Design Everything

Sammi Cherryman / @sammicherryman A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn London-based emerging designer and maker Sammi Cherryman works with a variety of materials, from clay to wood, to create everyday objects with a unique twist. Her work is playful yet functional, staying true to the material and process used. Sammi believes good design should feel familiar but also make people look closer, spark curiosity, and appreciate the detail. What have you been up to since the exhibit? Since the exhibition, alongside my day job, I joined the DE team and started working pronto on our 2025 exhibition, A Seat at the Table. I mostly worked in the design/build team for the van shelving which held 36 stools. Alongside this, I’ve continued casting my pewter Ash Trays and recently begun making beeswax dipped candles, which I find quite therapeutic! This year, as part of DE we launched our shelf2stool diy kit, repurposing the van shelving wood. We launched the stool at Store projects where we also ran an afterschool club series where students aged 14-18 built our stool and designed their own. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. Being part of the show felt like a nice/natural way of meeting fellow people in similar situations to me, made me feel part of a family. What’s next, anything new to share? What’s next… some exciting things coming up from Design Everything that we’ve been working on. A couple commissions based on the stool I designed for last years show. - Design Everything

Jake Robertson / @jakerobertsonsss A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn Jake Robertson is a furniture designer and maker from Manchester, based in South London. Working with offcuts and odd-bits he focuses on embracing material imperfections, allowing pre-existing forms to dictate his design process. By giving these forms a home in his work, Jake aims to present the journey from material to object, and the unique character that can be found along the way. What have you been up to since the exhibit? I took part in a residency that helped develop a series of one-off pieces using only off-cut materials, which has now informed a range of designs I hope to launch later this year. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. Taking part introduced me to so many talented designers, and it felt reassuring to be a part of a community that looks to help each other and at the end of the day, make better things. What’s next, anything new to share? It’s all up in the air for now, but between commissions I’m working on a few designs that I can batch produce in-house, with the aim of making something more accessible. - Design Everything

Jessica Tremaine / @jegatremaine A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn Jessica Tremaine is a Cornish artist based in Penzance, U.K. Having spent many years working as a designer for studios such as Martine Rose in London and BLESS in Paris, she turned to ceramics as a preferred medium of storytelling. ‘My work encompasses historical elements of human spirituality as well as more recent industrial influences. I’m concerned with the loss of traditions surrounding community gatherings, celebrations and ceremonies. Aesthetically the work appears heavy and tough, borrowing and distorting symbols that are often combined with suggestions of functional metalwork.’ What have you been up to since the exhibit? Since the exhibit I’ve moved back to Cornwall after 13 years in London. I’ve got a studio in Penzance where I have much more time and space to focus on my practice. I’ve also been able to hone my references and have been able to explore making larger work. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. I really appreciated having my work alongside artists and designers that make functional but explorative work. It inspired me to research other materials and widened my community. What’s next, anything new to share? It’s taken a while to set up my studio but I’m now ready to work on a body work this year. It will be exhibited in London in the summer. - Design Everything

Lewis Duckworth / @lewis_duck_duck_goose A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn Lewis Duckworth is a socially driven designer and maker based in London. He is the founder of the design platform Design Everything and a co-founder of the independent label Polished Stone. His practice aims to shift perspectives on the everyday, working across curation, creative direction and product design that engage the public and collaborate with others. What have you been up to since the exhibit? I’ve been working as a fabricator for Max Lamb for the past four years, including during the first Design Everything show. Since then, I’ve completed The King’s Foundation course CREATE – Rethinking Wood for Furniture, worked with our team to curate last year’s Design Everything exhibition, and started a music label with friends. This year I’m focused on pushing my own practice while continuing to develop Design Everything with our brilliant team. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. The exhibition was my first time organising, commissioning and curating a show of this scale. It was an incredibly exciting and rewarding experience - I met the most inspiring people, discovered great spaces, and shared the work and stories of emerging creatives across London. What’s next, anything new to share? I’m really excited about what’s coming up for Design Everything, with more community-led events planned and our next exhibition lined up for LDF26. Alongside this, I’m hoping to find a new workshop to develop both old and new ideas. I’m also looking forward to getting back into music, which remains a huge part of my life. - Design Everything

