‘One Year On’ is a satellite exhibition held in the upper floor of the exhibition center. It is a scheme backed by the Crafts Council to showcase works by designers who are within one year of graduating or being in business. 60 designers altogether took part. The work could be commissioned or bought on the spot.

Tobius Feltlus‘ unique stacking tables and chairs were inspired by a stint at waiting on tables during his student days. He found that he could not stand sweeping around the legs of the chairs and tables, so he came up with a design where the chairs were slotted in to the split-top table and enabling the chair legs to lift from the ground, making it easier to clean!

The participants of ‘One Year On’ seemed a little more sophisticated than the student designers in the main exhibition, as they had acquired a sense of business, and were more spontaneous to catch the attention of the press. Walking away from the show, it was intriguing to wonder just how this year’s graduates would turn their designs into lucrative business deals in a year’s time.

New Designers 04
Date: July 1st – 4th, 8th – 11th, 2004
Place: Business Design Centre
Address: Angel, London
https://www.newdesigners.com