SpendIt ShoppingFashionTechnology Form and Function Ahead of Glasgow International, two neighbouring pop-up exhibitions appeared in the city to explore the links between art and commercial design. Kirstin Innes went rooting about in them
O ver the weekend of Friday 9 to Sunday 11 April, two pop- up exhibitions/shops opened up in the disused shopfront space of 12 Frederick Street in the city centre. Meaning. . . was run by Merchant City design haven GOOD-D, moving temporarily up the road from their more permanent home at 11 James Morrison Street, and rather than sculpture or painting, they exhibited furniture: ‘the kind of furniture you’d invest in, pass down to your children, take in to your home and make part of your family,’ explained GOOD-D’s Thomas Russell. On a smaller scale, Details To Follow, run by highly hip design collective The Gin Palace, showcased some of the most exciting fashion, jewellery and interior design currently being made by Glasgow-based designers. ‘Everything we show has a function, and is a commercial product, as well as having aesthetic value,’ explained co-organiser Leah Black.
Although the shows are over, many items are still available to buy. For further information, see www.good-d.com/pages/ exhibitions.html and theginpalacecollective.blogspot.com
1 De La Warr Pavilion Chair, by Barber Osgeby for Established & Sons Seen at GOOD-D, £575, for shop details, visit www.good-d.com This is already something of a contemporary classic. It was designed to be used both in and outdoors (at the De La Warr Pavilion in
East Sussex), and also to be
viewed, as most chairs usually are, from behind, tucked under a table.
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7 Fun Makes Good cushion Seen at The Gin Palace, £45, available from www.fun makesgood.co.uk Fun Makes Good is run by GSA graduate Eleanor Young, a textile designer and upholsterer who reworks and recycles discarded furniture. These cushions are silk-screened from vintage button designs.
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6 Monster Bowl Seen at The Gin Palace, £14, buy from www.juliasmith ceramics.com Govan-based ceramicist Julia Smith has been a List favourite for a while, mostly because her lovely, functional ceramics all have a wickedly cheeky sense of humour about them. 6
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