Handmade 2013: the sketchbook
Coffee bar
Coming Soon Coffee, Architectural Titanium and Kebony
Cross an architect with a barrista and you’ll have the unusual hybrid that is Hoi Chi Ng, who developed the blueprints for this year’s Handmade coffee bar
Felt lights
Snarkitecture and The Woolmark Company
These light fixtures, made entirely from wool, are formed by stacking layers of thick wool felt to build up forms that recall familiar pendants or table lamps and can be suspended from the ceiling or placed on a table
’Kage’ suitcase
Tsatsas
Called ‘Kage’, which is Japanese for ‘shadow’, and small enough to comply with airline hand-luggage restrictions, Tsatsas’ trolley suitcase is perfect for seasoned business travellers and weekend escapers alike
Hand tools
Chauhan Studio and Fiskars
To create a modern-day set of tools for life’s little jobs, we recruited the talents of the London-based practice, Chauhan Studio, who promptly honed in on combining the contemporary technology and purpose of Fiskars, with an elevated, heirloom-like quality
Globe
Mathias Hahn and Bellerby & Co
Taking us around the world is Mathias Hahn’s globe, which manipulates the logic of calculating a sphere from a flat, with the different hues for each longitude and latitude creating coloured bands
’Life is Precious’ survival kit
Fort Standard
Designers Gregory Buntain and Ian Collings, of Fort Standard, have reimagined the standard outdoor ‘survival’ kit, making use of their love of hiking and the outdoors to create a comprehensive emergency aid designed to look and feel as precious as its contents would be to its user in an emergency situation
’Julia’ folding chair
Brunno Jahara and The Woolmark Company
Jahara’s relaxing, foldable chair, upholstered in hand-stitched wool is named after the artisan who sewed the fabric together with woollen thread and made the project possible
’Buzzy Bee’ wall lamp
Thierry Dreyfus
A secret light comes from the hexagonal cells of this wall lamp created in Carrara marble, polished stainless steel, resin and aluminium
’Blue Porter’
Mathias Kiss and Pierre Frey
This is a reflection on the fold and deformation of rigid materials, using a combination of craftsmanship and contemporary experimentation
Felt shoes
Adam Goodrum and The Woolmark Company
Goodrum decided to use wool to make shoes because of his interest in the way flat graphic patterns can come together to create a three-dimensional form
Desk and writing set
OeO, Stellar Works and Japan Handmade
In collaboration with designers OeO and producer Stellar Works, a collective of Kyoto craftsmen has created a bespoke version of French furniture maker Laval’s writing desk along with an accompanying collection of accessories
Tipi
Emiliano Godoy and The Woolmark Company
Emiliano Godoy has reinterpreted the portable tent structure that has been used for centuries using five elegant fabrics
Make-up box clutch
Kjaer Weis and Linley
The faceted box clutch, which honours the swinging opening mechanisms of its contents, not only functions as a fashion-forward clutch bag, but as a tabletop display, too
Garden wall
Hassell Studio and The Woolmark Company
Referring to the origin of the fabric, Jon Hazelwood, from Hassell’s London studio, used a simple weaving method to generate interstitial spaces, where selected plant species can grow
’Högalid’ sofa
Karl-Johan Hjerling and Karin Wallenbeck, and George Smith
A pouf is transformed into a sofa using a wooden and leather frame, creating a wonderful contrast between the soft pouf, with its curved shape and upholstered velvet mohair, and the rigid wooden frame with its hard expression
Curtain
Simon Heijdens and The Woolmark Company
The curtain connects the indoor space with the outdoor by showing, through the fibres, the patterns of wind that pass outside
Candlesticks
Lola Lely and Bronze Age Foundry
Lola Lely’s candlesticks are handcrafted from bronze using the lost wax technique. The colouration was developed with a master patineur from Bronze Age Foundry, using a combination of age