Local Heroes – Studio Visits pt.2

Last week we talked about Local Heroes, an exhibition about Scottish design taking place at Edinburgh Airport during the Festival in August. We’ve been commissioned by Local Heroes to document the spaces and processes of all the designers involved. Here are the remaining 5 designers and the products they’ve designed exclusively for Local Heroes. Local Heroes – 1st to 31st … Read More

Resident Store

Founded in 2015 James Borley and Greg Avis, Resident is a store bringing together a curated selection of homewares, accessories and grooming products from UK and international designers like Matia Mollenbach, Daniela Rubino and Louise Madzia. After its first location in London, Resident has just settled in a new home in Frome, Somerset. We talked to James and Greg to … Read More

Thisispaper Store

Thisipaper is a multidisciplinary design studio founded in 2011 and based in Warsaw. Working on different projects, ranging from graphic design and art direction to retail design and print publishing, Thisipaper have established themselves as one of the most exciting studios emerging from Poland. You might know Thisispaper because of their magazine and nicely curated blog, but they also design … Read More

ECA Degree Show 16

Every year, the Degree Show at Edinburgh College of Art is a date not to miss in the arts calendar of the city. This year’s show just finished but we take a look at some of the student work that caught our eye. Kate Livingstone – Masters of Fine Art MFA Menzie Zhang – Fashion BA Kirsti Beautyman – Illustration … Read More

Jennifer Argo

Jennifer Argo is a Glasgow-based artist, working across different fields and looking at complex adaptive systems in nature as inspiration for smart design, and as a metaphor for the way communities develop and grow. We interviewed Jennifer to discover more about her practice, her work designing sanctuaries and her plans for the next few months. www.jenniferargo.com Could you please tell … Read More