The Sawdust Collection

Sounds like a good title for a collection of design objects, doesn’t it? It should read: “The Perennial Problem of Expensive Sawdust Collection”. At the moment, it is just a problem. MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) is toxic and the lovely couple that used to collect the mountain of bags of sawdust to make bedding for […]

Moving into studio

Ok, nearly there. I am indebted to Ilyas Metal Works for letting me try out a few ideas here. Built a workbench out of scraps hiding around IMW. The metal frame was a wrongly ordered cabinet for a restaurant but rightly discarded for me. The timber comes from a 9m piece which used to work as […]

Moving into studio

Background

This is General Design Project: a project in design that is general First, it is a project more than anything: ‘company’ or ‘business’ is neither appropriate, nor explanatory. GDP is an effort. Individual or collaborative, GDP takes part in enterprises that are carefully planned and designed to achieve particular aims. Second, it is in design, and […]

Background