Thanks to Jane Lucas for this issue who secretly wishes she was Athena,
the goddess of wisdom, but is probably more akin to Eris, goddess of
chaos.

‘Upcycling’ and social responsibility were two themes for a project called It’s Got Legs. Devised in association with the charity Trinity Homeless Project, the aim was to give creative opportunities to the homeless through a series of design workshops to upcycle furniture which would otherwise gone to landfill. So art that does social and environmental good at the same time. The result, a series of beautiful deckchairs, was to be exhibited and sold to raise money for the charity. Sadly, this event was pulled at the last minute. But we liked the concept so much we wanted to write about it anyway (it’s planned to run next year). Surprisingly, for a design festival which has 200+ events, for us there seemed to be a real lack of socially-led design initiatives, something we’d love to see more of at the next festival.

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For this issue of STFW we turn our heads towards the growing desire for us to ‘re-connect’. Not in some hippy, eco, Feather Down farm kind of a way. More of an inert search and a desire to connect that is somehow, well, more real.

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