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Great design is fusion.

Japanese knives are well known across the world for being the best. Their superior quality in design, materials and manufacturing has...

Fergus Telfer

Dec 31, 20196 min read

The London Underground is an international icon of British engineering. Since its construction in 1863 newer public transport systems...

Fergus Telfer

Nov 16, 20193 min read

After my last blog post which examined the ‘CityTree’ sculpture in Glasgow’s city centre; I was fairly pessimistic about humanity’s...

Fergus Telfer

Nov 9, 20194 min read

If you’ve walked through Glasgow’s city centre in the past couple of years you may have noticed this peculiar looking bench. Two were...

Fergus Telfer

Nov 2, 20193 min read

Across the world people love shoes. Men and women in almost every country have been swept into the industry worth 80 billion dollars...

Fergus Telfer

Oct 28, 20193 min read

I first came across Tom Dixon in a documentary about a project he undertook with Ikea a few years ago. He is a self-taught British...

Fergus Telfer

Oct 20, 20193 min read

Last week I was challenged to choose product that I thought was an example of great design which cost less than £10. This sounded like a...

Fergus Telfer

Oct 12, 20192 min read

London Design Week 2019; the first stop on my trail was to the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition at the Design Museum. There was a...

Fergus Telfer

Oct 5, 20193 min read

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain. London. 2004. In 2004 the Queen opened the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, and...

Fergus Telfer

Sep 23, 20192 min read