Atelier100 is an initiative that’s reshuffling the manufacturing course of to encourage native design and manufacturing. Its workforce provide mentoring classes, enterprise masterclasses and a group hub. Now it’s opening its first retail house and unveiling a collection of works from 13 creatives, designed and produced inside 100km of London.
The retail house, which has simply opened in London’s Hammersmith, holds the model’s first assortment of adventurous design items, from homeware to style. The 13 creatives behind it had been chosen by means of Atelier100’s hothouse programme, an initiative launched in Might 2022 aiming to nurture native, rising expertise.
Two main retail teams got here collectively to kind the idea for the design hub. Style retailer H&M and Ingka Group, the holding firm behind many Ikea shops, used their trade know-how to unite a bunch of consultants in driving a mentorship programme. A panel chosen the group of creatives after an open name drew in 3D and textile designers, ceramic artists, illustrators and multidisciplinary makers.
The outcomes from the mentoring programme, alongside the alternatives fostered within the collaborative house are broad; the tough texture of a papier-mâché lamp by Emmely Elgersma is cute and distinctive in its kind; Alison Cooke’s disjointed cylindrical vases are made out of clay excavated from 26m beneath London’s River Thames; and, in a showcase of bespoke design meets sustainability, Clara Chu has reclaimed objects – from CD instances to toaster elements – and assembled her ‘Surplus Bag assortment’ in vibrant and surprising reconstructions.
Clockwise from backside left: ‘London’ papier-mâché desk lamp by Emmely Elgersma; ‘Wax-Dipped’ lampshade, by Lola Lely; ‘Thames Clay’ vase by Alison Cooke; ‘London Brick & Charcoal’ candle holders’ by Nina Jua Klein; ‘London Cobblestone’ ground mild, by Mitre & Mondays; stainless-steel tubular chair by Andu Masebo. Styling by Serene Khan
(Picture credit score: Pictures: Trisha Ward)
Between eight and 100 examples of every product can be found, establishing the native, inventive really feel amongst the studio’s wares. Such small batches enable ample house for innovation, with redesigns extra accessible with every evolution.
The idea reveals a refreshing shift in direction of a extra sustainable method to industrial creation, whereas the makers present intuitive eyes for materials repurposing. Andu Masebo has used conventional strategies to weld, solid and end 12 automobile exhaust pipes to kind his stainless-steel tubular chair, and Mitre & Mondays has designed its ‘London Cobblestone’ ground mild utilizing timber, cobblestone and metallic, making a freestanding lamp with texture and historical past.
The complete group of 13 creatives contains Alison Cooke, Andu Masebo, Clara Chu, Elna-Marie Fortune, Emmely Elgersma, James O’Brien, Josef Shanley-Jackson & Finn Thomson, Lola Lely, Nathan Joyce, Nina Jua Klein, Savvas Alexander, Yasmin Lennon-Chong, Zoe Horgan. They had been mentored by skilled leather-based staff, industrial designers and lecturers throughout their time on the programme.
‘Thames Clay’ vase by Alison Cooke. Styling by Serene Khan
(Picture credit score: Pictures: Trisha Ward)
‘London Brick & Charcoal’ candle holders by Nina Jua Klein. Styling by Serene Khan
(Picture credit score: Trisha Ward)
‘London Cobblestone’ ground mild by Mitre & Mondays. Styling by Serene Khan
(Picture credit score: Trisha Ward)
Stainless-steel tubular chair by Andu Masebo. Styling by Serene Khan
(Picture credit score: Trisha Ward)
The gathering is obtainable in retailer at Atelier100 Hammersmith, and on-line from early November 2022
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