East London Design District: James Patmore – Horizon
This morning I met with James Patmore to photograph his Horizon installation made of a series of hand-dyed natural ropes that hang within the windows of the cafe to create a visual oasis within the bustling city of London.
The Liberty of Norton Folgate
201 Bishopsgate, Broadgate Tower
EC2M 3UG
United Kingdom
13th – 21th September
-ISH by Matteo Fogale and Laetitia De Allegri #LDF14
I’ve started the annual London Design Festival brawl with -ISH by Matteo Fogale and Laetitia De Allegri at Herrick Gallery, part of the Shoreditch Design Triangle
‘Slate-ish’ is a material that resembles stone, but is made in the US from recycled and reclaimed sources of paper-laminate. Not only is it lightweight,
it is also strong, durable, and easy to install. ‘Denimite’ is made from post-consumer and post-industrial denim scrap, recycled denim fiber material. (…)‘Marblus’ is made from white cotton/polyester post-industrial scrap.
This scrap material is plentiful, and gives a great source for a white-based composite. This fabric is used for sheets, clothing, and various other fabric products. The trimmings are shredded and the combination of fabrics give a wonderful blue/gray tone mixed with white, looking much like Carrara Marble.(Herrick Gallery)
Useless & Beautiful: Dan Tobin Smith, The First Law of Kipple
This weekend the London Design Festival took us to Dan Tobin Smith’s installation, The First Law of Kipple; a room full of knick knack, beautifully organised by colors, with all the possible gradients in between them. The installation is inspired by Philip K Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Sheep, in which the author describes kipple as a byproduct of everyday life – “useless objects, like junk mail or match folders after you use the last match”.
The First Law of Kipple opened on September 13 at Dan Tobin Smith Studio,
52c Whitmore Road, London N1 5QG. For details, see londondesignfestival.com.