Designer Archives - Susanna Beaumont

Becky Šik

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:55:35 +0000

Inspired by modular furniture units, particularly mid 20th century German and Scandinavian designs, Becky Šik uses welded mesh to create light, geometric and adjustable shelving units. The powder-coated units can be combined with shelves made in varying sizes from a number of different materials such as wood, birch plywood (which can be hand finished with coloured edging) and steel, expanding the unit’s functions and varying its aesthetic. The hanging mechanisms offer a playful solution to height adjustability and adds colour. Becky Šik lives and […]

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Nick Ross

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:54:23 +0000

Nick Ross explores the relationship between ‘fictional history’ and how it shapes our understanding of culture, identity and nationhood. Since living in Sweden, Ross has increasingly become interested in looking at how cultural icons and particular materials, shape our reading of a particular place or landscape. Ross is interested in investigating facts and happenings that have […]

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Daniel Brophy

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:52:38 +0000

Inspired by Scandinavian and Japanese design and craft, Daniel Brophy emulates a design approach that is pared down and lean. He always considers the rhythm of a piece: the space between each leg, the differing distances between each wooden spoke in his Side Chair. In doing this Brophy emphasises negative space, subtle angles and tapering lines. Brophy specialises in ebonising, a process of darkening wood. He applies a homemade solution […]

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Included Design

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:50:18 +0000

Included Design creates inclusively designed furniture for people with dementia and other cognitive and physical impairments. The Gingko Table has been designed with just a single central table leg, thus allowing users to sit easily at the table. The steel constructed central leg and the solid steel base prevent the table from tilting, while the solid walnut edging creates a strong contrast with the table’s surface so clearly marking the table’s edge. Tested and approved by people […]

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Lynne MacLachlan

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:48:35 +0000

Lynne MacLachlan’s practice takes an experimental approach to digital design and fabrication tools, pushing their capabilities to produce intriguing jewellery and interior objects. State of the art 3D printing technologies are combined with meticulous hand-finishing techniques, such as dyeing, metalwork and construction, to explore optical illusions, geometry and colour effects. This hybridisation harnesses the precision and complexity of digital tools with craftsmanship […]

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Peter Holmes

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:46:29 +0000

The Ellipse Armchair by Peter Holmes is inspired by the curves and drama of Art Deco architecture and design. Wanting to create a chair that would envelop the sitter, Holmes constructed a low-slung wooden frame that combines beech and birch plywood with turned beech legs. A consideration from the start was the upholstery fabric. The fabric needed to have […]

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Lucy Grainge

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:45:11 +0000

The DES 2019 Handout is designed by Lucy Grainge and forms part of an ongoing body of work informed by swimming pools and the woggle, a lozenge-shaped float that acts as a swimming aid. As a part-time swimming teacher, Grainge frequently uses woggles to provide support and safety for novice swimmers. Long fascinated by water, the human body in water and how the flexibility of the woggle allows it to echo and support the human form, Grainge’s pattern-based design […]

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Rachel Adams

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:43:38 +0000

Frequently referencing Art Deco, Adams employs materials more readily associated with industrial processes than the decorative arts. The reverse is true of White Roses, an upholstered bench originally commissioned by The Collection Museum in Lincoln. Adams created the piece in response to a painting of the same name by the late 19th century French painter, Henri Fantin-Latour. Using green and white tie dye, matching the colour scheme of the original painting, Adams creates an unusual upholstery pattern that echoes marbling, a kind of trompe l’oeil on fabric. By elevating the industrial, the non-valuable, DIY and everyday materials, Adams teases at cultural […]

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Aymeric Renoud

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:41:16 +0000

On moving to Dundee from France in 2013, Aymeric Renoud became fascinated by Scotland’s brewing and distilling industry and in particular, draff, the so-called unwanted leftover ‘wet grains’. Often used to supplement animal feed, Renoud began to explore the possibilities of using draff as material in furniture design. He embarked on a four-year programme of research and development before launching draff studio in Dundee in 2017. At DES 2018, Renoud debuted his first piece of furniture, a draff stool. Renoud has now further refined the process of turning the spent […]

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Steff Norwood

Susanna Beaumont — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:37:13 +0000

Steff Norwood works between the disciplines of design and sculpture. His work is hybrid by nature. He imposes a singular aesthetical approach through his choice of materials, form and colour. This process is applied to both conceptual and commercial projects. Paint and the painted surface is omnipresent in Norwood’s work. Norwood draws inspiration from diverse sources such as folk […]

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