News & Press

Interior Design Magazine, 7th April 2019 – The 2019 Biennale Design in Saint-Étienne Highlights Common Ground

Giovanna Dunmall for Interior Design Magazine writes The 11th edition of the Biennale Internationale Design in Saint-Étienne is underway, celebrating the theme Me, You, Nous: Designing Common Ground. The standout show—“Systems, not Stuff”—was created by this year’s Biennale curator Lisa White and focuses on the need for new systems of making and consuming things, recycling them, […]

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Le Monde – March 28th 2019

Another day, another marvellous article, this time in French from the world-famous Le Monde… The article talks about other exhibitors in St Etienne using the natural world to create objects & also the exhibition in Paris at the Pompidou Centre. Fantastique!   https://www.lemonde.fr/…/design-la-nature-a-l-uvre_5441250_…

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CBS Sunday Morning – March 2019

CBS Sunday Morning – A huge treat for us and for our fans in the USA! We were so thrilled to meet Elizabeth Palmer & Erin Lyall, and to be invited to appear on CBS’s flagship Arts programme, CBS Sunday Morning. The programme was filmed back in October, with a later visit from Erin and her […]

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St Etienne Biennale – March 2019

St Etienne Biennale – March 2019 – A Biennale for seeing, participating, thinking… Exhibitions supported by designers, artists and researchers, each around a theme related to major economic, societal or environmental issues. After Alice and Gavin met the brilliant Lisa White at Milan Furniture Fair, she honoured Full Grown by including us in her exhibition […]

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Feature in Milan-based Newspaper, Corriere della Sera – Living Section

One of Italy’s major newspapers, Corriere della Sera, kindly featured us in an article in their Living section. To be featured in a newspaper in a land renowned for such great design is a huge honour. Thank you!   The image the article features shows Stephen Jackson, Furniture Curator of the National Museum of Scotland […]

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Call You & Yours – November 2018

You & Yours – BBC Radio 4 We were really happy to hear from the lovely Elisabeth Hotson once again – she first came to interview Gavin back in 2015 for the PM programme.   This year’s programme featured own You & Yours, the consumer rights programme. It begins with the excellent Peter White (22 […]

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Visit to National Museum of Scotland – September 2018

Visit to National Museum of Scotland A wee diversion on a trip to Scotland to finally see a Grown Chair at National Museums Scotland Delighted to finally meet Stephen Jackson, Curator of Furniture & Woodwork, & Sarah Rothwell, Curator of Modern & Contemporary Design. So kind of them to take time out of their busy […]

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Design 4 Health – Keynote Speech

Design 4 Health – Keynote Speech Gavin gave a great keynote talk today at the conference Design 4 Health at Sheffield Hallam University. “Design4Health brings together designers and creative practitioners with researchers, clinicians, policy makers and users to discuss, disseminate and test their approaches and methods. Together we explore creative approaches and perspectives to enhance understanding and […]

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