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| Shai Akram |
London-based design collective Okay Studio invited a group of their friends and fellow designers to exhibit in Mod_ular Blanc, Ben Sherman's gallery space, during the London Design Festival this month.
The show's title, Loose Thread, is reflected in pieces that explore nut and screw mechanisms, clothing-inspired details, and ideas of balance.
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| Ed Swan |
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| Ed Swan |
Many of the pieces have a playful twist: Ed Swan's lamp, A Fine Line, has a ninety-degree section removed to expose the coloured fabric cable running through its stem, while Peter Marigold's Ball O String Lamp will become smaller and smaller as its used, leaving behind a hollow shell.
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| Peter Marigold |
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| Liliana Ovalle |
Liliana Ovalle's Cumulo glassware is printed with geometric patterns, which create optical effects when layered together. Mathias Hahn's Louche carafe and glass set uses opaline glass to create a milky finish. The name refers to the moment when water is added to absinthe, causing it to cloud over.
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| Mathias Hahn |
Jordi Canudas's Uplight Down pendant lamp is designed especially for LEDs, diffusing the light by reflecting it over a textured surface, while Shai Akram's Fold Light uses one fold to transform a sheet steel surface into a functioning product.
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| Jordi Canudas |
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| Shai Akram |
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| Andrew Haythornthwaite |
Andrew Haythornthwaite's floor lamp, Cannonball, explores primary principles of balance, weighted by spheres at its base; Hunting & Narud's wall-mounted mirror, Rise & Shine, is similarly counterbalanced by a solid brass weight.
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| Hunting & Narud |
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| Hiroko Shiratori |
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| Roger Arquer |
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| Jorre Van Ast |
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| Study O Portable |
