http://www.editdesign.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Giant interactive chandelier for the 2010 Revolutions exhibition at the Museum of science and Industry in Manchester. This project was part of an entire refit run by 24 Design based in Manchester. I was in charge of this part of the project, responsible for the engineering, design logistics and manufacture of ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/mosi-chandelier I work closely with 24 Design as a freelance designer/maker. 24 Design are a museum and gallery fitting specialist run by Tom Coles and Graham Connell from their workshop in central Manchester. www.24design.co.uk 24 often get jobs that need interactive installations, and my role is to design some of these interactives. ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/24-design-museum-interactives This emergency cutlery set is the size of a credit card, consisting of a knife, fork and spoon held together on a magnetic vinyl sheet, and stored in the  wallet. The cutlery is thoughtfully positioned to make optimum use of the space available. The knife and fork sandwich the spoon whose dish ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/card-cutlery This football table was commissioned by the Nike foundation for Girl Hub, a London based charity helping girls in the developing world. One of their goals is to inspire more girls to play football. girlhub.org Designed and built with Rob Weigh from cavestudio.co.uk, this is an adaptation of our Fuse Jr. table, a cheaper model in the Fuse footall table range. The players were modelled ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/furniture/miss-fuse The brief for this project was was to design a space saving dining table for a young Mancunian family that moved to London. They wanted a reminder of their home city, for which I used Manchesters iconic 'Worker Bee' symbol. The whole set was designed to be made from one material -  24mm thick Formica'd birch ply, using one manufacturing process - CNC routing. The ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/furniture/buzzin This modelling kit is for prototyping and developing tree houses concepts, or as an alternative to the traditional dolls house. It can be used as a platform for architects, designers, amateurs or children to inspire creativity. The kit consists of a circular plywood plate, building materials (dowel, matchsticks and lolly pop sticks), basic modeling tools, screw hooks, strong thread, and ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/treehouse-modelling-kit This tent has been designed for fast, hassle free set up, with no assembly required. A simple folding technique was utilized in the design giving the structure the advantage of being erected and collapsed without time consuming assembly. The tent consists of two main parts; a frame and fly-sheet. The frame is sheet polypropylene; ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/tent This product uses waste cigarette packs to make a light. Originally made as a fun product playing on branded 'light' cigarettes, this was not intended to go into production but public interest lead me to produce a small batch for sale. A transparent plastic insert fits into the empty cigarette packet converting it ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/marlboro-light These glasses are made from waste beer bottles, making an environmentally friendly product. To make each glass the bottle neck is removed with a special glass cutter jig, then the rough edge is ground and polished to make it safe to drink from. The brand logos on these bottles are enamel, so will never wash off. The ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/drinking-glasses This product is going into production shortly and being sold and distributed by touchofginger.co.uk Giant Panda is the first in a range of laser cut cardboard masks for fancy dress and display purposes. The flat-pack, DIY kit includes a pre-cut mask, paws, tail and display shield. The kits are designed to be customizable ... http://www.editdesign.co.uk/products/party-animals