Last Friday I took a day out with Megan from Megan Ashwell Designs and visited the New Designers 2014 exhibition at The Business Design Centre in London.
Myself and Megan both met at a local fair a couple of years ago, and it turned out we had very similar interests and passions. I now own one of Megan’s mugs and she owns one of my vases 🙂
Anyway, we thought it would be nice to have a day away from designing and making, and have a look at some of the latest work from new university graduates from all over the country.
It was a lovely day. Aside from delicious Starbucks drinks and snacks, we saw some fantastic work. It made me think back to my graduate days back in 2008 when I exhibited at New Designers with Coventry University after my degree show (7 years ago!). Unfortunately I didn’t see a stand for Coventry University this year.
Overall, I was really impressed by the quality of work but have to admit I was a little disappointed in the amount of ceramics on show. I remember there being more all those years ago…
It was nice to sit down and rest our feet when we took part in designing fun new Absolut Vodka bottles. My bottle featured a dandelion (naturally!), and Megan’s bottle hosted some beautiful 3D flowers, of course!
On the train home we were discussing new ideas for our work and decided to challenge ourselves with a project to help generate new imagery for new work. Details to follow soon – Watch this space! I’m so excited to start working in a sketchbook again, it’s been a while.
Until then I’ll leave you with my highlights of the show…
Katie Stamford
Eloise Nash
Sophie Thompson
Matthew Watson
 Annette Lawrence
Laura Murphy
Ali Cashen
