benjamin O’Connor

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Charlotte Wells

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Daniel Cranage

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Elise Laura Ashley

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Francesco Pillitteri

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Gurpreet Johal

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Josephine Lisle

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Katrina Johnson

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Luiza M. Ene

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Luke Blackamore

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Matthew Smurthwaite

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Poppy Noble

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Sophie Hull

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Spirit-Lee Carter

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Tiffany Lai

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Study visits

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Exhibitions and prizes

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Staff profiles

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Acknowledgments

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WELCOME MESSAGE

This catalogue represents the efforts and rewards of the graduating year of the BA (Hons) Interior Design Programme 2011-12; it contains extracts from the work of the 16 students whose endeavours over the last 3 years, exemplify an unfettered level of enquiry and a heartfelt passion to make a difference, together with a genuine desire to fully express their creative dreams and aspirations.

This group of students were the first that I accepted onto the programme from the big batch of applicants that I interviewed in my first year here at Leeds College of Art in 2008-09, and as such I’ve really enjoyed steering them through their studies.

From their early beginnings to their gritty end, some of them have questioned my rationales but most have embraced the challenges I’ve set them.

For the past year they have immersed themselves fully in their daily engagements with critical situations and contexts, the main focus of which has been their Final Major Projects. They have shared and cultivated their personal design sensitivities and responded well to the forces which shape our built environment with a strong sense of history, tradition, discipline and a clear vision for the future of our Architectural Heritage which has provided the vehicles for their aspirations.

Finally I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Interior Design staff Emma Sharman, Pat Oliver, Sue Lonergan, Niall O’Leary, James Beighton and Anthony Rimmer together with the various visiting tutors who have helped them channel and choreograph their individual talents into creative solutions for what is an exceptional Degree Show and Exhibition.

I therefore wholeheartedly commend the graduating class of 2012 to you, and wish them good luck and every success for the future.

Steve Edge Programme Leader BA (Hons) Interior Design

COURSE OVERVIEW

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Here at Leeds College of Art we believe that true creative spirit is born from a radicalisation of the design process. In achieving this we encourage the students to leave the limiting conventions and accepted notions of contemporary design practice, and to cross the boundaries into a more challenging and provocative “hetrotopia” of other spaces, as Foucault called it.

The student’s curriculum therefore does not attempt to totally reflect or imitate the limited and homogenous experiences of industry; neither is it governed solely by learning outcomes and the relentless pressure and pursuit of achievement.

Instead it represents the nurturing of a design attitude which often profoundly questions the paradigms of market economies and socio-political restraint governing mainstream practice. It blends theory with practise in a search for a transformation of contemporary culture and a commitment to reenchant and re-enhance our everyday lives through ethical actions and deeds.

It emphasises working with and conserving existing buildings, restoring, renovating, preserving and articulating new meaningful places from redundant spaces. Which ultimately provide a significant contribution to the nurturing of our spiritual and mental lives. The spatial strategies which our students use to orchestrate their ideas are imbued with sensitivity, care, enjoyment and empathy for the host structures, which direct their journeys of discovery and their tectonic negotiations throughout their final studies.

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SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.

Bruntland Report of 1987 This statement contains two key concepts: firstly the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world’s poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and secondly the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organisation on the environment’s ability to meet present and future needs.

However the western world’s definition of sustainability in the Bruntland Report is very different to that of the newly emerging economies of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) who are more interested in sustaining the growth of their economies and population rather than thinking of the bigger picture and the future of the planet. The future challenge for our graduates will therefore be to convince their national and international clients that our definition is the right one.

03 At Leeds College of Art on the Interior Design course we encourage our students to prepare for the world of work by considering the following: People – use their knowledge as designers to help integrate sustainable principles into the design process Planet – help their clients create healthy & environmentally friendly places to live and work Profit - advise them how to save money by being energy efficient and reducing waste.

Britain was always been a resourceful country, and as far back as 1543 when Henry 8th was building a Navy to attack the Spanish Armada, he was cautious that the oak forests which supplied the materials could be decimated and stocks were limited, so he decreed a law which stated that however many were cut down at least 12 should remain in the forest. This law is still in place today and we are now one of the leading forces in the world in tackling Global Warming and Climate Change. On the Interior Design course at Leeds College of Art we like to feel we are doing our bit to ensure that we continue with this momentum.

