Designed in Hackney
Designed in Hackney
“We’re a haberdashery for technology and education” – Technology Will Save Us
“There is no nature any more” – Liam Young of Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today
“We’re bringing cutting-edge research into the public sphere” – Loop.pH
“A lot of what we do is about testing public space”– Suzanne O’Connell of The Decorators
“The architect-midwife should be brilliant at listening” – Gurmeet Sian
“We got into a geeky zone trying to understand urban agriculture” – Something & Son
“It’s not what you’d expect a particle accelerator to look like” – Chris Hatherill of Super/Collider
Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein
Tower Wharf Cafe by Tony Fretton Architects
“Customers grow old with our shoes, not bored with them” – Tracey Neuls
“The internet has escaped out into the street” – James Bridle at Designed in Hackney Day
“A soft side to architecture is coming to the fore” – We Made That
“High streets are places of collision and conflict” – Jay Gort
“We use software programming controls as well as physical design” – Troika
Book Tower House by Platform 5 Architects
“In the future, design thinking is going to be called emotionalism” – Roger Arquer
“The pieces wouldn’t be anything without the people who interact with them” – Jason Bruges
Pheasant Light by Ed Carpenter for Theo
“It was nice to hear the sounds of east London on Tokyo radio” – Dominic Wilcox
Isle of Man House by Gort Scott
“You don’t have to be an expert to do amazing things” – Sugru founder
Architects should be wary of “thinking that they know how to do everything” – Studio Weave
