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www.basedupon.co.uke. info@basedupon.co.uk
t. 0208 320 2122
They’re a team of artists and designers almost impossible to categorise, unless maybe one uses their term – ‘design alchemists’.
Certainly, in 2004, metal started it all when twins Ian and Richard Abell acquired the rights to the world’s leading liquid metal technology, a technique that permits room temperature liquid metals to be sprayed on to any surface – even lace.
Almost immediately they collaborated with designer David Collins on the new Nobu restaurant in Mayfair creating a gold evolving floor, designed to wear through to different layers of metal over fine, sculptural columns that fade seamlessly from gold to titanium and a wall in which white gold fills the hairline cracks of fire-ravaged oak.
Today their business client list embraces Fortnum & Mason, Donna Karan and Gordon Ramsay as well as, privately, some of the UK’s most rich and famous.
And you can’t say they don’t have humour – ‘Based Upon Taking the Piss’ is £100,000’s worth of gold urinal incorporating its own price in sold silver – Duchamp eat your heart out!
Applauded now everywhere from Vogue to the New York Times as well as providing some of the most original, innovative and luxurious surface finishes in the interiors market, they’re also mounting their own exhibitions and exploring new territories.
How about ‘Based Upon My School’ – limited edition old British school desks reinterpreted as modern-day workstations?
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www.alexander-sedgley.co.uk
Creekside Education Truse – Deptford CreekThe Creekside Centre was created to provide a base to teach children about the environment and habitat of Deptford Creek, until recently a rundown industrial area frequented by the more transient industries. The building is a teaching base for the Centre comprising a classroom, meeting room, office, toilets and store for waders used in the Creek.
The timber framed building is cedar clad, with high levels of natural sheep’s wool insulation, built from sustainable materials. The building is orientated to utilise solar gain and encourage passive ventilation. Rainwater from the roof is collected by the pond. Grey water reused within the Centre for flushing toilets and cleaning waders. A combined heat and power gas generator runs an underfloor heating system whilst producing electricity, and passive sensors reduce artificial lighting costs.
The ecological ‘brown roof’ consists of recycled crushed brick and concrete merging with the surrounding landscape, which will eventually be colonised by local indigenous plant life, and provide a habitat to local wildlife, specifically nesting for the redstart.
The building has been open since September 2002 and is providing popular with the local community.
Main Contractor : Gilby Construction
Structural Engineer: AA Gibbons
Services Engineer: KW Consult
Quantity Surveyors: Cook and Butler
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www.lindenabbott.co.uk
I specialise in concept design printed textiles for fashion and interiors.One off exclusive handcrafted fabrics and short print runs. Printed garments and fashion accessories. Inspiration-the changing environment,the elemental,a personal journey. I utilise my photographs and drawings to interpret my environment into individual screenprints and digital prints on fabric.
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www.rodhunt.com
Greenwich based illustrator working in Abobe Illustrator, who's work draws from humour, retro graphics & contemporary culture. Extensive client list includes Arena, FHM, Orange, British Telecom, British Airways, Maxim, The Observer, Tescos, & is the cover illustrator for best selling environmental book "Change The World 9 to 5"
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