Formed with Future Heritage 2023
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MONDAY 9 – FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER 2023
Formed with Future Heritage brought exceptional work by 40+ contemporary makers to the home of design and decoration – Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, with many new pieces created specially for the event.
The show combined two creative strands, Formed and Future Heritage, with an aim to bridge the gap between makers and those seeking to acquire or commission unique pieces, whether from a talented individual at the beginning of their career or a highly regarded larger studio or gallery collective. Work on display featured a variety of media and disciplines from sculpture, ceramics, glass, wood, textiles, basket weaving, metalwork and upcycled materials to furniture, lighting and art. Conscious creativity combined with environmental awareness was a key feature.
Free daily tours took visitors to the heart of the stories behind the objects and explored the joy of the handmade.
“Crafted objects bring individuality, personality and soul…they command the space”
Martin Hulbert, Martin Hulbert Design
FORMED
Formed offered limited-edition work by independent designer-makers, lighting of aesthetic brilliance, as well as museum-worthy pieces from highly respected gallery collectives, representing internationally acclaimed artists and designers.
The wealth of inspiration included sculptural lighting by Martin Huxford; contemporary art and design from Studio Ellie Maya; handcrafted furniture and lighting from Tamasine Osher; emerging talent from Blackhorse Workshop Makers Collective; lighting and vessels from Miles + Abigail Ozora Simpson; bone china lights from Original BTC; Australian design from The Specified; furniture from Carbon Deco by Aark; English Decoratives showcasing work by decorative artist Diane Marsland; abstract paintings from Quote & Curate; and pieces by architect-designer Xena Kalouti. Crafting a Difference, a collective of galleries representing internationally renowned artists, brought a vast knowledge and experience in both the craft and art worlds.
![NV2 Earth Wirri](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/NV2-Earth-Wirri-450x450.jpg)
![SAMSUNG CSC](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Armless1-Scupture-ceramic-MixMedia-Yanire-Sylva-Delgado-450x450.jpg)
![The Sculptural Lamp collection by Martin Huxford, organic silk shades by Antonia Claudie](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Sculptural-Lamp-collection-by-Martin-Huxford-organic-silk-shades-by-Antonia-Claudie-450x450.jpg)
![1. 'Material-chopped carbon fibre'](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1.-Material-chopped-carbon-fibre-450x450.jpg)
![02](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/02-450x450.jpg)
![Interior With Yellow Table](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Interior-With-Yellow-Table-450x450.jpg)
![Abigail Azora Simpson 2](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Abigail-Azora-Simpson-2-450x450.jpg)
!['L1' & 'L2', sculpture, Recycled waste glass, Roberta Mason](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/L1-L2-sculpture-Recycled-waste-glass-Roberta-Mason-450x450.jpg)
![_Deco Garden _ - Painted panel, wallpaper, screen, tieback - pink_multi - silk, wood, paper - Diane Marsland - English Decorative](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Deco-Garden-_-Painted-panel-wallpaper-screen-tieback-pink_multi-silk-wood-paper-Diane-Marsland-English-Decorative-450x450.jpeg)
!['To Be Continued', lamp, recycled t-shirts, biomaterial, Xin Gao](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/To-Be-Continued-lamp-recycled-t-shirts-biomaterial-Xin-Gao-450x450.jpg)
![_Fuji Forest_ - painted drapes - indigo_yellow - silk - Diane Marsland](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Fuji-Forest_-painted-drapes-indigo_yellow-silk-Diane-Marsland-450x450.jpeg)
![D + M](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/D-M-450x450.jpg)
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![Fin Queen Table light](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Fin-Queen-Table-light-450x450.jpg)
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FUTURE HERITAGE
Future Heritage has a track record for spotting the next big thing. For this year’s edition, renowned design journalist and curator Corinne Julius carefully selected contemporary makers at the forefront of craft. Their work was thoughtfully and rigorously executed with makers pushing their chosen material or process in new directions.
Makers included Carréducker Studio, Robert Cooper, Isabel Fletcher, Robert George, Lola Lazaro Hinks, Zena Holloway, Greg Kent, Joanne Lamb, Caroline Macdonald, Eleanor Pritchard, SHY Studio and Edgar Ward. Several themes emerging for the show included the natural, the discarded, the combining of historic and new processes and an interest in new forms of lighting.
