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Tamsin van Essen is a British designer currently based in Prague. A graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, she specialises in conceptual design and has recently been using the medium of ceramics to explore scientific and medical themes. Her work sits at the interface between art and design, with one-off collectables and conversation pieces.
Recent Press Coverage
Voir Montreal - 8 Oct 2009
Ceramic Review - Sept/Oct 2009
The New York Times - 26 Sept 2009
Dolce Vita* - August 2009
Elle Decoration (Romania) - July/Aug 2009
The Times - 14 May 2009
The Independent - 10 May 2009
Evening Standard - 6 May 2009
Elle Décor (Italia) - May 2009
BMA news - 18 April 2009
ES Magazine - 20 March 2009
Art & Antiques - March 2009
BHMAdeco - Issue 16 Feb 2009
Haute (Korea) - Dec 2008
Frame - #65 Nov/Dec 2008
Crafts - Issue 215 Nov/Dec 2008
Pottery Making Illustrated - Nov/Dec 2008
Design Report - Issue 4/08
Arts Thread - Issue 1 Sept 2008
a-n Magazine - 27 Sept 2008
The Prague Post - 10 Sept 2008
Mf DNES Praha - 6 Sept 2008
Alternativa Magazin - July 2008
A2 Kulturni Tydenik - 23 June 2008
Mix Future Interiors - Issue 10 Trends 08/09
Halo - Issue 5 2008
Bloom - Issue 17 2008
Casa Life Design Magazine - Dec 2007
Financial Times - 8 Dec 2007
ICON - Issue 053 Nov 2007
Frame - Oct 2007
The Pharmaceutical Journal - Vol 279 No 7471 29 Sept 2007
Design Week - 5 Sept 2007
Evening Standard - 4 July 2007
Books
Design & Design Book of the Year (Vol. 2) Index Books 2009
Fragiles: Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, S. Grill, Gestalten 2008
Trends 2009/10 K. Tallon, Anova Books 2008
Handled with Care: contemporary ceramic design Designboom 2008
Ceramic Design Course A. Quinn, Quarto Publishing Ltd 2007
The Visual Communication of Science: design4science Wheeler & Long, Gmelin Press 2007
Education
2007: BA (Hons) Ceramic Design (1st) Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
1998: BA (Hons) Physics & Philosophy (2:1) Balliol College, Oxford University
Awards
Wellcome Trust Design for Science competition (second prize) 2007
Chartered Society of Designers Student Design Award 2006
William Atkinson Scholarship, Central Saint Martins 2006
Recent Commissions
Crafts Council UK (ceramic artwork) 2008
House of Fraser UK (lighting design) 2008
Tina B. Prague CZ (bone china lighting installation) 2008
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum London UK (Syphilis ceramic apothecary jar) 2007
Other Projects
KithKin Conceptual design collective, virtual studio and ideas factory
Working Title Design newspaper published daily during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 09 and London Design Festival 2009
Material+ Material-led collaboration with Staatliche Hochschule fur Gestaltung Karlsruhe
Atoms to Art Art-Science symposium series and network