LSA at designjunction

As part of designjunction, held last week during the London Design Festival, which closed on Sunday (September 22), LSA International created the Greenhouse – a four-day pop up shop at London’s trendy Coals Drop Yard in Kings Cross.  A major feature was Canopy, a100% recycled, handmade licensed glass collection, launched in collaboration with the Eden Project.

“We’ve had a handmade recycled range in the collection for over 10 years called Mia, which is made from 100% recycled glass, and we initially started talking to the Eden Project two years ago when they were looking for a glassware licensee,” explained LSA’s managing director Richard Smedley. “They were particularly interested in LSA International because of our design credentials as well as our sourcing policy, and the ethics we engage with as a business.”

Above: LSA’s managing director Richard Smedley and HousewaresNews’ Sue Marks with Canopy glassware at The Greenhouse in Coal’s Drop Yard.
Above: LSA’s managing director Richard Smedley and HousewaresNews’ Sue Marks with Canopy glassware at The Greenhouse in Coal’s Drop Yard.

Continued Richard: “Our creative team devised the concept of Canopy, a direct reference to the rainforests and to forests creating a canopy, and symbolising that we all live under one roof. Within Canopy we created two products concepts – hydration and propagation – which directly speak to the Eden Project’s goals of water conservation and preserving plant life. For hydration we designed a range of contemporary drinkware whose distinctive feature is a concave base, echoing the domed roofline of the Eden Project in Cornwall. With propagation, we developed a series of vases and planters, including closed gardens as well as vessels, which allow the plant to self-water.

Above: The new LSA Canopy range.
Above: The new LSA Canopy range.

As for future trends, Richard says that LSA prides itself on designing products that are timeless. “We design for longevity, whilst continually looking to improve our products’ sustainability through the choice of materials we use. One of the many benefits of our partnership with the Eden Project is that they share, support and encourage our sustainability aims.”

 

Top: LSA’s three-day pop up shop at The Greenhouse in London was open to visitors during designjunction, part of the London Design Festival.

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