Japanese Glassware by Shotoku Glass Co.
Apologies to all of you who have been looking for good video content. I have come across a few short films on my travels but they’ve not really ticked all the right boxes. Some were in a foreign language, which doesn’t really help in terms of inspiration, well unless the imagery is absolutely su
Product Imagery from Iittala for 2013
A few of my favourite things in the office include some Iittala vases and bowls, first designed by Alvar Aalto in 1936. You all know I have quite the fascination with his work, particularly his furniture and architecture, but also the versatile objects that he designed over his career. If you don’
Glass Sculpture by Stephen Procter
Stephen Procter is a bit of a legend when it comes to working with glass, he initially began by researching English glass engraving, this inspired him to learn and explore the craft in more detail. During the late 60's and early 70's, in his studio near Ashburton in Devon, UK, Stephen focused entire
MOLD ALL Exhibition at Tortoise, Glassware by PP Blower
After watching a fantastic short documentary titled ‘GLAS’ yesterday, directed by Bert Haanstra in the 50?s, I had the inspiration to write about some glassware that I’d come across late last week. If you’ve yet to watch the piece, it’s definitely a must for any creative, or anyone who’s
Glassware by Masahiro Ishikawa
I thought I'd update the blog with some new craft work that I found on my travels around the web last week, it seems to have become absent from the blog lately. But I have to say I feel like we've been doing a good job on the shop. I mentioned before about us getting some lacquerware in the store fr
The Shape that Moves by Iittala
I realised earlier that I've had a little hiatus from any films or videos on the blog, which is a shame really as one of my favourite things about the internet is short films made by fellow creatives, you can always find inspiration that you'd of never seen otherwise. Unfortunately, pictures don't q
Glassworks by Danish Designer Tora Urup
When viewing works made of glass I usually have two thoughts in mind: simplicity and functionality. A lot of European glassmakers tend to have this idea that they need to separate artwork from design work, ie they won't make glassware that doesn't have some sort of 'style' attached to it. This may m
Short Film on Sheldon Cooney
Part of what we do here is keeping our noses to the ground and unearthing those creative independents that are tucked away in the lesser-known corners of the web. The creation of glass is a process that I've personally become more and more fascinated by over the years, although recently I've been st
Selection of Imagery from Carlie Armstrong
After highlighting Jennifer Causey and her Brooklyn Makers book the other day I came across another photographer that's passionate about sharing some American creativity. Tonight I thought I'd give her work a showcase here because I'm a big fan of what she's trying to do with her own project and fel
In Between for Inframince Designed by BCXSY
I bumped into this superb collection earlier which really intrigued me, a series designed by BCXSY and was commissioned by Japanese company Inframince. It's part of project called 'tile_objects 01', which I don't know too much about myself, but I do know that Inframince have got together with a few
Short Film on Vyrobeno lesem Collective
When you sit and consider for a moment how many objects, foods and materials around us are synthetic it makes me feel a little uneasy, I don't agree that price of something is where its real value lies. As time passes I feel myself moving more and more towards items with organic origins, I like to b
Studio Imagery from Siemon & Salazar
I don't mean to come across as somebody who's always complaining, or a snob for that matter, but I often find myself disappointed when searching the shelves of mainstream shops. I appreciate the concept of appealing to a larger market but in doing so it feels like we are losing touch with objects th