Launch 18 September 2008 at 6pm
121-123 Deptford High Street
London
SE8 4NS
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121-123 Deptford High Street
London
SE8 4NS
A collection of wooden huts commissioned by Design for London for the Open City exhibition have been transported to a new home at The Deptford Project in the old railway yard next to Deptford High Street station.
Four locally-based designers will transform the huts into a series of intimate outdoor spaces to provide shelter for visitors to the recently opened Deptford Project - a converted railway carriage café designed by Morag Myerscough and run by Rebecca Molina.
The Deptford project hosts a weekend creative industries market, art, design, music and film projects are currently filling the site. In 2010 work will begin to create a new and important public piazza and a new residential building, designed by Richard Rogers, will connect the ramp back to the railway line as it was when it was built as the first suburban railway station in London in 1836. The huts project has been curated by Raw Nerve and funded by City Growth.
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Four locally-based designers will transform the huts into a series of intimate outdoor spaces to provide shelter for visitors to the recently opened Deptford Project - a converted railway carriage café designed by Morag Myerscough and run by Rebecca Molina.
The Deptford project hosts a weekend creative industries market, art, design, music and film projects are currently filling the site. In 2010 work will begin to create a new and important public piazza and a new residential building, designed by Richard Rogers, will connect the ramp back to the railway line as it was when it was built as the first suburban railway station in London in 1836. The huts project has been curated by Raw Nerve and funded by City Growth.
Linda Florence
London based designer Linda Florence designs bespoke wallpaper for domestic and commercial interiors.
With a passion for pattern, print and the 1980’s, Florence’s approach combines tradtional textiles, sciene and graphic illustraion. Layering patterns, colour and a range of unusual surfaces, many of her creations involve a level of interation between the work and the user.
She is going to turn her hut into the Deptford ballroom for all the Ginger and Fred’s of Deptford. She plans to screen print directly onto the exterior of the shed and have printed buildings around the shed sp it looks like a tent / ballroom from a seaside pier.
www.lindaflorence.co.uk
&made
&made's periscope enables the user to experience Deptford from an alternative viewpoint. With the current and planned regeneration over the next few years the periscope will give people the opportunity to track and comment on the changes that occur. All comments and opinions will be recorded and run as a live feed from the Shed blog, enabling local people and visitors to have their say about their Deptford.
www.and-made.com
Phoebe Jenkins and Theresa Himmer
Phoebe Jenkins is a London-based independent Graphic Designer. For the Deptford Project Gaffs she is collaborating with Theresa Himmer, a Danish Architect who lives and works in Iceland. They are using light, reflection and movement to create a peaceful shelter. Londoners love their green spaces, and they are transforming their gaff into what it once was - a refuge with dappled light and rustling sounds. They are re-intrepreting the tranquility found from sitting under a tree.
Perforations or patterns inspired by the spaces between leaves in trees are sawn into the sides and roof of the hut allowing in shafts of light. Sequins which move and rustle in the wind and reflect the light are placed both inside and outside the hut creating patterns of movement and light. From the outside the hut is alive, glistening and moving according to the strength of the wind and the intensity of the sun. On the inside you hear the rustle of the sequins and see the light bouncing off the walls, creating an ambiance of tranquility.
The sequins used for the project come from www.spangleys.com
www.phoebejenkins.co.uk
Goldsmiths
The goldsmiths team comprises of three individual design graduates come together to work on the Deptford project. Their individual work ranges from graphics, events and product design but is linked by a common desire for people to engage with their design work through participation or interaction. Individual work can be seen at other locations throughout the London Design Festival. Their Gaff makes playful use of the existing structure transforming it into a rocking seating area. It brings movement back into the empty railway arches.
www.oliverbishopyoung.co.uk
Stuart -
www.aswellasdesign.com
Katy -
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/design/shows/show2008/index.html
121-123 Deptford High
Street
London
You will find ‘The Deptford Project: Gaffs’ along Deptford High Street behind the Cafe, a converted train carriage.≠–
Street
London
You will find ‘The Deptford Project: Gaffs’ along Deptford High Street behind the Cafe, a converted train carriage.≠–
