Posted on 17/05/12, filed under Bespoke Consortium, Fresh News | No Comments
Google ‘how to be happy’ and any number of expensively qualified or self-appointed psychologists will inform you that in their academic, painstaking and sometimes just opinionated studies of irritatingly happy people, two essential truths consistently emerge.
Delft tiles in a weekend with Art on Tiles member of The Bespoke Consortium
1. People should buy experiences not possessions.
2. Making stuff makes you happy.
Luckily, two websites have recently launched to provide happy – and would be happy – people with the solutions they crave. I’d love to do that and The Darling Collective have both approached SEDF members The Bespoke Consortium to ask for help with their mission to make people a little happier. We think these people are great and have pledged to post on their sites all our members’ occasional short courses in a variety of artisan skills so that we too can reach out and spread a little joy.
The next life experience planned by Bespoke Consortium members is a weekend tile-painting course at the end of July.
Happy days!
Posted on 14/03/12, filed under Bespoke Consortium, Fresh News | No Comments
Hand painted tiles by Art on Tiles
Bespoke Consortium member Jonathan Waights was approached by an old contact at LRF Designs to add an authentic artisan element to the décor of an ambitious 200 room five star hotel project in Beijing. Despite being an entirely new building, the brief was to recreate a glamorous and luxurious destination, evoking the elegance of the European belle époque era with its extravagant styling and attention to detail.
The Bespoke Consortium is exhibiting at Better Business by Design 28-29 March.
Posted on 16/01/12, filed under Bespoke Consortium, Fresh News | No Comments
Well, we are officially launching the Bespoke Consortium today just with a low-key lunch for members. Lots of opportunity to chat about our plans and how we intend to take things forward. In the meantime, check out our website on www.bespokeconsortium.co.uk.
In the meantime, the publicity is beginning almost of its own volition. Alistair Campbell kindly tweeted his support for the group last week. (Feelings about the man’s politics may be ambivalent but you can’t argue with 119,000 twitter followers…) Sign up for the South Coast Design Forum newsletter now and you will hopefully see us in the next issue out soon.
