Clerkenwell is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it truly one of the most important design hubs in the world. Clerkenwell Design Week returns to the subterranean House of Detention, to introduce Platform, a show that recognises some of the world’s most exciting up-and-coming design talent. Exploiting the venue’s atmospheric architecture, Platform creates a stunning backdrop for a curated collection of international and cutting-edge design. Below we present some of the most exciting designs by from young designers and design talents you could see at Clerkenwell.
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Sarah Dehandschutter has been working as an artist designer since 1996, producing handmade chandeliers made to order and tailored to benefit the interior of the client. In the last years her more abstract sculptural approach has brought evolution to the collection.
The experience she gathered exploring different techniques and materials led to the creation of more and more complex forms that could have hardly been designed on paper, resulting directly from the properties of the material. Cloth stretched to its extremes over bended rods is the basis of light sculptures with a natural elegance. This gracious collection of lamps has a unique streamlined character as it is a result of the tension of the stretched cloth. The fluent asymmetric forms look different from every point of view, suggesting ongoing movement.
While she remains producing unique pieces tailored to benefit the interior of the client, the focus is now more design orientated, with some models produced in small series.