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COURSE SHOWCASE 2012

Amy Broadhead

+44 (0) 784 203 99136 aimes2606@aol.com

My focus is on innovative, imaginative and sustainable interior design solutions.

Shape and form, light and shadow, materials, Zaha Hadid and Future Systems inspire my creativity.

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Benjamin O’Connor

+44 (0) 774 554 5443 6 benjamin@benja.co.uk www.benja.co.uk

My design practice is focused on producing interiors for retail/branded environments with a technological edge. Other disciplines include Graphic design, Web/Interactive design and 3D Visualisation.

Philosophy, mathematics, science, history, travel, Peter Saville, Robert Lindstrom, ZECC Architects, Richard Meier, post-punk culture, ambient and trip-hop music inspire me.

Placement: WSP UK

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CHARLOTTE WELLS

+44 (0) 758 406 4892 chalottewells26@me.com

I have a great interest within hospitality design, researching into new innovative design approaches creating exciting sustainable solutions. Other areas of interests include photography, architecture and 3D design.

Inspirations come from travel and culture, sustainability, fashion history, art history, photography, jazz music. Architects that inspire me are Le Corbusier, Martin Brudnizki, and Toyo Ito.

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Daniel Cranage

+44 (0) 787 558 1480 dancranage@googlemail.com www.dancranage@carbonmade.com

Interior designs that are innovative, user-friendly and sustainable are major focal points for my design process. Visualising a space threedimensionally creating a functional as well as aesthetically pleasing building.

I am inspired by Contemporary architecture, Modern design, Geometry, Shape, Artificial and Natural Light and Colour. Designers such as Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid.

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Elise Laura Ashley

+44 (0) 752 710 73016 el_290@hotmail.com www.wix.com/el_290/elise-ashley

My work is a result of the combination of my passion for Interior Design/ Architecture, how buildings can be sustainable and my practical nature. The psychological impact of my designs plays a huge role in my design practice.

My inspiration comes from the natural environment, my desire to create spaces that move people and that convey a message.

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Francesco Pillitteri

+44 (0) 787 552 3969 francesco.pillitteri@me.com

Specialising in the leisure and hospitality sector of interior design, to combine optimised functions with sympathetic contemporary interventions.

Deliver the maximum of sustainable technologies and offer a holistic design practice addressing the overall customer experience from function, space, aesthetics and graphics.

Inspiration comes from innovation with the latest technologies and attention to details within a well thought out environment.

Motivation from personal experiences and the natural world including classical design in furniture and materials.

Placement: Design LSM

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GURPREET JOHAL

+44 (0) 780 535 1485 gurpsjohal@hotmail.co.uk

Rendered AutoCAD drawing

Translating peoples thoughts and ideas into an individual, unique and innovative reality are a what I aspire to do. Utilising a building to its full potential, with sustainability in mind is my best attribute. I’d like to eventually work for an interior design company which focuses on a broad range of design disciplines.

Everyday life and scenarios are a large inspiration. The use of bold colour and both natural and artificial lights to create detailed moods and atmosphere.

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Josephine Lisle

+44 (0) 771 261 9747 6 josephinelisle@googlemail.com http://bird-design.tumblr.com/

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom� Albert Einstein. Interior Design is the ability to shape space and create something entirely interactive – our environment.

I constantly see things that inspire me, from the smallest to the biggest, it all plays a part in my enthusiasm for design.

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katrina johnson

+44 (0) 772 066 4046 kjidesign@hotmail.co.uk

I like the spaces I create to be spacious and not cluttered. I try to use building methods and materials that are renewable; I think this makes the space into a much more enjoyable environment.

I love the outdoors, so I am mostly inspired by organic forms and processes

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Luiza M. Ene

+44 (0) 742 424 6604 ene.luizam@yahoo.co.uk http://issuu.com/luizaene

I started my degree in Interior Architecture then during my second year I decided to finish my degree at LCA studying Interior Design. However I developed a keen interest in architecture practice.

My inspiration comes from Frank Gehry’s work and Geometrical forms. Small repeated features which can be found throughout the interior which give identity and personality to the interior.

