We were so thrilled to meet the very lovely Jiwei Zhou, who is working with Diana Schereron creating further structures from roots. You can see a picture of one of Jiwei’s BEAUTIFUL structures from oat roots below. We have mentioned Diana’s work before – her root dress is pictured & you can learn more about her […]
READ MOREA low-cost self-driving car, a chair literally cultivated and cut from tree, an online archive of recipes to allow people to create at home the materials of the future are among the projects on show at the Cité du Design. Eight projects to keep an eye on at the Saint-Étienne Design Biennial, where design is […]
READ MOREGavin speaking in Spring 2019 at the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne Click below to see a short video of Gavin talking about the design & ethos behind growing furniture. We loved meeting so many amazing people & being involved in such a magnificent endeavour. Thanks again to the amazing Lisa White for the invitation, & […]
READ MOREGiovanna 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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A lovely article in Country & Town House Magazine, their Lucia Loves section. It’s their special edition on Saving the Planet – vitally important!
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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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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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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 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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Pull up a chair, by the roots. Financial Times, September 2018 We promised you an article printed on pink paper – here it is! A lovely article by Jonathan Foyle with pictures by Rod Kirkpatrick Financial Times Article
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