
&New
Hometown: Leicester & Turku
Based in: Leicester
Hometown: Leicester & Turku
Based in: Leicester
An award winning furniture design and manufacturing company, &New was launched in 2014 by a British sculptor Jo Wilton and a Finnish Psychologist Mirka Gröhn. &New produces pieces that are modern, bold and long-lasting, using honest sustainable materials.
Distinctly modern with elegant lines, &New designs combine an aesthetic of British wit and Nordic simplicity. The products are handmade in Britain and have plenty of character from the making process.
What inspires you?
The colours of nature
Describe your creative process.
Experimental, process and material led.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Sustainable, versatile, bold.
Education
Demontfort University
United Kingdom, 2010
University of London
United Kingdom, 1998
Awards
Wallpaper* Design Award - Best Use of Material for Jää Bench
2021
Elle Deco International Design Award - Young Designer Talent
2016
Design Guild Mark
2016
Elle Decoration British Design Award - Best Furniture Design
2015
Exhibitions
Designblok, Prague
Czechia, 2020
RAW - Mint London
United Kingdom, 2019
London Design Fair
United Kingdom, 2019
Mosaic Spring Exhibition - Mint London
United Kingdom, 2019
Via Gallery - Paris
France, 2019
Design Junction
United Kingdom, 2018
Design Junction
United Kingdom, 2017
Modern Lux
United Kingdom, 2017
Super Brands, London
United Kingdom, 2015
Selected - Graz
Austria, 2015
Press
Wallpaper*
2021
World of Interiors
2020
Living etc.
2020
The Sunday Times
2020
Design Milk
2019
Elle Decoration
2019
Monocle
2018
Icon
2017
Wallpaper*
2017