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Luke Blackamore

+44 (0) 772 038 1469 6 lukeblackamore@hotmail.co.uk www.wix.com/lukeblackamore/portfolio

My focus is designing creative solutions for the functionality and aesthetic requirements of proposed spaces.

My inspiration comes from all art forms, majorly atmospheric fine art, sculpture, the natural world, historical architecture and scenic design.

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Placement: Ann Clements and Supply Interiors

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Matthew Smurthwaite

+44 (0) 792 935 9720 matt_waite@hotmail.co.uk matthewsmurthwaite.tumblr.com

My practice involves taking an idea for a space through from a concept to a final visualisation in order to create functional and sustainable environments, which are hopefully enjoyable and stimulating for the user.

The chance to shape our surrounding environments in which all of us spend so much time is a daunting and challenging but incredibly rewarding task.

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Poppy Noble

+44 (0) 778 825 93266 poppynoble@googlemail.com www.popinteriors@tumblr.com

Sustainability is the main intention concerned with the finished design. Natural light enables the interiors to become spacious and bright.

The aim is to bring the outside in. Mixing old and new finishes together brings a different texture to the interior.

Being around nature since young is the drive that has made finished designs take such a natural and green turn. Finished projects are full of inspirations from nature.

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Sophie Hull

+44 (0) 771 258 50066 sophie_hull@live.co.uk

Interior design is all about creating a connection between people and the spaces they use.

It’s about designing spaces that are beautiful, functional and sustainable.

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Spirit-Lee Carter

+44 (0) 777 271 06416 slc2012@live.co.uk

I knew that I wanted to become an interior designer, but now coming to end of the degree I realised that just designing the interior is not enough to fulfil my creative needs, becoming an architect however would.

Architects and designers from the 19th and early 20th century inspire me such as Gaudi, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Hundertwasser; inspire me more than today’s architects and designers.

I am more drawn to colour and details within their buildings.

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tiffany lai

+44 (0) 778 595 3124 tiffanylai3000@hotmail.com

Interior Deisgn is a field that is creative, imaginative and effective. Interior design can enhance a space and effect people’s feelings towards it.

Everything can inspired to be used in an interior, that is why it is creative.

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Placements: East Join Design Ltd

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STUDY VISITS

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UK Study Visits 3rd Year Retail Complex Development Trinity Place, Leeds 1st Year Edinburgh European Study Visits 2nd Year Berlin

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AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS

The International Module in Level 6, the 3rd year allows students to compete with their counterparts from colleges in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia and Scotland as part of the Europe wide GIDE collective. This year the students were set a combination of two projects Peverel’s ‘Future Ageing’, where they had to come up with innovative solutions for future Retirement Homes, and secondly it had to comply with GIDE’s theme.

Population ageing, well-being, the general health and life-style of its citizens are key issues that are occupying politicians, thinkers, governments across the world, as they struggle to come to terms with the economic impact of an ageing society.

Students were therefore asked to think about the future with the GIDE theme of ‘Play’ and consider the lifestyles of potential future residents, those born primarily between 1940 and 1950, who were the first young people to be categorized as ‘teenagers’, and the first to experience mass popular consumer culture. They have digital technologies in their homes and at work, and spend more time in the designer shops, cafes, restaurants and hotels. They have travelled more, and are less stoical than those who lived through World Wars. They are design conscious having lived with Habitat and IKEA since they were teenagers.

The standard of work was very high and five students were shortlisted Sophie Hull, Josie Lisle, Francesco Pillitteri, Matt Smurthwaite and Stephanie Desmadryl (Erasmus exchange student from Belgium) Over 40 students from 12 colleges nationwide were selected and Sophie Hull from Leeds College of Art won second prize of £750.

EXHIBITIONS

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Firstly GIDE at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee in February, at which Josie Lisle and Francesco Pillitteri represented Leeds College of Art and Josie won best in college.

Secondly at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design in London, in March where Sophie Hull was presented with her prize.

