StudioThomson are a Design and Art Direction studio formed in 2004 by
brothers Christopher and Mark Thomson bringing together over 25 years of
industry experience.

To celebrate their 5th birthday StudioThomson are showcasing a diverse spectrum of their work in fashion, music, publishing, art, and interiors for clients such as Aquascutum, Preen, Liberty, Pringle, The Duffer of St George, War Child, Wrangler and Lucky Voice. With a love of classic considered ideas, attention to detail and tactile print techniques, they strive to produce timeless work with a twist. Based in London they have a sister company in Brussels called Coasthomson.

www.studiothomson.com

http://dossierjournal.com/style/fashion/studio-thomson-retrospective-at-b-store/

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Represented by plnmanagement.com

StudioThomson Notebooks
64 pages
40 colours to choose from £5 each
A set of 5 books £20

Please ask the b Store for details.

b Store opened the utilitarian project entitled “10 for DSM” at Dover Street Market this week, with a purpose built shop fit by frequent creative collaborator and recent architectural graduate TOM FINCH.

The idea behind the concept was to complement and enforce the uniformity of the exclusive range produced by b Store for Dover Street Market. Tom describes the space as “an interpretation of the work of architects, primarily early modernists such as Mies Van Der Rohe”. Similarly, Jan De Cock, the artist whom designed the existing interior on the second floor of Dover Street Market where the b Store concept is situated, also cites Van Der Rohe as being heavily influential in his work. The concept results in two complementary facets that can be read as two clearly distinctive elements.

B-Store presents a version of Swedish artist Anna Kleberg’s new installation Back and Forth including photography, film and objects that simultaneously is on show at Andréhn- Schiptjenko gallery, Stockholm.

The starting point for Back and Forth was the actual space of the artist’s studio, Kleberg’s interest in the shifting nature of the photographic medium and thoughts about the creative process itself. The film and sequential photographs are based on a woman holding, balancing and being surrounded by boxes, paper and other materials from the studio.

Anna Kleberg’s show with B-store is the first presentation of her work in the UK. It is a collaboration with an unconventional space for art where exciting and unpredicted ideas and meetings can happen.

Anna Kleberg graduated from University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm in 1998 among her selected exhibitions are Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Uppsala Art Museum, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Malmö Art Museum, Galerie Ilka Bree, Bordeaux and Sharjah International Biennial.

Goldsmiths graduate Henry Mackay-Bull studied a BA in Fine Art and is currently developing an art practice constituting of sculpture, installation, print, and film. He has exhibited in several group shows, including ‘Circuit Wisely’ and ‘Off Modern’. b Store invited Mackay-Bull into the Savile Row boutique to present his first solo show, entitled Figment 3, which explores sculptural forms – both organic and inorganic, diverging surface texture and a muted colour palette.

Find out more information at: www.henrymackaybull.com

London-based Philip Smiley's installation "Freakscape" draws inspiration from his rural upbringing in Virginia. Philip explores the curiosity and carelessness of youth set in a mysterious environment of surreal wilderness.

Incorporating a variety of media including illustration, sculpture and found objects, Philip aims to convey the feeling of ever encroaching nature over what appears to be an innocent, and perhaps naive, scene.

Philip Smiley has been a freelance illustrator since graduating with an MA from the School of Visual Arts, New York in 1999. He has designed graphics & illustrated for many major fashion labels (Burberry, Commes des Garcons, Stella McCartney). His work has also been featured in publications including Dazed & Confused, Spin, Blackbook and books such as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

He currently lives in London. During the opening, live performance by musician **K will create psychedelic soundscapes as soundtrack for the installation.

 Freakscape, work in progress

Design Museum has launched a visionary showcase of London’s freshest design talent in its new exhibition ‘Super Contemporary’. Featuring progressive work including bus shelters by David Adjaye, rabbit-shaped bins by Paul Smith, Zaha Hadid’s vision of the city, and lamp post chandeliers by Thomas Heatherwick it will reveal the heart of London’s diversity and creativity.

As a pioneer of new talent, b Store has been invited to contribute by mapping key inspiration points which reflect the b Store philosophy.

‘London is such an exciting and diverse city; it constantly pushes us to try new things. ‘We were very excited to be asked to be involved with this exhibition which celebrates the inspirational effect of London on young creatives’.

Matthew Murphy, b Store.

Vist the Super Contemporary website to find out more.

b Store is pleased to present an exhibition by furniture designer Dean Edmonds.

Having graduated from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design in 2008, Edmonds has found inspiration in the everyday and mundane - objects which are usually overlooked - leading to ‘many over excited trips around the local builder’s merchants’.

His style could be described as ‘make-shift’ with items unfolding, leaning and often having an un-fussy, stripped-down aesthetic. Edmonds enjoys products that appear to make the ordinary and over-looked more interesting through combining materials or putting them in an un-familiar context.

Following this theme b Store will be showcasing Pipe Work, a series of works inspired by the domestic pipes and conduits which run through our homes and under our feet. Edmonds is ‘fascinated’ by these networks:

‘These wonderful systems are constructed from rather honest and simple materials that we seem to take for granted. Copper plumbing is of particular interest to me, with the various fittings that are available and it’s soft malleable qualities’.

Pipe Work uses this in-expensive system of pipes and fittings alongside steel, to create something playful and unique, whilst celebrating the basic qualities of the copper piping.

The installation launches on 7th May and runs to 8th June.
 
b Store, 24a Savile Row, London W1, +44 (0)207 734 0467
 
For more information, visit: www.deanedmonds.co.uk

Some work in progress from the artist below: