Forge Edition 4

Penny is a London based photographer with a particular interest in still life, and event photography.

She regularly undertakes commissions for organisations, businesses and individuals, working on websites, headshots, food and drink etc.

Her personal projects are another aspect of her work, focusing more on fine-art photography. This work has been in several exhibitions and private collections.

Penny…

Carolyn Abbott is a woven textile designer using an exciting variety of colour ways and textures, creating narrow hand-woven fabrics that can be made into scarves, cushions and garments.

She produces her own range of hand made accessories, and also has fulfilled fabric sampling for other designers, most recently the Luella label, Lezley George, Elena Garcia…

The Posticherie is a woven hair design studio based in east London, specialising in handmade weft, switches and hairpieces. They offer hire and bespoke projects for fashion, film, television, theatre and private wear. 

The Posticherie joins the Forge community as part of the fourth and final edition, Cohort 4.

Website: https://www.theposticherie.com 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theposticherie

Studio MB is Mareike Besch, an artist and designer/maker specialising in Japanese woodblock printing.

Mareike trained as a designer at Central St. Martins College of Art in London and worked in postproduction for some years. She enjoys combining arts and design, finding new ways to update an ancient craft such as woodblock printing.

For Mareike, all crafts…

Vintage Akimbo offers a personally curated selection of vintage clothing and accessories with a timeless yet contemporary feel. The hand-selected collection offers garments and accessories which are well-made, high-quality and mainly made of natural fabrics such as cotton, silk and linen.

Vintage Akimbo is about sustainable and environmentally friendly fashion – transforming tired, second-hand clothes by…

Founded in 2015 by principals Mark Smyth, Sigrún Sumarliðadóttir and Giambattista Zaccariotto, Studio Bua is an architectural practice with offices in London and Oslo.

The studio has to date realised a number of ambitious and concept-driven projects, including the renovation of an Icelandic farmhouse and cultural centre and a transformative urban housing project in Italy.

Derived from…

Bespokea began in 2015, established by Duncan Strong. Duncan had been in the bespoke fitted kitchen and contemporary furniture scene in North London since the early 90’s, and knew that using Ikea units and combining them with custom doors was a bit of a trade secret. He could see that there was potential to open this…

Alice Hsieh is a design studio based in london, specialising in architecture and furniture design. Alice adopts the  Essentialist  lifestyle concept, which translates into the architecture and furniture design that she produces in her studio.

Being  Essentialist  is not being radical but is to scrutinise the possibilities to consume less, make the space to work for you…

Colour of Saying creates forward thinking colour and material design insights and experiences for brands.

Their expertise in trend forecasting, materials, product design and art direction enable Colour of Saying to guide businesses in making successful and considered aesthetic choices.

They have worked with brands as diverse as Nokia, Toyota, Speedo and Sainsbury’s. “A subtle difference in…