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STAFF PROFILES

Stephen Edge, Dip AD, FCSD, FRSA, MSt (Cantab) Programme Leader, Level 6, 3rd Year Tutor The Interior Design Programme is headed by an experienced interior designer Stephen Edge, who studied at undergraduate level Kingston University and at post graduate at the University of Cambridge. His personal design philosophy was developed through his experience of working in the late 1970s with the environmental artists Christo and Jeanne Claude on ‘Running Fence’ a temporary work of art in Northern California. He then lectured first in the USA and then in the UK. In the 1980’s Stephen practised Interior Design as a partner in Deacon Edge, a vibrant and well respected London multidisciplinary consultancy. He is a trained BREEAM assessor (Building Research Establishments – Environmental Assessment Method) and is now a part time Sustainable Design Consultant. He has been a full time academic for nearly 20 years, lecturing and leading courses at BCU in Birmingham and Bournemouth University, before joining Leeds College of Art in 2008 as Interior Design Programme Leader.

Emma Sharman, BA (Hons) Level 5, 2nd Year Tutor Emma has a BA (Hons) Politics degree from the University of Sheffield and a First Class BA (Hons) degree in Interior Design from Leeds College of Art. She has also completed courses in management, communication and leadership. In addition to being second year tutor, Emma works as a freelance designer on a range of projects for private clients. She worked for five years in Hong Kong and another five in London as an Art Director. During this time she oversaw the global re-brand of a major international airline’s award winning customer magazine and in-flight titles, and was also shortlisted for best designer at the APA Customer Magazine Awards. More recently she project managed a design team across three countries that was awarded second prize in an International competition to redesign the global corporate identity for Audi car showroom interiors. The entry was praised.

Patrice Oliver, BSc, BA(Hons), MAEd Level 4, 1st Year Tutor Pat is a New Yorker with a keen interest in building conservation and in particular our English Architectural heritage. She has an undergraduate and a post graduate degree from the USA, more recently she graduated from the University of Huddersfield with a BA (Hons) in Interior Design. She has a private practice in residential, retail design and property development.

Niall O’Leary, BA (Hons), PGCE, PGDip, MA AutoCAD Co-ordinator and Lecturer Niall has a BA in furniture design with a Masters from Northumbria and a PGCE from Middlesex University.

He is an experienced academic and practitioner who’s specialist skills include computer design/visualisation, CNC, laser modelling and studio based design techniques. .

Anthony Rimmer, BA (Hons) Technician Anthony is a recent graduate of the ID programme from 2010, and since leaving he went into project management for an engineering and environmental firm based in the UK and USA. He came back to the college as an instructor technician in October 2011. Anthony has always been very successful and competent with computer hardware and software, and is now passing on his knowledge to current and future students of the college. He has a wide range of skills, particularly with 3D computer aided design software such as AutoCAD and 3DSMax. He also instructs students how to use the Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver.

James Beighton Context of Practice Tutor James hails from the south of England, has a BA (Hons) in History of Art and French from the University of Sussex, and a Masters in History of Modern Architecture from the Bartlett School, University College London, where for his dissertation he was able to indulge his minor obsession with the architecture of Le Corbusier, much to the chagrin of his current students.

Sue Lonergan, BEd (Hons) (Cantab) Programme Administrator Sue has a degree from the University of Cambridge, and originally trained as a primary school teacher.

After some years in teaching she retrained as a secretary, working in the School of Education in the University of Leeds for more than ten years, dealing especially with Masters Courses which attracted many international students.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Jeremy Fielding Showroom Salesman, Atrium Lighting, London Jane Thomson Vitra Furniture, Clerkenwell, London Brian Core Sales Rep, Strata Tiles, London Filipe Almeida PR, Materials Lab, London Jo Gomm Designer, Grieg and Stephenson, London Graeme Brooker Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton Anthony Rimmer CAD Technician, Leeds College of Art Mark Magidson Design Director, Ex-Plus Designers, London Trevor Jones Director, Lynn and Jones, Shopfitters, Leeds Faye Jenkins, Lee Grounds, Richard Wood Project Liaison and Design Managers Land Securities, Trinity Place, Leeds Keith Edgar Managing Director, Peverel Retirement Homes, Hampshire Reverend Bill Frame St Columba’s Church, Headingley, Leeds

Designed by Brady Miller www.bradymiller.co.uk Hazel Gage www.hazelgage.co.uk Sarah Frackelton www.sarahfrackelton.co.uk Sophie Herring www.sophieherring.co.uk Printed by Duffield Leeds, 2012