Inspiration

Geometric shapes have inspired children and influenced architects for centuries. They have symbolic significance in dreams, in nature and in architecture. Here, they parametrically morph into one another, fading between timber, blue, and dark blue, reminiscent of wear after long term use.

Product photography: Ruth Ward

About

Wilkinson Eyre Architects, twice winners of both the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize and the RIBA Lubetkin Prize, is one of the UK’s leading architecture practices. Its portfolio of bold, beautiful, intelligent architecture includes the Guangzhou International Finance Center, one of tallest buildings in the world; the giant, cooled conservatories for the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, the new Maggie's Centre in Oxford and the acclaimed temporary structure of the London 2012 Basketball Arena.

http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com

Two students from Princes Risborough School have contributed their own homage to their music heroes with an adaptation of ercol’s classic Stacking Chair. Aspiring musicians, Keane Spenlé and Luke Page, who are both 11 GCSE students at Princes Risborough School, have referenced their music heroes in the piece. Luke says; “For me Hendrix represents more than just a guitarist, he is an artist. The way he painted his music was like nothing before him. Jimi is one of the most respected and recognisable figures of modern music. Although he isn't with us today his legacy is undeniable.

Keane says: “Bowie is accessible to everyone even to our generation. For a teenager born in '99 you wouldn't expect me to appreciate the rebirth of music from the 70's, however I feel that I can relate to Bowie more than the people of generations after him. He is a chameleon of the eras.”

Other elements that feature on the chair include melting vinyls symbolising Dali Clocks, Swirling Psychedelic patterns similar to those seen in "The Starry Night" and a Hans Christian Anderson quote "Where words fail music speaks".

Inspiration

When thinking about the title 'A Child's Dream' the first thing that springs to mind is colour. How bright and vibrant a child's dream might be, full of bold colours and shapes and a great innocence. We have focused on those bold colours and shapes in an irregular, sporadic fashion, bringing playfulness and purity to the lamp.

Product photography: Ruth Ward

About

Wilkinson Eyre Architects, twice winners of both the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize and the RIBA Lubetkin Prize, is one of the UK’s leading architecture practices. Its portfolio of bold, beautiful, intelligent architecture includes the Guangzhou International Finance Center, one of tallest buildings in the world; the giant, cooled conservatories for the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, the new Maggie's Centre in Oxford and the acclaimed temporary structure of the London 2012 Basketball Arena.

http://www.wilkinsoneyre.com

Paul Cocksedge limited edition customised Anglepoise® Type75™ Mini desk lamp

Inspiration

'From Function to Affection'

Watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/105966178

Using the human-like features of the Anglepoise lamps - their heads and jointed limbs - Paul Cocksedge has created an interactive piece that is both poignant and joyful.

The lights only come on when the two heads touch each other, and whichever way you position them for that touch, it will stir a visual memory of a child nuzzling up to its mother. It can be seen not only with humans, but across the natural world: two swans with their necks entwined, giraffes gently touching heads, a baby bear seeking protection with its mother.

This reconfiguration of the classic Anglepoise taps into the imagination whereby everyday objects take on human attributes, in this case to embody a gesture of caring and affection that is universal.

Product photography: Mark Cocksedge

About

Paul Cocksedge

Paul Cocksedge Studio was founded in 2004 by Paul Cocksedge and Joana Pinho. With a strong and dedicated team of collaborators, the Studio has won national and international acclaim for its original and innovative design, underpinned by research into the limits of technology, materials and manufacturing processes.

The key feature of the Studio’s work, in everything from product design to architectural projects, is a focus on simplicity and imagination in order to create unique people-centred designs. At the core of this focus lies an unrelenting attention to detail, a willingness to question previous assumptions about design, and an eagerness to take on a wide-ranging array of projects.

Paul Cocksedge has won a number of awards and prizes for his designs and is invited to speak at key design events around the world.

http://www.paulcocksedgestudio.com

'Angelpoise' - Tony Chambers limited edition customised Anglepoise® Type75™ Mini desk lamp

Inspiration

'Angelpoise'

"For a dreamy, ethereal feel, I sprayed the inside of the lampshade a pale sky-blue. Angel Blue was in fact the name on the can. I made a mask of the lamp's elegantly designed ventilation holes, and spraying through this made a beautiful impression on the lamp's base - just as Edward made a beautiful, lasting impression during his short stay here." - Tony Chambers

About

Tony joined Wallpaper* as Creative Director in January 2003. He was appointed Editor-in-Chief in March 2007. He has driven the growth of the brand through the development of a hugely successful website, exhibitions and events, and the iconic series of pocket City Guides published in conjunction with Phaidon.

