Years and years ago, when I was still reading my parent’s Times on a Sunday morning, I saw an amazing photo story series where a photographer had got people to put everything – everything! – in their house out on their front lawns for an overhead photo. Wish I knew who it was… Not showing […]
One of us here at My Friend’s House is a clock hater. The other one of us spent design-week-in-a-day spotting nothing but clocks and can’t resist sharing the findings. Clockwise from top left: Bias Clock by Rich Brilliant Willing from Areaware; clock2, which was broken when I saw it, by Useless Rethinking, who were unphased by that. The designer present from UR […]
Is it possible to have a three day hangover? I’m just emerging from the fog that has engulfed me since attending a party for Timorous Beasties and Brinton’s collaboration on Thursday. The main event was for their huge carpets in petrol blues, greys and ochre – yes maybe my friend did drop a slice of […]
I too am, how did you put it MF ‘a bit squeezed’ this week so have just done design week in a day, mainly in the rain. I’ve got one sodden trainer to prove it. Going on a road trip to Scotland tonight, so my highlights of the east end shows will have to wait. […]
I could have called this ‘Best of Design Week’, but ‘Bits of Design Week I Made It To’ would be more accurate. The old schedule is a bit squeezed this week, but I did manage to amble round Hoxton on the Icon Design Trail on Tuesday night. First stop, SCP, where Donna Wilson‘s new collection […]