Sometimes we receive very nice emails—this one is one of them. It perfectly illustrates what we believe is beautiful around what DesignMarketo is doing…

Lisa, in Chicago, bought the Stihl Life Plate Olivier designed and made, in Paris-France, for our Dinner with DesignMarketo at Barbican, in London.
And she wrote back to Olivier, sending him pictures of the arrival—and Olivier forwarded us her email. Chouette!

Thank you Lisa, thank you Olivier!

* Lisa Smith is a designer, educator, and writer based in Chicago and is part of the Object Design League, an organisation that promote experimental design in the Chicago IL area; Olivier Lellouche is a designer based in Paris, he started up his own design studio with a clear motto: ‘fun, machines & nature’.

** have you seen Amandine’s pictures of Seeds, Sprouts, Shoots and Leaves yet?

DesignMarketo will be at the Clerkenwell design Week 2011, in collaboration with the Barbican Art Center. We will present a selection of products taken from various collection, including the super beautiful products created for Seeds & Sprouts, a dinner we organised as part of the current Pioneers exhibition at Barbican. For the Clerkenwell Design Week, we’ve organised a couple of workshops on the theme of Animation…

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It will be based on stop motion and animation. We will ask a few participants to move within the iconic building space while wearing a special colour garment, to create a set of letters or signs that will then be animated into a short film. Wednesday 25.05.11 from 2-4pm

Animated Words with Alexandre Bettler

It will be inviting participants to choose a word, to cut out cards letters and to make the word into a mobile. We will then stop motion photograph the mobile during a short time until the specific point when all the letters match to form the word again. Thursday 26.05.11 from 5-pm

We will be featuring the Cactus Shelf, a beautiful and practical shelving system designed by Lars Frideen. The ‘cactus’ is constructed of a chosen number of elements that fit together very simply. This allows for the shelf to evolve and grow in slow motion… 24-26.05.11 – All day

The workshops are free and open to all. They are limited to about 10-15 people and booking by email is essential. Bookings are based on a first booked/first served basis. To register: info@designmarketo.com.

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