DES Archives - Susanna Beaumont https://www.susannabeaumont.com/category/blog/ Celebrating art, craft, design and ideas through podcasts, exhibitions, conversations and commissions. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:30:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 Earth Matters – open call https://www.susannabeaumont.com/earth-matters/ Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:01 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=14340 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Design Exhibition Scotland are delighted to announce an open call to artists, makers, craftspeople and designers based in Scotland to submit expressions of interest to exhibit in Earth Matters at Inverleith House Gallery, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Earth Matters will open in March 2026 and run to October 2026. The deadline for submissions is 9am on Friday 23rd May.

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]]> Watering Spots https://www.susannabeaumont.com/drinking-fountains/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:03:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=14155 DRINKING FOUNTAINS
DES has long wanted to revive the drinking fountain and celebrate outstanding design and provide free and clean drinking water. In 2019 we invited Tania Kovats and collaborating artists Laura Aldridge and James Rigler to design a fountain fit for our contemporary age.

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]]> Sitting Pretty https://www.susannabeaumont.com/sitting-pretty/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:42:34 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=14123 Design Exhibition Scotland’s OPEN CALL to design a park bench was inspired by a wish to celebrate all that the public bench offers: the joy of sitting down, the great outdoors and of course the chance to pause for thought and take in a view. Partnering with Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, the selected benches were shown at Mount Stuart last summer before travelling on to V&A Dundee earlier this year.

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]]> ‘A walk in the woods’ . . again https://www.susannabeaumont.com/a-walk-in-the-woods-again/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=12622 ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
After a 5 year closure for extensive renovation, Glasgow's The Burrell Collection has re-opened. Suzanne Ewing once again delights in the building's architecture, the fall of light & its outstanding collection.

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]]> Questions & Answers / Hugo Macdonald https://www.susannabeaumont.com/questions-answers-hugo-macdonald/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:30:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=12540 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Hugo Macdonald, curator of Radical Acts: Why Craft Matters which recently opened at Harewood House, talks ideas, changing the narrative, growing up on Skye & the joy of the wind & rain.
Image Mac Collins - Thaneray (Tenroy) from Radical Acts at Harewood House. Photo Edvinas Bruzas.

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]]> Burrell reborn https://www.susannabeaumont.com/burrell/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=12865 ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
In our second piece on the celebrated Burrell Collection, Kieran Gaffney explores the revitalised building & how architects John McAslan & Partners have updated the structure for the 21st century.

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]]> Park Life https://www.susannabeaumont.com/12786-2/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 05:30:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=12786 DESIGN
Carys Wilkins reports on the recent pandemic's affect on design, in particular public seating & the National Museums of Scotland's recent acquisition of a social distancing bench by Dutch designer, Björn van den Broek.

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]]> ‘A walk in the woods’ shelter in place https://www.susannabeaumont.com/a-walk-in-the-woods-shelter-in-place/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:25:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=5676 NEW WRITING
'But suddenly you touched my heart.' Two years ago Suzanne Ewing reflected on The Burrell Collection, its architecture & location while it was closed for renovation. Summer 2020

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]]> Shroom with a view https://www.susannabeaumont.com/shroom-with-a-view/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:20:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=8256 MATERIAL INNOVATION
Glasgow School of Art graduate, Catriona Brown had long thought the ubiquitous plastic tree protector was a blot on the landscape, so she set out to design an alternative. Here Catriona tells the story of Shroom, her tree protector made of mycelium, which is currently on show at V&A Dundee. Summer 2020

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]]> Cinema Paradiso https://www.susannabeaumont.com/cinema-paradiso/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:17:00 +0000 https://www.designexhibitionscotland.co.uk/?p=11442 ARCHITECTURE
Cromarty's new cinema cuts a brilliant architectural dash. Looking out to Cromarty Firth, it is testimony to a community-led initiative & outstanding contemporary architecture. Susanna Beaumont speaks to Cromarty Community Cinema's architect, Lynne Sproull. Winter 2021.

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