THE GIN PALACE

2010-03-16T09:58:00.000-07:00

The Gin Palace are popping-up again. Details To Follow...hope to see you there!

Selected Designers

2010-02-27T10:59:00.000-08:00

Details To Follow, the second pop-up design event presented by The Gin Palace. Details To Follow is happening on the 9th, 10th and 11th of April 2010 in 12-16 South Frederick Street, Glasgow. Working with Lambert Smith Hampton, we are very excited about securing this central location and we have big street level windows so everyone can see us! We will open on Friday night (invitation only) serving Caorunn Gin, with some chilled music, then we will be open all day Saturday and Sunday. Here is an almost final list of the designers showing with us at Details To Follow. Things are getting very exciting up here in The Gin Palace. Please email us at theginpalace@hotmail.co.uk for opening night tickets or any more information. Enjoy...

Niki Taylor/Olanic

Fashion

John Galvin

Furniture

Pringle & Murray

Textiles/Printed Scarves

Lindsay Grime

Illustration & Ceramics

Joaquim King

Furniture

Emma Henderson/Showpony

Textiles/Products

Lauren Wethers

Jewellery

Katy West

Product Design & Ceramics

Chloe Harrison/Studio Gnu

Furniture & Product Design

Alex Milsom

Illustration

Giuliana Iafrate

Jewellry

Liz Eeuwes

Textiles/Rugs Alburt

Illustration

Angela Pointon & Laura Masson / Studio at 37

Ceramics

Soizig Carey

Jewellery

Richard Brown

Interactive Lighting

Sally-Ann Provan
Millinery

Sarah Brown

Jewellery

Nick Ross

Furniture & Products

Marc Noble

Illustration/Comics

Libby Day
Furniture/Products

Kyla McCallum
Lighting/Products

Katie Lees
Jewellery

Julia Smith
Ceramics

Jenny Laidlaw

Jewellery

Jane Gowans
Jewellery

Hannah Livingston
Jewellery

Grace Smith
Textiles

Indra Karpaviciute
Jewellery

Finch & Fouracre

Designers & Modelmakers

Frances Wadsworth Jones

Jewellery

Florence To

Fashion

Eleanor Young/Fun Makes Good

Furniture & Textiles

Elaine Eckford

Illustration & Illustrated Books

Vanessa Ward

Jewellery

Darren Wilson/Kabloom

Product Design

Cosima Sempill/Kitty & Dude

Ceramics

Deadline for submissions is almost here...

2010-02-13T10:24:00.000-08:00

This is a post without images, which we are not used to doing here at The Gin Palace - we are visual people, of course. We've been having lots of meetings and talking to people about our next pop-up design event in April 'Details To Follow', as well as thinking about the future, this is really an exciting time for us. We have been blown away by the amount of submissions we have had for our second pop-up, because of the size of Scotland we wrongly assumed that we might struggle to keep the standards up whilst showing all new work - quite the opposite in fact. This makes us all the keener to push ahead with our plans, so thank you to all the designers who have applied so far. After the 19th February we have the delightful job of looking through the submissions and thinking about what will work best for our second pop-up, and in doing this we realise why we are working our socks off to create a platform for design in Scotland, there is such a wealth of design talent in Scotland and we are incredibly proud to represent these designers and their wonderful work. As soon as we have confirmed designers we will post some images for you all to see. Roll on April and 'Details To Follow'!

2010-01-11T11:30:00.000-08:00

Finally...some images from 'The Shape Of Things To Come', our first pop-up design exhibition in Glasgow, which we hosted in Miller Street in Glasgow on Saturday 28th November 2009. We were delighted with how it all went - a huge success all round! We are now busy making plans for our second design event, which will be bigger and better. It is called 'Details To Follow' and it will be held at the start of April 2010. We are taking applications from designers, so if you are a designer and you are interested in showcasing and selling your work with The Gin Palace please send a short statement and up to five images of your work to theginpalace@hotmail.co.uk.

Ok...have a look at photos from our very first exhibition, all photos were taken by our photographer Phillip Sword.

2009-11-06T10:03:00.000-08:00

Hello!

The Gin Palace are now immersed fully in the plans for our first exciting pop-up showcase event in the beautiful 54 Miller Street, Glasgow. It's called 'The Shape of Things to Come', and this exclusive invitation only event is happening on Saturday 28th November, if you are interested in what we are doing and you think you'd like to come along please get in touch at theginpalace@hotmail.co.uk

As some of the designers we have previously shown here are future exhibitors, we'd like to share with you our fully updated list of confirmed exhibitors for 28th November. If you like the look of these you will certainly be interested in The Gin Palace.