Prior to joining Wallpaper*, he was Art Director at Condé Nast’s flagship male lifestyle title, British GQ, for six years.

Tony picked up the award for New Editor of the Year from the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2008, and in 2011 was named Editor of the Year for Lifestyle Magazines.

http://www.wallpaper.com/

About

Michael Sodeau set up his multidisciplinary design studio in London,
1997. The studio approaches every project with the same energy and
creativity producing work for a variety of international clients.
Michael has had solo shows in London, New York, Stockholm and Tokyo,
with a retrospective show in Paris.

He has designs in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert
Museum, and has won several awards including a Red Dot award for the
ANYTHING stationery range, a brand developed by Sodeau for Suikosha
in Japan.

Sodeau’s studio has designed interiors for Private Residents, Private
Members Clubs, Restaurants and Bars and Resorts.
Michael has been Art Director of designjunction since its inception in
2011.

Samuel Wilkinson limited edition customised ercol originals stacking chair

Inspiration

"We wanted to create an intervention that highlighted the beauty of the ercol Stacking Chair something fantastical and unexpected as if from a Child’s dream. The result is the representation of a magic fabled animal, a chair that gives you happy and playful thoughts when you see it. Each leg has grown a foot from a different creature. These have been painted in a red rubbery finish to contrast the natural turned beech and leave the chair appearing to float above the ground." - Samuel Wilkinson

About

Samuel Wilkinson graduated in furniture and related product design at Ravensboure College of Art & Design in 2002. While at Ravensbourne Wilkinson won several design awards, including the RSA award and D&AD New Blood. He went straight into employment working for leading consultancies such as Tangerine, Fitch:London, PearsonLloyd, and Conran. During these years he worked on various award winning projects for leading clients such as British Airways, Audi, LG, Samsung, and Virgin Airways.

http://samuelwilkinson.com/

Samuel Wilkinson limited edition customised Anglepoise® Type75™ Mini desk lamp

Inspiration

"Following on the theme of 'A Child’s Dream’ we wanted to create a subtle and abstract visualisation for the Anglepoise lamp. By using pointillism, a technique to create an image using only points of colour, we have decorated the lamp with thousands of dots that graduate from a green base up to a black stem. The head has been punched to manipulate its form into an uneven fabric like material and then drilled with holes to leave the light shining through the rear." - Samuel Wilkinson

About

Samuel Wilkinson graduated in furniture and related product design at Ravensboure College of Art & Design in 2002. While at Ravensbourne Wilkinson won several design awards, including the RSA award and D&AD New Blood. He went straight into employment working for leading consultancies such as Tangerine, Fitch:London, PearsonLloyd, and Conran. During these years he worked on various award winning projects for leading clients such as British Airways, Audi, LG, Samsung, and Virgin Airways.

http://samuelwilkinson.com/

Benjamin Hubert limited edition customised Anglepoise® Type75™ Mini desk lamp

About

Born in the UK in 1984, Benjamin Hubert studied Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University and graduated in 2006. Following successful degree shows, Benjamin exhibited at New Designers 06 with ‘Puff Out Lights’ winning the Corus Material Award and receiving short listings in two further categories.

Benjamin Hubert Studio was launched at 100% Futures at 100% Design 2007 and was shortlisted as ‘best new exhibitor’. Returning to exhibit at 100% futures 2008, Benjamin received ‘the most promising designer award’

Benjamin Hubert Studio products are exhibited and retailed across the world and have received numerous industry awards. The studio employs a materials and process focused design approach and now works with a range of international manufacturers across furniture, lighting and product sectors.

http://www.benjaminhubert.co.uk/

Rachel Galbraith limited edition customised ercol originals stacking chair

About

Rachel is the creative director for Ercol - furniture made the way it should be.
Founded in 1920, design has always been at the heart of ercol – design for comfort, design for function, design for beauty. We combine practicality with looks, be it the copious storage of our sideboards, shelving units, bookcases and display cabinets, the comfort of our studio couch and of our chairs, or the utility of our coffee tables, lamp tables, desk and media units.

