Ian McIntyre – DesignApplause

hem at play in shoreditch design district. london design festival 2019.

Sep 6, 2019

during this year’s london design festival, stockholm-based design brand hem will take over the redchurch room in shoreditch to launch the incredible house of cards by dutch designer bertjan pot; the brand’s second product from a new accessory collection curated by modern design review.

pot, who is known for his playful and whimsical designs, was tasked by with the creation of a piece that epitomizes the idea of a ‘decorative accessory’. like all the items in this growing collection of works, the emphasis has been on the creation of an expressive object that is characteristic of the designer’s ethos and way of working. the incredible house of cards is a modular sculpture crafted from cardboard. it uses a simple assembly method that when realised creates an optical illusion through the perception of color depending on the position of its viewer.

laura houseley, editor-in-chief of modern design review, is charged with introducing hem to a pool of creative independent design talents and commissioning unique works that are reflective of their designer’s oeuvre whilst also addressing the notions of decorative accessories. milan design week saw the debut of the superscene collection; an oversized landscape of ceramic rainbow, cloud and flowers by london-based artist john booth and ceramicist ian mcintyre who have joined forces under the name supergroup. the limited edition collection will be available to purchase online through this summer and will also be on display during london design festival alongside the brand’s latest and upcoming furniture launches by designers max lamb and lucidipevere.

the immersive installation features 100 limited edition products. an unmissable stop on shoreditch’s design triangle. hem will not only take over the entire venue at 28 redchurch street but also paint its front facade to reflect the playful interior.

17-22 september 2019
tues 10am-7pm (press preview), wed-fri 10am-7pm, sat 10am-6pm, sun 10am-4pm

the redchurch room
28 redchurch street
e2 7dp

tube > shoreditch high street
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Ian mcintyre's tableware for furniture brand another country.

Apr 13, 2012

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I’ve long been a fan of Another Country’s contemporary craft furniture, especially their Series Two dining set, but they’re also a great example of how a furniture company can increase their brand visibility by selling other home products made by designers and craftsmen who share a similar aesthetic – like Ian McIntyre, for instance. Another Country debuted his tableware collection, Another Pottery Series, during London Design Week last year.

The hand-crafted collection includes a jug, plate, bowl, cup and something called a pinch pot, which gets its name from the original process, which didn’t involve a potter’s wheel, but consisted of simply pinching the wet clay together to form a small dish. All the pieces are made using a Jigger/Jolly process wherein “a piece of clay is placed into a spinning female mould and a male profile is introduced, squeezing the clay between the two surfaces. Mould and profile come together and any excess clay squeezed out by the process is trimmed off. This project,” McIntyre goes on to say, “explores the aesthetics created when the clay does not fully fill the moulds.”

More specifically, “the jug is slip cast and made of Terracotta which has been fired to an unconventionally high temperature that vitrifies the body of the clay giving it the strength of stoneware and achieving the scorched colour. The pinch pot is black stoneware, the bowl, cup and plate are sandy stonewares. The clay shapes are pressed on these machines and then fettled, dipped in glaze, fired and polished.”

Right now only the pitcher ($79) and pinch pot ($21.50) are available for sale online to US markets.