So much has changed

However, same problems persist. This is revival no: 347 and, I think, this is it! Finally, I have got my act together and cleared out the debris from all the other spaces I occupied and concentrated all my efforts and attention on the beloved Blackhorse Workshop. I will be posting every day. I want to […]

So much has changed

The Sawdust Collection

Sounds like a good title for a collection of design objects, doesn’t it? It should read: “The Perennial Problem of Expensive Sawdust Collection”. At the moment, it is just a problem. MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) is toxic and the lovely couple that used to collect the mountain of bags of sawdust to make bedding for […]

The Sawdust Collection

Moving into studio

Ok, nearly there. I am indebted to Ilyas Metal Works for letting me try out a few ideas here. Built a workbench out of scraps hiding around IMW. The metal frame was a wrongly ordered cabinet for a restaurant but rightly discarded for me. The timber comes from a 9m piece which used to work as […]

Moving into studio

Background

On this Valentine’s Day, 14 February 2014, we celebrated with my partner, not only the warm embrace of each other’s presence, but also the birth of the General Design Project. This is General Design Project: a project in design that is general First, it is a project more than anything: ‘company’ or ‘business’ is neither […]

Background