As well as our in-house design team, we commission some of the best in British design talent to bring you some outstanding furniture. Our designs constantly evolve to reflect how you live today, whilst continuing to reflect ercol’s quality and craftsmanship.

http://www.ercol.com/

Inspiration

A chair representing the fusion between fashion and furnishing fabrics.

2319 comes from the bus number and two platform numbers of the transport the chair travelled on to its final creation space.

The fabric used is all from Liberty Art Fabrics Interior and Fashion collections. Many of the designs are no longer available making the chair a one off collectors piece for all lovers of Liberty Art Fabrics.

The main seat is covered in designs 'Cranford' and 'Eileen' designed by Grayson Perry and inspired by The BBC Drama 'Cranford' and 'The Scream' by Munch. The back two legs showing marbles and Dominos were designed by Michael Angove, the front two have designs again by Grayson Perry but also by Michael Angove, Mike McInnerney, Anj Smith and Tsumori Chisato.

The chair spokes underneath show prints by Mr Minagawa, Angie Lewin, Steve Parkes and Paul Morrison along with Liberty archive birds and snug, the first computer generated Liberty print. Grayson Perry 'Philippa' bicycles, Liberty archive Cars and Floral Mawston Meadow decorate the back rests. All prints were specifically chosen for their relationship to things you might do and places your mind may take you when relaxing on 2319.

Product photography: Ruth Ward

About

Emma has been part of the Liberty Art Fabrics Design Studio for over twenty two years and headed up the Liberty Art Fabrics Fashion Fabrics Design Studio for over sixteen years, being responsible for thirty collections before moving over to concentrate on Interior Fabrics in May this year.

Emma studied at Winchester School of Art and Design and Loughbrough College of Art and Design, her design philosophy stems from the originality and innovation entrenched in her mind at art college.

Emma is part of an amazing textile charitable organisation called 'Texprint' which supports the most talented students annually to become the stars of the future.

http://www.liberty.co.uk

Afroditi Krassa limited edition customised ercol originals stacking chair

Inspiration

"We may dream and plan as much as we want but life is unpredictable and we wanted to capture this and translate it onto a chair. Using clinical apparatus and colored dyes we have left it to gravity, time and chance to embellish the chair." - Afroditi Krassa

About

London‐based Greek designer Afroditi Krassa is extraordinarily proud of being an industrial designer, a term that many designers still render rather unsexy. Born in London in 1974, Krassa was raised in Northern Greece before returning to the UK in 1996 to complete a BA in Product Design at Central Saint Martins. An initial interest in graphic design was pushed immediately to one side as she discovered the playful approach she could apply to industrial manufacture. On graduation she was quick to gather attention for her rebellious attitude to product design; a stint at Priestman Goode was followed quickly by a position at leading design firm Seymour‐Powell as their first‐ever female designer.

Gaining a place at the Royal College of Art in 1999, she was tutored by, among others, Konstantin Grcic, Ron Arad and Jasper Morrison at a time when the school was going through a phase of peaked innovation and recognition, an experience that shaped Krassa’s attitudes and sensibility for years to come. Her spirited
and experimental use of materials set her apart from other graduates of the year and humour continues to play a large part in her work.

She went solo in 2002, setting up her eponymous studio from a space in Battersea and earning collaborations within a few years with Ligne Roset, Cassina and fashion label DKNY. A chance encounter with hospitality luminary Mourad Mazouz (of Momo fame) brought her to the fore of the world of restaurant and
hospitality design, creating pieces for Sketch and being invited to work on the initial design concept for pioneering sushi chain Itsu.

Delivering expertise beyond simple interior design, Krassa and her studio took the helm for all aspects of design and branding, from packaging and menus, to lighting, ambience and music. This holistic, 360‐degree approach to design has set her aside from other designers of her generation.

