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For Deadgood
Dimensions (mm): 720h x 1800w x 925d
                            720h x 925w x 925d
                            900h x 925w x 925d

A series of practical tables with removable legs offering easier transport and flexibility. Apertures within the table’s top allow for cabling and plugs while also providing hand holes for carrying. The product’s simple aesthetic follows that of the original ‘Working Girl Stool’ which itself takes reference from the utility styling of a traditional workshop stool. A solid Oak surface and powder coated steel frame combine to add an understated quality and elegance to this Collection. Available from Deadgood in various sizes.

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For the Designers In Residnce Tools for Everyday Life project

The rivet lights are a family of three cordless table lamps including button, cone and Pan. The form of which are derived from different types of solid rivets – permanent mechanical fasteners. The base cylinder made from Corian houses the battery and light source while the various formed heads in copper and polycarbonate act as diffusers to create a warm ambient light that can be adjusted via the dimmer switch to suit the chosen environment. The cordless lights allow for the freedom of use in a variety of locations or alternatively they can be powered directly via the mains, while placed on their accompanying charging base.

The Tools for Everyday Life project is an ongoing brief set to the Designers In Residence community with the intention of investigating the language of task focused objects.

Prototype
Dimensions (mm): 440sh, 780h x 500w x 500d

This simple yet elegant construction consists of two interlocking profiles, which support a fully upholstered seat. The quality of both the solid walnut frame and the 100% wool fabric from British Manufacturer Camira perfectly compliments and enhances the simple form and clean lines of the chair, which take their cue from the symmetrical nature of an hourglass. A functional addition of the product is its ability to stack.

For Deadgood
Dimensions (mm): 635h x 480w x 430d

The product’s simple aesthetic is a reinterpretation of an existing workshop stool featuring a lacquered beech seat, powder coated steel frame and subtle brass fixtures that combine to add an understated quality and elegance to the piece. A pressed location detail offers the opportunity for multiple stacking, making the ‘Working Girl’ an ideal choice for contract applications. Each product is also branded with the designer, product and manufacturers name. Available from Deadgood in High, Low and two seater Bench versions.

For Swann Morton
In conjunction with the Designers in Residence Tools for Everyday life project

The Tools for Everyday Life project is an ongoing brief set to the Designers In Residence community with the intention of investigating the language of task focused objects – products that lead to the creation of something else.

The Plane is the first in a range of highly crafted brass and solid walnut model making tools to perform tasks that require the upmost in accuracy and skill. Housing precision ground carbon steel blades from Swann Morton’s arts, crafts and modellers (ACM) range, the tools have been designed to function as task driven objects and as frames showcasing the exacting manufacture of each blade – from the angle of the grind to the pressed product number. Further tools to feature in the range include a mite joint cutter and fold scorer. For more information please visit the Designers in Residence website.

For Design Event Presents
Dimensions (mm): 230h x 120w x 150d

Commissioned by design event for their inaugural ‘Presents’ exhibition the M. Lamp is a small domestic light reappropriating the mining lamp by referencing both its form and functional nature. With the design of early Davy and Geordie mining lamps originating in Newcastle upon Tyne the M. Lamp aims to celebrate the North East’s Industrial heritage. Integrating features from various mining lamps such as a handle for carrying and hanging, a removable base for storing the flex and a spun metal reflector for directing light has produced an immensely versatile interior product.

For Deadgood 
Dimensions (mm): 460sh, 825h x 510w x 470d

A stacking chair that delivers on both elegance and practicality. The beautifully proportioned series of chairs provide a stackable seating solution that doesn’t compromise on aesthetics. This product is also available from Deadgood as an upholstered piece with customisable fabrics in side and armchair versions.

For Habitat
Dimensions (mm): 370sh, 685h x 605w x 580d

The elegant form of this chair takes its cue from utilitarian Danish Design. To make busy lives a little easier, foam seat cushions are upholstered in an easy-clean cotton mix fabric. They can be removed easily thanks to a buttoned epaulette and passant detail, which loops around and through the chair legs.

For Northumbria University City Campus East

The architect’s vision for Northumbria’s new City Campus East was to create a fusion between formality and structure of processes – the spatial side for the School of Design’s new building and the structured side for the School of Law and Newcastle Business School’s building.

The commissioned gates & railings complimented this vision, with the idea of motion and the transfer of people becoming the work’s focus. Studies into the ebb and flow of a river, creating movement with dynamic and often contorted patterns formed links with the buildings aesthetic, consisting of convex and concave exterior mesh frames. This translated into a repetitive pattern, which could be used for both the gates and railings.

Prototype
Dimensions (mm): 450sh, 780h x 550w x 470d

With its three-legged design the Tri Stacker provides a stable grounding, especially when used on uneven outdoor surfaces. The chair’s ability to stack is created by removing material from the centre of the seat pan, allowing the back leg to slot through.