Soft Kist is a dual purpose seat and container for a space constrained environment. Soft edges to reflect its contents, a coopered top to invite you to sit. The new normal in the world that uses this piece is of making the inhabitable space more fun, useful and inviting. Soft Kist creates a softness for all the stuff associated with …
Chiffoniere
This was the piece which made me feel that furniture design was what I wanted to do. In 2005 I had some yew felled in the hurricane of 1987. A difficult timber to work and one celebrated for its structural ability to bend, not for its ease of making flat surfaces. Here is a small sideboard or chiffonier usually made …
Tsunami
This piece was a collaboration with Gavin Robertson for the exhibition After the Storm, held at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh in the John Hope Gateway Gallery between 1st December 2016 and 26/5/2017. It was one of 12 pieces made by the top designer-makers in Scotland using timber felled by Hurricane Andrea in January 2012. This cabinet is made from Atlas Cedar, Yew …
Knight’s Move Storage System
This modular bookcase system is made of white beech and can be stacked and locked to fit to the space available. Suitable for room dividers. Each square fits two rows of 12 paperbacks comfortably, but it can be used for many other items – shoes, cosmetics, big books, displays. Shown here is a sitting room and a bedside table arrangement. The …