We've added one extra designer on here, check out Chloe Harrison's beautiful soft furnishings below...

Alex Milsom

Angela Pointin

Alicja Wasielewska

Angharad McLaren

Chloe Harrison/Studio Gnu

Cosima Sempill/Kitty & Dude

Eleanor Young/Fun Makes Good

Emma Henderson/Showpony

Genevieve Ryan

Hamish Bigg

Indra Karpavicute

Jasleen Kaur

Jenny Neil

Joseph McGee

Laura Masson

Lauren Wethers

Leah Black

Lindsay Grime

Lesley Barnes

Lucy Fergus/Re-silicone

Marc Noble

Matt Coombes

Nick Ross

Ruth Black

(Image to follow shortly)

Sally-Ann Provan

Sarah Brown

Soizig Carey

Tara Khorzad/Bang Boutique

Ursula Cheng

2009-10-29T14:14:00.000-07:00

Here is an image of my new work...

Leah Black
Jewellery Design

Leah makes concept led jewellery. Her current body of work is based on historical meanings and the symbolism of flowers, the adornment of objects with gemstones and how this influences the notion of preciousness.

2009-10-18T14:03:00.000-07:00

It's been a while, but finally here is a new image. Alicija, a recent graduate from Edinburgh College of Art who will be showing her work with us in November...

Alicja Wasielewska
Product Design

Morph Chandelier is a tool of visualization and communication of moods.

The final result is magnified with the effect of light which amplifies

the overall impression and stimulates emotion and the imagination.

2009-09-30T14:05:00.000-07:00

We are happy to represent the wonderful work of two of this year's winners from New Designers...

Paul Roden
Textile Design

Paul’s collection of luxurious ‘grown up’ fabrics, celebrates elements of hedonism, sparkle and youthful excitement are intended for the commercial boutique hotel/ bar or fabulous home market. Intrigued by the juxtaposition of the perceived opulence and luxury of the earlier fairground creations against their mass market, Buck Rodgers, Studio 54 ‘disco-fication’ of the 1970’s, Paul fuses printing techniques associated with the late 19^th Century and 1970’s fairgrounds; block printing methods of the 19^th Century and t-shirt printing techniques and materials of the 1970s.

Hannah Livingston
Jewellery Design

Hannah's work explores the idea of jewellery as a blank canvas for our lives. Taking cues from Victorian sentimentality, a childhood fascination with concealment, and 18th & 19th century furniture, her work creates opportunity for personal narratives to blossom.

2009-09-28T12:52:00.000-07:00

The beautiful work of some more of our designers...

Laura Masson
Ceramics

Laura is a ceramic designer based in Glasgow and she has fun making porcelain objects to inspire and encourage imaginative play.

Ursula Cheng
Illustration

Ursula's illustrations are a personal emotive and curious response to the relationships we have with one another and our reliance on the modern environment. She is intrigued by the exploration of self identity and social/human behaviors. The nature of my work heavily relies on intuition. Her work is about the individual and an escapist reality that she exists in.

Angela Pointon
Ceramics

Angela gives a new lease of life to everyday objects by creating them in porcelain and integrating colourful drawings. This lifts them out of the ordinary. Angela is based in Glasgow.

2009-09-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

The Gin Palace are looking forward to meeting all our designers in Glasgow, in person for the first time this week. Enjoy having a look at the lovely work of Jenny Neill...

Jenny Neill
Textile and Fashion Design

Jenny's work is inspired by the patterns and structures of modern innovative architecture. Using a variety of printed and constructed techniques she has created a collection of fashion textiles that appear both optically and literally 3d.

2009-09-25T12:35:00.000-07:00

Soizig's lovely jewellery...

Soizig Carey
Jewellery Design

As an artist and jeweller, Soizig’s investigations concentrate principally on identifying and translating narratives, whether they are based on reality or the imaginary. Soizig works predominantly in metal and includes other media such as plastics when appropriate to the design, producing large scale sculptural objects and body pieces.

2009-09-24T04:05:00.000-07:00

Our first showcase exhibition will be on Saturday 28th November in Glasgow. Keep checking for final information on the venue and how to get your hands on a ticket. In the meantime here is the work of another of our talented designers...

Elin Isaksson
Glass Design

Elin Isaksson Glass creates bespoke handcrafted sculptural, lighting and architectural glass for individual and corporate clients by commission. Her new lighting range uses blown glass combined with traditional skills and contemporary aesthetics producing chandeliers and innovative glass pendants. Products also include functional objects and bespoke awards.

