Issue No. 205
Mar/Apr 2007
Upfront: our regular round-up from the world of crafts. Guest Speaker Sir Christopher Frayling; Marcel Wanders in Oxford Street; farewell to Hans Wegner; Philip Eglin takes on Nottingham Castle. Plus crafts news and dates
Inside this issue
Regulars
Talent Spot
Giles Miller brings a bit of beauty to green design
In Conversation
Textile visionary Jane Harris goes back to Glasgow to catch up with Timorous Beasties. Nick Barley presides over a distinctly Scottish affair
Collecting
Corinne Julius visits Charmian Adams, a collector who eats off Julian Stair and sits on Mary Little
Inspiration
Design duo Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard are happiest hanging out in factoriesFeatures
Ettore Sottsass
Nigel Coates on the polymath designer who is 90 this year
Arts Foundation
One of the country’s quietest arts awards is also one of the best. Liz Hoggard finds out how it works
Binding Promise
Bookbinding courses are closing everywhere, but a new breed of collectors is commissioning like crazy. Pamela Buxton enters an arcane world
Burning Down the Divide
Marcus Fairs works out why the Dutch do it so very differently
Simply Shocking
The movement that really started mixing up media comes to the V&A. Veronica Horwell joins the dotsReviews
Eleven pages of exhibition and book reviews by Stefany Tomalin, Tanya Harrod, Emmanuel Cooper, Lesley Jackson and more
