Brown Office

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.

Event: London Design Festival
Location: Brompton Design District
Curation: Jane Withers Studio
Date: September 2021
Studio Photography: Brown Office
Exhibition Photography: Andy Stagg

For the occasion of London Design Festival 2021 Brown Office were invited by Jane Withers Studio to take part in Brompton Design Districts curated programme ‘From Here Onwards’.

In response to the theme Brown Office conceived of ‘New Adventures in Cardboard’ as part exhibition and part maker space to explore the potential of repurposing waste cardboard packaging - an omnipresent material, especially so during lockdown. Over the course of the festival in a disused garage in Thurloe Place Mews, Brown Office founder Dean Brown designed, made and exhibited a collection of cardboard objects and furniture to highlight the creative potential of remaking rather than only recycling cardboard.

Using simple tools and methods discarded shoe boxes, pizza boxes, poster tubes and delivery cartons were transformed into lighting products, clocks, fans, side tables, kinetic sculptures and a portrait of Dean’s cat Cinnamon who is a cardboard fanatic. All of the pieces were made using cardboard amassed from home deliveries or salvaged from the streets of Hackney.

As a raw material, cardboard can be sourced locally and worked without specialist equipment. It is inherently sturdy, malleable, repairable, and lends itself to transformative surface treatment. As a versatile container it is particularly interesting when used to house electronics.

In summary cardboard is associated mainly with throwaway packaging and it needn’t be. Re-imagining what’s on our doorstep can point to a less wasteful future.