With clients including Dishoom, Curzon Cinemas, Café Rouge and Heston Blumenthal now under her belt, Krassa has taken design as a practical methodology and increased its potential manifold, adding depth to creative processes and realising that brands need to look beyond interior spaces to get their message communicated, a challenge she relishes with intense passion and
commitment.

http://www.afroditi.com/

Donna Wilson limited edition customised ercol originals stacking chair

About

Donna Wilson set up her company in 2003 after making odd knitted creatures for her final show at the Royal College of art. The creatures sold out and since then she has built her business designing and making a collection of curious cushions, luxurious lambswool blankets, and variety of products for you and your home.

Passionate about creating products that people can connect with, the studio is committed to making things that our customers will treasure. We use UK based manufacturers and suppliers wherever possible, doing our bit to keep craftsmanship alive.

https://www.donnawilson.com/

PearsonLloyd limited edition customised ercol originals stacking chair

Inspiration

"In our increasingly abstract, technical world, most of us have little contact or understanding of fundamental elements and process's such as soil, growth and decay. We wanted to find a symbol that referenced growth and life and was fundamental to the world we live in. Through a series of material experiments we came to iron. It's extraordinary to think that without iron at the core of our Earth there would be no atmosphere. Our iron core and it's magnetic field deflect the cosmic rays allowing Earth to maintain an atmosphere. These trees that make this chair not only replenish this atmosphere but turn the very same iron in our soil brown." - Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson

About

PearsonLloyd is an award winning industrial design and innovation consultancy based in London. The studio was founded by Tom Lloyd and Luke Pearson in 1997 to offer product design services and strategic thinking in sectors that have demanding spatial, ergonomic and social needs, including the workplace, healthcare, transport and urban environments. With a history of implementing strategic change within these areas, the studio delivers real value to their clients through research-led innovation and industrial design that focuses on practical commercial solutions that are pragmatic, elegant and memorable.

In 2008 Luke and Tom were enrolled as Royal Designers for Industry by The Royal Society of Arts in London and in 2012 were celebrated in the top 50 designers ‘Shaping the Future’ by Fast-Co Magazine in New York

http://pearsonlloyd.com/

Ab Rogers limited edition customised ercol originals stacking chair

Inspiration

'We love the honest, expressive, utilitarian nature of the ercol chair and the integrity of its detailing. Our proposal is to add functionality to the existing chair so that it supports activities beyond simply sitting.

To create a reading chair where you can rock as you read we introduced a set of skis to the bottom of the legs that animate the seat. We have integrated an organic LED light from LG Chemicals to give a radical light source for the seated person to enjoy.' - Ab Rogers

Created in collaboration with Mike Fairbrass and the RSHP Modelshop.

Product photography: Ruth Ward

About

Ab Rogers

A former cabinet-maker and sailor, Rogers earned his MA in design from the Royal College of Art. There he met Shona Kitchen with whom he cofounded Kitchen Rogers Design (KRD) in 1997. Kitchen and Rogers' projects included the Comme des Garçons store in Paris, the Al-Ostoura luxury department store in Kuwait City, and the Michel Guillon flagship store in London.
In 2004, he founded Ab Rogers Design (ARD), now an established studio that plays with colour, materials and function to inject a sense of poetry, magic and wonder into the everyday world.
ARD’s multifaceted work includes designing for hotels, restaurants, retail environments, domestic interiors, museum exhibitions, websites and brands; past clients include the Pompidou Centre, Tate Modern, Science Museum, the Australian Centre for Moving Image, Conde Nast, Pizza Express, Price Waterhouse Cooper and Parc1, a mixed-use development in Seoul.

http://www.abrogers.com

Kristjana Williams limited edition customised ercol originals stacking chair

Kristjana S Williams is an artist whose experience spans illustration, interiors, fashion and design. Kristjana is a regular exhibitor at the London Design Festival, exhibitions include; 'An Interactive Print Journey' comprising of four large scale murals at the Victoria and Albert Museum and a solo show at Shapero Rare Books where Kristjana's prints sat alongside the masters of victorian engravings. In Autumn/Winter 2012 Kristjana was asked to show her new collection at the Paul Smith Globe Store where the prints sold in record numbers. The beginning of 2013 saw the work receive Highly Commended for 'Best Use of Colour in the Arts' at the Dulux Colour Awards, completing a commission for Osborne and Little and art directed Wilderness Festival for the third year running.

