Designersblock show at Southbank for London Design Festival 2012

Designersblock 2012 is hap­pening right now, under­neath the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, until this Sunday 23^rd September. These are my iPhone photos. (This page is in pro­gress until I get quotes from the designers. If you know any of them, tell them to email me!)

Paul Bishop — The New English

I’m all about mar­rying tra­di­tional ceramics skills and mater­ials with a con­tem­porary aes­thetic, mer­ging art with everyday objects. It takes zero energy to explain what plate a does, so why not put 100% into making it look beau­tiful? Designersblock is great for us. It’s a real oppor­tunity for us to express ourselves and show off what we do, and there’s an impetus to develop new ideas. I loved spraying the big red heart. Oh, and the free beer — always a winner in my eyes! www.thenewenglish.co.uk

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Tortie Hoare & Natalie Brady — H&B

www.tortiehoare.co.uk

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Roey Hunt — Designer/Maker

www.roeyhunt.com

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Gordon W Robertson — Botanique pewter

I com­bine age old artisan tech­niques with digital tech­no­logy: Applied arts and pixels. My cur­rent love is pewter and I aim to thor­oughly exploit its won­derful ver­sat­ility. www.gordonwrobertson.com

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Hend Krichen — Tunisia Made 2012 vessels

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Walterworks — Wearable Art by Walter Raes

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Studio Sudi — Productivitree installation

Yes money is tight, yes jobs are far and few between and yes the world is over­heating. But at Studio SUDI we endeavor to keep a glass half full atti­tude. The Productivitree is a whim­sical install­a­tion that encom­passes four products from our Recession Ready range to cel­eb­rate all our hard work by cre­ating a bright and dra­matic center­peice to for this years Designersblock. www.studiosudi.com

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Flora McLean — House of Flora

I am chan­nel­ling archi­tec­ture through hats, eye­wear and jew­ellery . The set­ting for this show is per­fect; the Festival of Britain has been a con­stant ref­er­ence for my work for many years. I feel like I’ve come home! www.houseofflora.net

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Andrew Knott — Faber

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Moon-Jung Kim — Sir Lighting Guard

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Nic Parnell — Arbor Lamp

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Paul McAnelly — Hawaii design

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Degross — Terra Lux recycled lamps

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design­ers­b­lock is at the Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX from 20–23 September and it’s part of LDF2012. Photos and Interviews: © Ken Sparkes. All Rights Reserved. Read more about how they set up the show: Backstage with design­ers­b­lock.