LOVE LOVE LOVE LONNY MAGAZINE

Check out the December Issue of Online Magazine Lonnymag.
Love the simple layout, products, stories and profiles of designers and designs.
A must on your list!  Just wish I could buy them all her in Australia without ridiculous shipping prices.
Make sure you click on the video of "how the Christmas windows were made - cute and great song.

FURNITEX & DESIGN AND DECORATION 2010

HANDSOME PRINTS display
at Design & Decoration for Materials Inspiration
(Curators- Marshall Design)

Whenever these events are on I go straight to the Vivid display where furniture and decor items by student, up & coming and established designers display innovative and exciting pieces.
This year was no exception in what it had to offer. I was lucky enough to chat with Damien Hipwell from Studio Hip who had two pieces on show, with the childrens chair and table set winning an award (cutely named 'strongman table and chairs!). Damien is a professional furniture maker and approaches his designs and manufacturing with high environmental and ethical standards.

I loved his Studio chair - a contemporary piece with influences of the retro furniture era . Damien is a true craftsman with a passion for his work - if you are looking for a unique piece Damien welcomes commissions - so look him up!

STRONG MAN! TABLE & CHAIRS

The other pieces that caught my eye where from students developing their design and manufacturing skills, so make sure you look out for these names in the future.

CURVITIOUS CREDENZA -by Hanzlah Ain - PerthMETAL CABINET by Kip Smith of UANDMI DesignsROCKING HORSE CONCEPT by Rob Miller - Victoria
(which also won and award)ZINE TABLE by Jade Mc Cormick WA

REECE INNOVATIONS AWARD

I am honored to be one of the five judges of the
REECE INNOVATIONS AWARDS that inspires designers to come up with a unique design for the bathroom. Whether you are a professional, student or tertiary student this is a great competition to be part of.
Not only do you win a major cash prize but are given the support to have your product manufactured and sold through Reece.


Click onto past winners to see the quality and high standards that have been reached through this amazing competition!
I look forward to seeing the entries in the near future and good luck to you all!!

Shaynna

London - to Market to Market!

Dr martens

I have been here a very short time and through my fuzz of jetlag I seem to bump into a market where-ever I go! So far I have been to Brick Lane which had Pop-Up! Vintage markets in abondoned warehouses, Portobello Road- the longest antique market, Petticoat Lane- selling cheap mass produced items and then Spitafields market which is a melting pot of individual designers sitting amongst large cafes and some chain stores. Even the stores are fitted out with a quirky designer touch. The pictures above are all from Spitafield market as this is the one that captured me the most and I loved the creativeness of the artisans.

Elemental - interiors shop

Zoe Larkins

Spitafield Market

Some of the artists -

Josh Baum makes delicate artwork cut from paper. My favourite was a tiny butterfly that sits in a dome and you take the 'magic' wand and it flutters at your command.
Dan Hillier who produces quirky artwork of 19 Century Gentry mixed with the animal and insect world. Humorous with a touch of old fashioned side-show entertainment. I loved the Tuxedoed Mooses.
Zoe Larkins makes the most adorable puff buttons I have seen and her display is quirky and eye-catching with a giant hare keeping watch!
Doc Martens is a mass market shoe that was once and still is, 'The Shoe' that typified London. I of course bought my first pair this year, red tartan, so I was impressed to find them in the market and with a unique shop interior. A stark retail space and in the centre flouoescent yellow strips that usually are associated with commercial refrigeration doorways.
Outside the market are more artists with permanent shops, all tiny but very apealling. The outdoor shot was taken at 4.30pm so it shows to have good lighting in London's winter!
Elemental is one of stores that caught my eye, filled to the brim with handcrafted and Vintage Furniture.
Off to walk London again today so I look forward to sharing more through the lens of a designer!