2009-09-11T14:20:00.000-07:00

And designing the coolest buckets, mops and brushes we've ever seen...

Tom Harper
Product Design

Tom's design interest concerns everyday experiences, interactions and environments; exploiting subtle behavioral insights and observations and applying them to the context of designing objects

2009-09-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

The next installment of designers from The Gin Palace. We will soon have some information for you about our first event in November.

Joseph McGee
Fashion Design

Joseph's work focuses on the relationship between body and cloth, garmentand wearer, creating designs which aim to combine the two and create a total alliance between a woman and her clothing.

Angharad McLaren
Textile and Product Design

Angharad is a textile designer creating fresh and original contemporary woven design distinctive by the use of bright colour and unusual materials suitable for interiors, fashion or accessories. Her textiles can be made-to-measure for special projects and some are available in her product range which includes rugs, cushions and scarves.

Alex Milsom
Illustration/Mezzotint

The velvety blackness and intimate scale of the Mezzotint provides a window to a dreamlike world. A world of childhood narrative imbued with adult insight. These fairytales are acted out with human and animal characters that address issues based upon the human condition. Editions are kept to a limited amount, to retain the fine details.

Sally-Ann Provan

Milliner

Designer milliner Sally-Ann Provan creates modern millinery with vintage echoes. Sally's couture pieces and diffusion collection offer wearable elegance for everyday and every occasion.

Emma Henderson/Showpony
Textiles and Products

Showpony produces screen printed textiles for you and your home. Trompe l'oeil prints and fun details are key feature of Emma's work which she combines with strong eco credentials to create a range of bags, accessories and home wears.

2009-09-08T04:03:00.000-07:00

Some more wonderful designers...

Marc Noble
Illustration

Marc Noble is a freelance illustrator and comic artist based in Edinburgh. His work focuses on characters, using both digital and traditional methods to tell their stories.

Genevieve Ryan
Illustration and Apparel Design

Genevieve is interested in how illustration can be applied to products, particularly within the skate and snowboard industries. Genevieve enjoys working as part of a design team and is currently collaborating on books, exhibitons, window displays and events.

Sarah Brown
Jeweller

Sarah's explores the raw beauty of the island environment she grew up on. Details that are often overlooked become the focus for her investigation; growth and decay, subtle colour changes and the treasures brought in by each flow of the tide.

Nick Ross
Product Design

Within his work Nick tries to use designed objects as an embodied critique or commentary on our modern culture. The product, its use and the process of designing such a product causes reflection on existing values and practices in culture.

2009-09-08T02:32:00.000-07:00

Here are some more images and statements from The Gin Palace designers.

Lauren Wethers
Jewellery

'Unless he builds the house'. Inspired by the eclectic mix of forms, material, colour and pattern found within and around the home, Lauren creates pieces that are both playful and intricate. It is her aim that the viewer and wearer find their own memories and stories associated with the imagery she uses.

Tara Khorzad/BANG!Boutique
Fashion

BANG!Boutique is a contemporary eco-fashion label: unique, eye-catching and made within an ethical and environmentally friendly ethos.

2009-09-03T05:15:00.000-07:00

We have now selected a group of designers to showcase their work at the first Gin Palace event 'The Shape of Things to Come' which will be held in Glasgow at the end of November. The images are just a taster of the many talented designers whose work we will exhibit. Watch this space for further updates on designers profiles.

Cosima Sempill/Kitty & Dude
Ceramics

Kitty & Dude has a ‘tongue in cheek’ appeal teamed with a potent nod towards 1950’s design and culture; Cosima likes to combine contrasting ideas, focusing on designs that delight both aesthetic and intellectual senses.

Matt Coombes
Product Design

This is a public engagement project called 'non-therapeutic tools of grieving', designed to encourage a discourse around the 'awkward' subject of grief. The image above is of a vial designed to catch a single teardrop.

Lindsay Grime
Illustration

Lindsay Grime is a freelance illustrator producing works of whimsy and invention on paper, cardboard and ceramic.

Lucy Fergus/Re-Sillicone
Product Design

Re-silicone centres round the design and production of bespoke eco-conscious products and more recently, outdoor installations made from industrial rubber silicone off-cuts...join the re-silicone revolution!

Lesley Toast
Animation

Lesley likes to make things move....

The Very Beginning

2009-08-25T03:21:00.000-07:00

We are The Gin Palace. A new, cutting edge design collective based in Glasgow, we will be hosting events around Glasgow showcasing and selling the most innovative design from both emerging and established designers. Watch this space for information on our first event 'The Shape of Things to Come' and to find out which talented designers we have selected to show their work with us.