![Industrial Offcuts Freed of London, textile installation, ballet and leather shoe offcuts, thread, Isabel Fletcher](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Industrial-Offcuts-Freed-of-London-textile-installation-ballet-and-leather-shoe-offcuts-thread-Isabel-Fletcher-450x450.jpg)
![Imari, found objects, Robert Cooper](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Imari-found-objects-Robert-Cooper.jpg)
![Lens Container, cast glass, Lola Lazaro Hinks](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lens-Container-cast-glass-Lola-Lazaro-Hinks-450x450.jpg)
![_Deborah Carre_, saddle stitching photographed by Onur Pinar](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Deborah-Carre_-saddle-stitching-photographed-by-Onur-Pinar-450x450.jpg)
![Drift side_Caroline MacDonald](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Drift-side_Caroline-MacDonald-450x450.jpg)
![Mixed Vessels and Bench, Robert George](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mixed-Vessels-and-Bench-Robert-George-450x450.jpg)
![Biodesigned grass root sculptures and lamps take the form of coral and marine life at Zena Holloway's studio, London, UK](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lamp-group-3-450x450.jpg)
![First clay model for a sculptural fireplace, porcelain, Edgar Ward](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/First-clay-model-for-a-sculptural-fireplace-porcelain-Edgar-Ward-450x450.jpg)
![Imbolc Vessel I lifestyle, Woven tatami paper yarn and natural fibres, Joanne Lamb](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Imbolc-Vessel-I-lifestyle-Woven-tatami-paper-yarn-and-natural-fibres-Joanne-Lamb-450x450.jpg)
![_Void_ bowl, being hand lasted, black vegetable tanned leather, Deborah Carre, Carreducker](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Void_-bowl-being-hand-lasted-black-vegetable-tanned-leather-Deborah-Carre-Carreducker-450x450.jpg)
![Ornate, found objects, Robert Cooper](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Ornate-found-objects-Robert-Cooper-439x450.jpg)
![Eleanor_Pritchard_Lawn_on_Hewn_Bench_by_Sebastian_Cox_Photo_Elliott_Denny_00001](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Eleanor_Pritchard_Lawn_on_Hewn_Bench_by_Sebastian_Cox_Photo_Elliott_Denny_00001-450x450.jpg)
![Imbolc vessel VIII, Woven tatami paper yarn and natural fibres, Joanne Lamb](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Imbolc-vessel-VIII-Woven-tatami-paper-yarn-and-natural-fibres-Joanne-Lamb-450x450.jpg)
![In Dark Trees, porcelain, Edgar Ward](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/In-Dark-Trees-porcelain-Edgar-Ward-450x450.jpg)
![Industrial Offcuts Freed of London Detail, leather shoe offcuts, thread, Isabel Fletcher](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Industrial-Offcuts-Freed-of-London-Detail-leather-shoe-offcuts-thread-Isabel-Fletcher-450x450.jpg)
![Eleanor_Pritchard_Tuulevurr_and_Sourdough_on_Hewn_Trestle_by_Sebastian_Cox_photo_Elliott_Denny](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Eleanor_Pritchard_Tuulevurr_and_Sourdough_on_Hewn_Trestle_by_Sebastian_Cox_photo_Elliott_Denny-450x450.jpg)
![Industrial Offcuts Freed of London Detail, ballet shoe offcuts, thread, Isabel Fletcher](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Industrial-Offcuts-Freed-of-London-Detail-ballet-shoe-offcuts-thread-Isabel-Fletcher-450x450.jpg)
![_Boule_, Vessel, Sycamore Wood, Robert George](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Boule_-Vessel-Sycamore-Wood-Robert-George-450x450.jpg)
!['8 - Vase I', white, black, scagliola, SHY_02](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/8-Vase-I-white-black-scagliola-SHY_02-450x450.jpg)
![Imbolc vessel XII, Woven tatami paper yarn and natural fibres, Joanne Lamb](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Imbolc-vessel-XII-Woven-tatami-paper-yarn-and-natural-fibres-Joanne-Lamb-450x450.jpg)
![Liquid Sphere, Cast glass, Lola Lazaro Hinks](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Liquid-Sphere-Cast-glass-Lola-Lazaro-Hinks-450x450.jpg)
![Wave, Cast glass, Lola Lazaro Hinks](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Wave-Cast-glass-Lola-Lazaro-Hinks-450x450.jpg)
![_Maps_ Dining Table, Sycamore Wood, Robert George](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Maps_-Dining-Table-Sycamore-Wood-Robert-George-450x450.jpg)
!['8 - Vases', white, black, scagliola, SHY](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/8-Vases-white-black-scagliola-SHY-450x450.jpg)
![Biodesigned grass root sculptures and lamps take the form of coral and marine life.
Root can be shaped with natural waxes and oils to preserve its life and it’s strong enough to both be flexible and rigid. Different patterns produce different strengths, and it can be grown into deep, strong shapes or delicate, fine and lacey fabric. Ultimately the root is material to inspire change and bring some wonder at nature’s amazing capabilities.](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/lamp-group-4-450x450.jpg)
![Poetic, found objects, Robert Cooper](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Poetic-found-objects-Robert-Cooper-450x450.jpg)
!['RightWayUp_Vessel,SycamoreWood Robert George](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/RightWayUp_VesselSycamoreWood-Robert-George-450x450.jpg)
![Formed with Future Heritage at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=683,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Formed-with-Future-Heritage-at-Design-Centre-Chelsea-Harbour-117.jpg)
FREE GUIDED TOURS
Visitors were able to learn how to commission craft for interiors, and how materials have been taken in new, imaginative directions at guided tours led by Future Heritage’s curator Corinne Julius; as well as discover more about the craftsmanship to be found within the Formed exhibits or the Design Centre’s showrooms.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
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![MARTIN HUXFORD](https://www.dcch.co.uk/cdn-cgi/image/width=540,height=540,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mythic-Lamp-Series-the-Totem-Lamp-and-the-Cerne-Lamp-pic-1.jpg)
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WHY VISIT?
Interior design plays a vital role in placing unique pieces at the heart of homes, hotels, yachts and public spaces.
Seeing products in person gives a true measure of the creativity, expertise and effort involved in their making. At Formed with Future Heritage, interior designers, architects, craft lovers and collectors of exceptional craftsmanship were the first to view highly individual work, all in one place.
OPENING TIMES
Monday 9 – Friday 13 October 2023, 9.30am – 5.30pm
General enquiries: +44 (0)20 7225 9166
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