The illustrations juxtapose strong graphic lines with intricate victorian engravings creating incredibly striking and unique art work. Comprising of very intricate collages of material that have been collected from victorian engravings, photographs taken, found objects and real leafs and twigs. A limited selection have been delicately hand-gold leaved in order to create an utterly desirable and innovative piece of work.

http://www.kristjanaswilliams.com/

Tom Dixon limited edition customised ercol Originals Stacking Chair

Wrapped in sheets of solid copper Tom's ercol chair has been morphed into a materialistc masterpiece, playing on the juxtoposition of the smooth wood against the hard, beaten copper sheets.

About

Tom Dixon is a UK based design company that specialises in lighting and furniture. Their range of lighting and furniture is renowned for its innovative contemporary design and construction. Using highly technical manufacturing processes Tom Dixon is able to produce a range of unique and stylish pendant lighting.

Tom Dixon fell into design by accident when he found himself with “time on his hands” while recovering from a motorcycle accident. As an art school drop-out with no technical training, he taught himself how to become a designer-maker in 1983 after discovering welding when trying to repair his motorbike.

Reaching iconic status Tom Dixon was awarded the OBE for services to British Design in 2000. Through-out his unorthodox career Dixon has created furniture and lighting using a myriad of ground-breaking processes and unusual materials - creating artistic and commercial pieces. In 2002 Tom Dixon and David Begg started Tom Dixon the company, and have developed a collection of contemporary lighting and furniture including the acclaimed Mirror Ball Pendant and the Copper Pendant.

http://www.tomdixon.net/uk/

Bethan Gray limited edition customised Anglepoise® Type75™ Mini desk lamp

About

Bethan Gray

Welsh born Bethan Gray is one of Britain’s most celebrated furniture designers best known for her liveable, honest and warm designs.

She first came to recognition when she was awarded the Habitat Innovation Award by Tom Dixon at New Designers in 1998 and has since won three Elle Decoration Design Awards. Working closely with Matthew Hilton during his residence at Habitat, Bethan was made Head of Furniture Design before setting up her own studio in 2008.

Most recently Bethan has established G&T - a collaboration with Thomas Turner. With a passion for the warmth of wood and leather, as well as the appeal of stone, Bethan is inspired by shape, texture and detail, and influenced by her travels and the everyday objects that that surround her.

http://bethangray.com/

Faye Toogood limited edition customised ercol stacking chair

Inspiration

The transformation of the chair pursuits a new look of bold volumes and soft edges, a contrast to the original. Wrapping and knotting various types of ropes gives a rich texture around the chair followed by a thick industrial rubber coating finish.

About

Faye Toogood is a British designer. Her furniture and objects demonstrate a preoccupation with materiality and experimentation. All of her pieces are handmade by small-scale fabricators and traditional artisans, with an honesty to the rawness and irregularity of the chosen material.

With an academic training in the theory and practice of fine art, and a vocational background at the forefront of the magazine industry, Toogood approaches product design with a singular and acutely honed eye. Her highly sculptural work, while showing an astute respect for the past, is derived from pure self-expression and instinct.

Toogood’s objects are grouped together into her trademark numbered ‘Assemblages’. This allows her to avoid the formulaic, to experiment with the materials and processes that dominate her thinking at a particular time. With each Assemblage, she engages not only with the products themselves but also with the three-dimensional space in which they are exhibited, working across multiple disciplines to create a single body of work with an intuitive and unified narrative.

http://fayetoogood.com/

Tom Dixon limited edition customised Anglepoise® Type75™ Mini desk lamp

Tom's Anglepoise® has received an equally impressive copper makeover, the shade being replaced with one of Tom Dixon's own Mini Copper Shade's giving the desk lamp an entirely new structural form.

About

Tom Dixon is a UK based design company that specialises in lighting and furniture. Their range of lighting and furniture is renowned for its innovative contemporary design and construction. Using highly technical manufacturing processes Tom Dixon is able to produce a range of unique and stylish pendant lighting.

Tom Dixon fell into design by accident when he found himself with “time on his hands” while recovering from a motorcycle accident. As an art school drop-out with no technical training, he taught himself how to become a designer-maker in 1983 after discovering welding when trying to repair his motorbike.

