Claudia  Kinmonth  in conversation with milking stool  designers

DESIGN POP

Design POP presents a panel discussion between Claudia Kinmonth and two of the milking stool designers, Adrian Duyn and Tricia Harris.

Nano Nagle Place

Dr Claudia Kinmonth is an art and design historian, whose career began with 6 years making and restoring furniture. Having studied at the Royal College of Art and worked at London’s V&A, she taught furniture restoration, as well as design history, before moving to Cork. Her first book for Yale University Press, Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950 (1993) won awards and was followed by Irish Rural Interiors in Art (in 2006). That work instigated three exhibitions on vernacular furniture and genre paintings (Cork, Dublin &amp; Boston). Her new book Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000 (Cork University Press, 2020) won the Durkan Prize for Language and Culture in 2021.Adrian Duyn of Joop Duyn &amp; Sons graduated with a Bsc. in Furniture Conservation &amp; Restoration from The Furniture College – Letterfrack in 2007. Since then Adrian has been working in the family business, Joop Duyn &amp; Sons. Based in Kenmare, Co. Kerry. Offering an extensive range of services together with a professional and ethical manner towards antique furniture conservation / restoration &amp; all manors of design, from one-off bespoke pieces of furniture to interior and architectural design.Studio Harris is a contemporary Irish furniture design studio creating beautiful, considered, long-life pieces. Recently returned from Dublin to her native Co. Kerry, Tricia works with a selection of highly skilled makers from around Ireland to produce well-crafted, distinctive pieces. Along with developing ready-to-order collections and bespoke commissions, she enjoys creative collaborations with other makers and like-minded businesses. The studio’s design philosophy is based on successfully combining the elements of function, beauty, simplicity and permanence to produce pieces that are designed to be loved and used, that are made well and will last.

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