The acclaimed exhibition “Future Heritage” will return with exceptional new work at Decorex from September 16 to 19 at Syon Park. Renowned applied arts and design critic and curator Corinne Julius, will return this year with a carefully selected group of designers and makers who represent the pinnacle of contemporary making.With alumni including Marcin Rusak, Katie Spragg, Tangent, Peter Marigold, Raw Edges, and Max Lamb, the show has proven itself as a launch-pad for tomorrow’s stars and the natural home of leading contemporary designers.The artist line-up includes Tord Boontje who is known for a romantic style of contemporary design. Boontje’s work is experimental with a strong interest in storytelling, nature, decoration, materials, and technology.Another artist featured is Jochen Holz, a technically trained glassblower who specializes in lampworking, a practice dating back to the fourth century BC, combined with the use of borosilicate — a hard glass with a high melting point, originally developed for laboratory use. For “Future Heritage,” Holz will apply his practice to form organic, free-flowing glass, and neon lighting pieces presented in a number of distinct ways.Next up is Glithero, the Anglo-Dutch, multi-disciplinary, design studio formed by Tim Simpson and Sarah van Gameren. Known for bringing conceptual ideas together with innovative making techniques, Glithero’s work often explores the transformative nature of time as it passes. The natural world also characterizes the duo’s output, and it is a combination of these motifs that they will present for “Future Heritage” at Decorex 2018, bringing nature into the home in unexpected ways. “Glithero will show a new series of botanical tiles. Originated from hand-drawn images of weeds collected from pavements around London, the tiles will be created in collaboration with a specialist team of Dutch craftspeople who will apply a tin glazing technique to tiles hand-cut from wet clay — a process unique to the Netherlands and practiced for over 400 years,” reveals Decorex.Kaori Tatebayshi, a ceramicist born in Arita, Japan, the home of Imari pottery is another artist who will be participating this year. “For Future Heritage, Tatebayshi intends to develop ceramic installations exploring the fragility and permanence of her material. The maker will use the flowers that grow around Decorex’s picturesque Syon Park home as inspiration, aiming to create lasting odes to the ephemeral states of the natural world,” says Decorex. Her work will form several installations, including a large-scale, wall-mounted piece and smaller-scale pieces designed to be handled. http://www.blouinartinfo.com/                                                              Founder: Louise Blouin                                                       Read more