CDW17: Experiencing Design at Clerkenwell Design Week
We checked out Clerkenwell, a tiny area of London that gets its own festival due to the sheer number of creatives based there.
Now that new product launches are instantly disseminated the world over through social media and blogs like this one, design festivals have to try harder to reward those who visit in person, whether that’s through hyper-local design or live experiences. Clerkenwell, a tiny area of London that gets its own festival due to the sheer number of creatives based there (there are rumored to be more architects per square foot than anywhere else in the world) and its Design Week is no exception.
Commissioned by our very own Editor at Large, Katie Treggiden, the Curved Twist installation at Desso‘s flooring showroom was created by Kia Utzon-Frank and Faye McCaul, combining Kia’s patent pending Louver Twisting Comb system, a frame made from recycled yogurt pots, and 21,500 dichroic rods that Faye knitted into a screen that changes color depending on the light and angle it is viewed from. It really came alive in natural daylight and had to be seen to be believed.
Kia also made a series of sculptural cakes covered with Tarkett’s flooring designs and featuring an ‘ombre’ flavor profile that changed in intensity from rhubarb compote to white chocolate and rum ganache depending on which slice you tried. They were served as part of a ‘fika’ ritual ? a cake and coffee break that is an important part ...
Now that new product launches are instantly disseminated the world over through social media and blogs like this one, design festivals have to try harder to reward those who visit in person, whether that’s through hyper-local design or live experiences. Clerkenwell, a tiny area of London that gets its own festival due to the sheer number of creatives based there (there are rumored to be more architects per square foot than anywhere else in the world) and its Design Week is no exception.
Commissioned by our very own Editor at Large, Katie Treggiden, the Curved Twist installation at Desso‘s flooring showroom was created by Kia Utzon-Frank and Faye McCaul, combining Kia’s patent pending Louver Twisting Comb system, a frame made from recycled yogurt pots, and 21,500 dichroic rods that Faye knitted into a screen that changes color depending on the light and angle it is viewed from. It really came alive in natural daylight and had to be seen to be believed.
Kia also made a series of sculptural cakes covered with Tarkett’s flooring designs and featuring an ‘ombre’ flavor profile that changed in intensity from rhubarb compote to white chocolate and rum ganache depending on which slice you tried. They were served as part of a ‘fika’ ritual ? a cake and coffee break that is an important part ...
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