I was invited to contribute to the design products collection, a range of 12 commissions produced by the Royal College of Art, selected by Professor Tord Boontje and Gareth Williams, Senior Tutor to represent the very best new design thinking.
In the spring of 2010 I was one of a group of designers invited to Korea by the British Council to take part in a culture-led regeneration project in the town of Gongju. I developed some outdoor furniture for the Happiness for Daily Life café that was inspired by local forms of timber architecture. Inspired by this experience, I designed for the Design Products Collection a range of outdoor furniture using the vibrant colours of ‘Dan Cheong’ — a traditional Korean decorative colouring used on temples and palaces.