The art of craft: the rise of the designer-maker

Variations upon an electric kettle by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, shown at Design Parade 6
© Véronique Huyghe

Design critic Justin McGuirk's latest column for The Guardian tracks the roots of our current thirst for all things handmade, from origin stories to designer craft. McGuirk defines this as "a post-industrial nostalgia for the pre-industrial", and uses exhibitors at this year's Design Parade as a prime example.

Read the full article here - and subscribers can read our new report, Industrial Craft, for a US take on the subject.