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Bucks EYeS 2013

June 14, 2013

Early this June saw the end of year show for graduating designers and artists from our local Buckinghamshire New University.  The show was open to the public and students from local schools were invited to inspire them.  Amongst the many works spanning animation, fine art, metalwork, jewellery and textiles were the works of students on [...]

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Designjunction fundraiser for Maggies

September 19, 2012
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Designjunction, part to the London Design Festival, is holding a fundraising event for cancer charity Maggie’s.  Designjunction have invited those in the design industry to donate and customise a domestic product in response to the title “Joy of Living”.  Maggie’s co-founder, Maggie Keswick Jencks, once wrote: “Above all what matters is not to lose the [...]

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Henley Garden Party – Jubilee Celebrations

July 20, 2012
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As part of the Jubilee tour, Her Majesty The Queen, visited Henley recently.  Arriving in style by steam boat, the Queen was then shown displays by local businesses, school children and organisations.  The Wycombe Museum put on a display of old windsor chairs, whilst a nest of red, white and blue ercol pebble tables provided [...]

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Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

July 18, 2012
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This year is the 30th anniversary of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, a charity which provides specially trained dogs to assist those who’ve lost their hearing.  This national charity is based just down the road from us, in Princes Risborough and we were delighted to be invited to join their recent  celebrations.  We were pleased [...]

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Bucks EYeS 2012

July 3, 2012
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One of the joys of working with the students at Bucks New University is to go and see their finished works, the culmination of their studies, at their end of year show. This year’s show took place in June on the University Campus and as you can see from the images  the standard of the [...]

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Queen’s lunch

June 8, 2012
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Well, what a week of celebrations it’s been.  After the service at St. Pauls and procession on Tuesday, the Queen had lunch with the City Livery Companies in Westminster Hall.  Each Worshipful company was represented and we were delighted that Tom Dean, a previous Managing Director and long serving, now retired, employee of ercol, was [...]

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Bucks New University – ercol MA project 2012

March 28, 2012
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We were treated to a presentation by students from Bucks New University this week.  The MA Furniture Design students had previously been on a tour of the ercol factory and showroom.  They had been asked to pick an ercol chair, past or present, that inspired them and then come up with an accessory for it. [...]

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Bucks MA furniture design show 2011

January 17, 2012
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At the end of year show, the postgraduate students on the Buckinghamshire New University’s MA course in Furniture: Design & Technology, showed the pick of their work created during 2011.  The show celebrated the talent, creativity and success of

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