Oliver Hawkes / @oliverhawkes A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn Oliver Hawkes’ work is focused on details and manufacturing, treading a line between handcrafted and high tech processes. Coming from an architectural background, his works are designed to be highly functional with their forms created to be as understandable as possible. Using simplified forms and material junctions to let the process of making create the narrative of each object. What have you been up to since the exhibit? It’s been a busy year moving up to Liverpool and resetting my practice here. This hasn’t meant no projects though! I’ve been working on some small scale homeware, keeping things more manageable. Developing a project with Tool/Toy exploring wool and ways to work with it. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. Meeting and interacting with other members of the exhibit was the biggest impact to me, it has helped me to keep the fire burning, especially now that I’ve moved out of London. What’s next, anything new to share? Back to bigger works and furniture, that is the plan. I have a new space here that will help to facilitate larger items. - Design Everything

It was wonderful partnering with @storeprojects for a series of After School Clubs, to design and build stools using reclaimed wood from our exhibition. Over the course of the club, students designed and made two stools, using wood repurposed from the shelving of Design Everything’s ‘A Seat at the Table’ travelling exhibition. Working with simple tools and jigs, students were introduced to practical joint construction and assembly to develop creative ideas into tested workable designs through hands-on making and prototyping. We wanted to continue the materials journey from exhibition infrastructure into stools for everyday use. We have turned these into stool packs which are availble to purchase at the Shelf to Stool launch at Store Store Hackney this friday the 17th! Shelf to Stool is a self-assembly stool kit made from Radiata Pine, originally used in A Seat At The Table, a mobile exhibition hosted by Design Everything in 2025. All proceeds from sales of the stool kit go toward funding future events, including exhibitions, workshops, and meetups, helping create more opportunities for emerging designers to showcase their work. We want to thank Store projects and their team for this opportunity! Image Credit: Photos 2 & 6 by Qozeem Achilleas Lawal - Design Everything

Tabatha Pearce Chedier / @tabathapearce A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn Tabatha Pearce Chedier (1995) is a Brazilian-British Designer based in the UK, working across product and furniture. She earned her degree in Product and Furniture Design from Kingston School of Art in 2020. Within her work, she delves into her dual heritage and cultural ties, employing a charismatic, process oriented approach. Tabatha draws inspiration from a diverse mix of traditions, demonstrating a consideration of materials and manufacturing in her exploration of ideas. In 2024, she was nominated for the Design Museum’s Ralph Saltzman Prize by Jasper Morrison. Tabatha is an independent designer, whilst also being a contributing member of the Design Everything team. What have you been up to since the exhibit? Since the show, I became a contributing member of Design Everything and moved to Bristol to create more time to focus on my own projects. Most recently, we then ran our second dE exhibition during Shoreditch Design Triangle, which was incredibly exciting and received an overwhelming response. At the same time, I exhibited my Modo container at the Das Programm CDRA exhibition @das_programmagram , it was wonderful to be showing alongside designers who have inspired me greatly! Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. For me, the exhibit was a starting point for building my creative community and developing my individual practice. What resonated most was taking part in something that championed emerging designers, which ultimately inspired me to join the Design Everything team! What’s next, anything new to share? I am taking part in a group show called ‘Proof of Concept’ @proofofconcept.show at the Aram gallery @aramgalleryldn . Running from the 6th of March until the 18th of April. Check it out! It’s on the theme of moulds and it has such a great variety of techniques exploring this process.

George Richardson / @georgerichardsonstudio A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn With a practise which is centred around material and process. Realised through physical experimentation, projects are led by the reinterpretation of traditional techniques and material properties. Using locally and sustainably sourced materials, producing works that range from furniture and sculptural objects to traditional timber-frame buildings. What have you been up to since the exhibit? Still in London - working predominantly in wood, spending most of my time in a workshop. Loving learning every day in a material which continues to interest me. Otherwise a few timber framing jobs, which is always a nice change of pace. Showed some work last summer with Max Radford Gallery (@maxradfordgallery ) and in LDF as part of the Slancha (@slancha ) cohort - both great to be apart of! Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. Was nice to connect with other London based designers, where you feel a sense of community amongst some very talented people. What’s next, anything new to share? More exploration, more learning - looking to try and get stone involved in the practice (amongst some other materials). - Design Everything

ONE YEAR ON: Thomas Wheller / @thomaswheller A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn Thomas Wheller is a Designer and maker based in SE London producing hand made functional objects with sculptural spirit. What have you been up to since the exhibit? Ive continued developing my carving style. I haven’t found my exact voice yet but I’m happy with my progress. Ive been collaborating with a few studios to make a variety of furniture and homeware pieces. These clients have allowed me the freedom to explore new ideas, which i’m extremely grateful for. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. It got me in contact with the wider community of London designers and exposed me to people making things that were outside my field of view. It broadened my horizons. What’s next, anything new to share? More, bigger, better, casting metal 🤘 - Design Everything

For our ‘A Seat at the Table’ exhibit in 2025, we displayed 36 seats inside a luton van and travelled across London. The shelving fit out we used to display the seats was made from reclaimed pine radiata. We wanted to continue the materials journey from exhibition infrastructure into stools for everyday use. We are incredibly excited to be partnering with @storeprojects to use this reclaimed wood for a series of After School Club’s to design and build stools using this reclaimed wood from our exhibition. Over the course of the club, students will design and make two stools, using wood repurposed from the shelving of Design Everything’s ‘A Seat at the Table’ travelling exhibition. Working with simple tools and jigs, students will be introduced to practical joint construction and assembly to develop creative ideas into tested workable designs through hands-on making and prototyping. This is a free opportunity for 15 state school students (age 14-18). The workshop will result in finished stools that will be the students to keep, with the opportunity to be part of a public exhibition at STORE STORE. Workshops begin this week, for two weeks. We can’t wait to share with you the results of the workshops!

ONE YEAR ON: David Chen / @david.chen02 @handlewithcare.store A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn David Chen (b. Dallas, 2002) is an emerging product designer and creative technologist based in London. Having recently completed a Master’s in Design Engineering at Imperial College, he is establishing a strong interdisciplinary practice which explores the intersection between DJ culture and design engineering. What have you been up to since the exhibit? Since the Kindred show, I’ve graduated from the Design Engineering MEng course at Imperial College. Since then, I’ve been freelancing full-time in audio-related product design and engineering, mainly designing and building custom soundsystems. Towards the end of last year, I also started a party with my friend Tai called “Motion”, which now has a residency at BBE Store in Hackney. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. For me, the show was an introduction to a field of extremely talented designers and makers, some of whom I currently work with and all of whom I draw inspiration from. What’s next, anything new to share? I always find myself working on many projects at once, so I’ll narrow it down to the ones I’m most excited about. I’ve released a DJ headphone which has been gaining traction over the past month or so – I’ve been able to collaborate with some of my GOAT DJs and producers, including Benji B, Charlie Dark and Steven Julien. So I’m excited to see how far that project goes. I’m also working on a cool custom home hifi system with my friend Saji, who runs a spatial design practice called Protean. And of course, my party “Motion”, for which we are currently designing and building a soundsystem from repurposed oriental furniture. The next step for me would be to move into a proper studio space and lock in. So we’ll see how that goes. - Design Everything

ONE YEAR ON: Charlie Boyden / @chairlieboy A series where we check in with our contributing designers, from our 2024 Exhibit with Kindred / @kindred_ldn Charlie Boyden is a British artist and designer exploring light, objects and furniture. His work aims to interrogate the function of every day things and respond through a thoughtful and reimagined landscape. Frequently working with ‘waste’, he persuades the materials to dictate form and hopes to educate on the importance of creating beauty from the discarded. What have you been up to since the exhibit? I did a residency at Young V&A, have worked with some cool brands, exhibited at Dutch Design Week and pushed my practice to create work with mediums and techniques that were new to me. Moved studio from Hackney Wick to Wandsworth, near where I live. Set up the new space there and have some exciting projects coming up this year, while hopefully pushing my personal work further too. Your thoughts on how being part of the exhibit impacted you or your practice. It put my work in front of an interesting audience. Gave me a platform to show and grow. Ultimately pushing you to do more. What’s next, anything new to share? Just finished a collection of sculptures for LN-CC and HOKA. Cheeky Nandos project in the works and a couple other recommissions. Deffo going to spend some time exploring traffic signs and riveting, building up a collection with the same voice. Currently scheduling another batch of Make Play workshops to be released this spring. Keep your eyes peeled on @makeplaymakeplay - Design Everything