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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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Ryecotewood tour

October 25, 2011
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Students from the National School of Furniture, Oxford Rycotewood Furniture Centre, paid a visit to the ercol factory and showroom last week.  The students are in their second year of a BA in Furniture Design and Make.   The students were shown how ercol creates furniture – from the process of design, through all the [...]

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Team ercol conquer Snowdon

September 21, 2011
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Last weekend saw a team from ercol scale Snowdon and assemble an ercol swan chair at the summit, to raise money for the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home.   The weekend started with a warm-up event involving climbing Pen y Fan, the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons (886m) on 17th  September, before tackling Corn Du (873m) [...]

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Windsor to Wales Challenge

August 26, 2011
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A team from ercol will be scaling the Welsh mountains this September and making a chair at the top of one, to raise money for the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home. The Iain Renne Hospice at  Home is a charity providing specialist and supportive care and advice for patients with cancer and other life threatening [...]

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Great windsor chair race

July 15, 2011
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The Contemporary Craft Fair at Bovey Tracey saw three furniture designers – Carl Clerkin, Chris Eckersley and William Warren – square off in a race to make as many chairs as they could over the weekend, inventing new designs on the spot and making improvised variations.  Why – well a bit of fun and to [...]

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Three peaks challenge

June 22, 2011
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Congratulations to our Facilities Manager, Mick, who has just completed the daunting Three Peaks Challenge as part of a team raising money for charity.  With weather more akin to winter than summer it was particularly challenging.  Here’s Mick’s account: “The team consisting of 8 walkers and 2 drivers in a 16 seat minibus (governed to [...]

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Bucks New University Degree Show – June 2011

June 14, 2011
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Friday 10th June saw the final degree show by the students of Bucks New University’s BA in Contemporary Furniture Design.  We were very impressed with the furniture shown, with a high level of design content and imagination combined with a good level of craftsmanship. Amongst the items on display were a chair designed by Lee Baker [...]

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