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Hidden Art Select 2010: Your Placemat or Mine
PUBLISHED 9 Sep 2010 - 2:36pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Your Placemat Or Mine
New from people will always need plates, these placemats and coasters that 'pay tribute to the architecture of Britain throughout the ages'. You can use them to depiect your own architectural timeline... or maybe your own imaginary street. You can even put them under your plates and cups. They've been selected by Hidden Art as part of their Hidden Art Select 2010 range launched during the London Design Festival.  Find out about Hidden Art's 100% Design Seating Launch at the London Design Festival More
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Grant says:

I think these are very strong and you can picture exact streets where you have seen most of these styles of architecture.

Would be great to capture these as photos on real streets on the reverse of the coaster.

Grant 

Lighting in motion: The Field of Lights at 100% Design
PUBLISHED 3 Sep 2010 - 10:08am
AUTHOR: William Shaw
The late fabric and furniture designer Mary Vinson used to keep chickens around the home she shared with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. They wandered freely everywhere, much to the exasperation of their gardener. Vinson told me she kept them because she "liked to see things moving out of the corner of her eyes." For her, motion kept her home alive.  Designer Tom Cecil's Field of Lights, picture above, is an installation created for 100% Design at the London Design Festival that creates motion out of our own movements. The winning entry in 100% Design's Hidden Art competition,... More
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