A Collection Of... Spaces

The next episode of A Collection Of… Spaces is with designer & maker Jaclyn Pappalardo. I visited Jaclyn at her studio in Pullens Yards, just a few streets from Elephant and Castle. She shares the space with a designer and a printmaker. Jaclyn's work explores industrial manufacturing processes in unexpected ways. One series of seating investigates hydroforming, where two sheets of metal ar...

The next episode of A Collection Of… Spaces is with jewellery designers and makers Luke Shimell & Emma Madden at their studio in Haggerston, East London. Luke and Emma met in Devon while both beginning their journeys in the jewellery industry, Luke through a more traditional apprenticeship route, and Emma from a craft based practice. They began their creative partnership in 2010 and have conti...

This episode of " A Collection Of… Spaces" is with John Booth, ceramicist, designer and illustrator. I visited John in his railway-arch studio in Haggerston, East London, a space he’s shared for the past nine years with seven other artists working across ceramics and mixed media. The studio has the feel of a home workspace: books, magazines and sketches are always within reach, feeding a...

The first episode of A Collection Of… Spaces in 2026 is a conversation with Liang-Jung Chen, an artist, researcher and collector. I visited Liang at her live/work studio in Poplar, East London, where she has been based as part of a three-year residency at the Acme Fire Station. The space functions as both home and studio, supporting a practice that moves between making, research and reflection. I...

Welcome back to 'A Collection Of Spaces', this episode is with Daniel Eatock an artist and designer. I visited Daniel in his home studio in Lower Clapton in East London. A space which each room has its own studio function for ideas, physical making, cooking a meal or sharing time with friends and family. I'd rediscovered Daniel's work recently through a show as part of London Desig...

Welcome back to ‘A Collection Of Spaces’ for 2025 with Upholsterers - Ayesha & Steph from Roads2Joya At the start of last year, I was searching for a way to step away from the workshop for a day, find some inspiration, and learn new skills. That's when I discovered Ayesha and Steph from Roads2Joya and their upholstery workshop—so off I went! Since then, Ayesha has commissioned me for sever...

The 6th visit for ‘A Collection Of Spaces’ is with Tanguy of Varylab - Creative Studio Tanguy & I spent the morning in his new studio space in Peckham chatting about discovering art & graphic design at school while pushing away from what felt like a formal education system on the outskirts of Geneva, Switzerland where he grew up. He recently moved in across the corridor from me and it’s be...

The 5th visit for ‘A Collection Of Spaces’ is with Gabriela Luna & Corina del Pinal - Fashion Designers. Their brand Luna del Pinal is a destination-led, artisanal womenswear and lifestyle brand, designed and produced in Guatemala. I reached out to Gabriela & Corina from fashion & lifestyle brand Luna del Punal and they invited me to their studio space in Bethnal Green. Houses in what...

The 4th visit for A Collection Of Spaces is with Designer - Michael Marriott. I came across Michaels work from the Modernist Estates Instagram last year. He had a popup market stall inside the new Paul Smith shop at Borough Market and it was great to see the smaller object from his 'Wood Metal Plastic' project in real life. As with a couple of these conversions we connected about a shared...

Matt grew up in the same town as me and we spent a lot of our summer evenings at the local skatepark & winters under the cover of a Morrisons carpark skating & BMXing. He was from the generation above me, so I would look up to him & his group of friends who were in bands and had cars to carry ramps around town. Jumping forward nearly 20 years and last summer I heard Matt had started a...

I really enjoyed listening back to this one, as Tami has been in the space for the past 2 years and I remember visiting when they first moved and you could feel the excitement of a group of young photographers & designers all working alongside each other. I spent a short hour with Tami at her shared studio space aka ‘Plant Face Studios‘ in Peckham. She graduated from LCC in 2020 & has quic...

This is the first in a series of conversations around the topic of 'Space' starting off with artist Nik Adam. Nik is 1/2 of the artist duo Luke & Nik, we recorded this from their studio space in South Bermondsey, London. "Luke & Nik are an artist duo based in Copenhagen and London respectively. Their collaboration started in 2007, creating vibrant, playful and dynamic photogra...