Design Journeys by Industrial Designer Will Mitchell
Dieting Design…
I was building a wardrobe the other day (not IKEA thankfully) and a remarkable thing happened. It would have been far easier to pin a map to a waterfall than stop the panels of my new three door wardrobe from collapsing, while reading ‘fit dowel B into hole K’. The remarkable thing was that when [...]
March of the Makers…
I don’t know about you, but I can’t help feeling a little smug that the government have finally come to a conclusion that has been obvious to me for the whole of my working career and before. George Osborne calls it his budget to fuel growth. “We want the words ‘made in Britain, created in [...]
Cast a Memory…
Ballantines Creative Ironworks were offically established in 1856, which I think we can all agree is quite a long time ago. Boness used to have around 150 founderies at one point, but increasingly these have expired due to lack of demand, but luckily Ballantines have continued to burn bright (pun intended). I was so taken [...]
The Madness Continues…
I was saddened to hear that another company has hit the wall. We are slowly seeing real talent being forced out of business in the current climate, which appears to be boyant for some and miserable for others. Cutting Edge Fabrications in Hillington (Glasgow) has been trading for 11 years, building and fabricating in Stainless [...]
Sound as a Pound?
The growth of the ‘pound shop’ market does two things. It destroys high street credibility and pulls a nations morale down to a new low. Is this what we are reduced to? Also, tell me this… Who can manufacture the components, assemble, package and ship a 4-gang 13amp plug extension for £1.00 and still make [...]
Who Do I Think I am…
The reason i am here posting stuff up in the first place, is that I have spent many years living, breathing and working in design and have just about formed an opinion on what I think matters and what I believe simply doesn’t. I graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with more of a [...]
First Past the Post
If you have found this site, then congratulations… It went up today and like a blinking Chilean Miner I am navigating my way through the new lights. I am intending to use this space to upload my thoughts and opinions with the serious intention of finding those that care about what I have to say. [...]