RCAfé with Andrew Jones and Chris Howker
RCAfé with Andrew Jones and Chris Howker
Back-to-back sofa and Plate light
Back-to-back sofa and Plate light
Cup light and Concrete table
Cup light and Concrete table
Film by Thomas Napper
When I was a student at the Royal College of Art there was an in-house competition to redesign the student coffee bar. With my fellow furniture design students Andrew Jones and Chris Howker, we won the competition with our scheme for RCafé which included concrete tables, lighting made from cups and plates, rocking sofas, and a keyhole shaped serving bar made from a translucscent fibreglass material that became a giant lantern at night even when the bar was closed. That year, we went onto to be the first students ever to win the professional Design Week Award for Restaurant Design.