Archive for August, 2007

Craftsmanship

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

As we have written before, there is a reaction to mass-produced artefacts and furniture - the new trend is to commission bespoke furnishings and decorative elements. We, at Forlook, have decided to give artists and designers the opportunity to show off their work in our blog. They can get a bit of exposure and hopefully […]

More things to do

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

This weather is appalling, isn’t it? It’s bad enough that most of us are bored to death in our offices ( colleagues, clients, subcontractors… everybody on holiday), but not even being able to enjoy a bit of evening or weekend sunshine is just awful.
Anyway, if you can’t sit outside and enjoy a glass of wine […]

Summer exhibitions

Monday, August 13th, 2007

August is not a good month for us designers. Most of the clients and sub-contractors are on holiday - some manufacturers are closed for the whole month (particularly in southern Europe!) - so we just sit in our offices, surfing the net, cleaning up our files and dreaming about being somewhere hotter and sunnier. Well, […]

away

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

You may have noticed that the last article published in the ForLook blog was on the May 3rd. I just haven’t had the opportunity to write since then because I had a baby in May and she’s taken up most of my time. However, I’m now back and ready to talk again about design!Given my […]