Reaching iconic status Tom Dixon was awarded the OBE for services to British Design in 2000. Through-out his unorthodox career Dixon has created furniture and lighting using a myriad of ground-breaking processes and unusual materials - creating artistic and commercial pieces. In 2002 Tom Dixon and David Begg started Tom Dixon the company, and have developed a collection of contemporary lighting and furniture including the acclaimed Mirror Ball Pendant and the Copper Pendant.

http://www.tomdixon.net

Installation design by Anthony Dickens and Make Believe Studio

http://www.studiomakebelieve.com

Please note this post is a selection of installation images only. The full installation is not available for auction.

Vic Lee customised Anglepoise® Type75 Mini Desk Lamp

About

I am a wordsmith, a mapmaker, a typographer, ragamuffin and freestyler. What I do makes me smile, and I am fortunate to be asked to do what I do for all and sundry, from the smallest personal piece to huge scale works.

I spent 15 years as a professional graphic designer freelancing across London and worked on major branding, interior and retail design projects as well as working with some of the leading design agencies in the world.

I have taken what I know as a graphic designer and incorporated that into my love of illustration. Its a happy combination.

My tools of the trade are Faber Castell pens and layout pads, a massive imagination, not taking life too seriously and great clients.

A good set of ingredients.

http://www.viclee.co.uk/

Anthony Dickens customised Anglepoise® Type75 Mini Desk Lamp

Inspiration

Title: 'Refreshed' an Anglepoise desk fan.

Sometimes in dreams things are not always what they seem. They can get a little mixed up. Something that should be hard, is soft. Something that should be loud, is quiet. Or, something that should be warm is cold...

When George Carwardine first invented the Anglepoise lamp, produced by Herbert Terry & Sons - now Anglepoise Ltd and still run by direct descendant Simon Terry - they marketed the lamp as the 'energy saving lamp'. Why? Because before Carwardine invented the task light, enabling the light source to be moved into position exactly where light was needed, people would simply increase the wattage of their overhead and standard lamps to raise lumen levels. But, by taking the lamp directly to the area of activity an Anglepoise could use a much lower wattage bulb.

The same principle is applied here. When working at your desk, you don't need a hugely powerful fan swinging left to right, sometimes buffeting you and any paper on your desk and pointlessly blowing air around a room. You just need to position a quiet, soft breeze exactly where you need it most. In your face.

About

Anthony founded his London product and furniture design studio in 1998 creating objects that express simple narratives and re-imagine the everyday things that surround us. Initially designing and manufacturing his own range of lighting, Anthony’s work is diverse, working at the junction between product design and communications. Anthony has worked for Audi, Veuve Clicquot, Finlandia, Skoda and Red Bull bringing the essence of brands to life.

http://www.anthonydickens.com

Inspiration

“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
Where the Wild Things Are: http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3020535

When we are young, the jungle is a mysterious place, a realm of adventure and the imagination. For our chair, we wanted to reference the magical worlds that you can disappear to in dreams.

Product photography: Ruth Ward

About

Since it launched in 1964, TOPSHOP has become a major British style authority and one of fashion’s biggest success stories. In 1994, a TOPSHOP flagship store was born, as the brand took over a 90,000 sq ft space at London Oxford Circus in the heart of the West End. It remains there today, and is considered the world’s largest fashion store, attracting over 500,000 shoppers each week.

A pioneer of design collaborations, TOPSHOP is also well known for nurturing young talent, including Christopher Kane, Meadham Kirchhoff, Hussein Chalayan, Richard Nicoll and Mary Katrantzou. TOPSHOP is the only high street brand to show on schedule at London Fashion Week, and has recently celebrated ten years of sponsoring New Gen – supporting young British designers and giving them a platform to show within LFW and promote their collections to the international press.

Also a huge success is the TOPSHOP beauty line, tapping into a wealth of existing knowledge of the hottest trends, the TOPSHOP design team has developed a directional and fashion led way of approaching colour in cosmetics.
TOPSHOP has 319 stores in the UK, with a further 137 international franchises operating in 40 countries. The USA sites are fully owned flagship stores, with further expansion of the TOPSHOP brand throughout the US with department store Nordstrom.

http://www.topshop.com