Striking the right balance between industrial cool and domestic elegance can be a delicate business. One designer who gets it spot on is Trentanove Lighting whose bespoke cage lights are made from original vintage materials with glass filament bulbs and cord flex that comes in a range of on-trend colours. Here we meet the makers
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Innovation is born from the creative exchange of ideas. The ReFound – Forge Project brings together three product designers and two manufacturers from across N. Ireland to encourage creative ideas and share knowledge. Initiated by Belfast-based furniture design boutique ReFound, the project was conceived to connect Irish designer-makers with the manufacturing industry, to promote the
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Curate, Create, Collaborate – that’s what ReFound is all about. And by collaboration we mean people; whether it be the creative collaborators we partner with to make, create and design or the team who work behind the scenes at ReFound to bring those creative products to you! We currently have 4 interns working with us,
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We’re on to the final installment of our Meet the Maker series on our ReFound Tote Bag Design Competition winners! Introducing Esme & Billy Edwards – the creative mind behind the ‘ReFound Storage Unit’ Bag – an inventive pair who are dab hands with recycled materials! Tell us a bit about yourself….. We are both
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Meet Tara McNeill – the second of our tote bag design competition winners! Our bespoke designed, hand screen-printed ReFound bags have now been printed and perfected and are available to pick up in store and online! (click here) To celebrate the winners of our competition to create a bespoke design for the bags based around
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It’s time to introduce the winners of our tote bag design competition and see their designs in the flesh! In a world of mass-production, mass-market and well…..mass-pretty much everything, we’re all for showcasing the beauty of bespoke design. So, well aware of the plentiful artistic savvy amongst our fans, we created a competition for the
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In our latest edition of Meet The Maker, John Bird of Loving Spoonful takes us through his fascinating process of turning beautiful silver spoons into even-more-beautiful jewellery. 1. Pliers,side cutters,wire-end caps and beads are used in the first stage. 2. All beads and end caps are threaded unto the wire and the access wire removed
Continue reading »Jewellery has always been and remains a striking way of communicating something very personal about yourself or your relationship with others. It can be handed down and passed on through centuries and forges a bond with a special person, memory or sentimental story. Our range of jewellery using recycled materials is the perfect way to
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Welcome the Meet The Artist section of our blog, where you get to have a nosy into what our makers are up to, what inspires them and what they love! Cork artist Sue Gifford is one of our newest stockists and her delicate designs on silk off-cut cushions are an elegant complement to ReFound’s ethos.
Continue reading »Last year 3 ReFound artists and I were interviewed for a BBC Newsline feature. Click to hear about why we do it, how we do it and see the highlights of some ReFound pieces. Includes: David McClelland, Anushiya Sunda, Jane Butler, Jill O’Neill Video: July 2012
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