London-based designer Bethan Laura Wood has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work.
Wood defines herself as a multidisciplinary designer with "an aesthetic made from layering forms, colours, materials and concepts".
The British designer's distinctive pieces are often site-specific and aim to increase consciousness around mass production and consumption.
"I have an interest in interventions on mass production systems to make one-off work that explores the growing awareness around issues connected with overconsumption," Wood told Dezeen.
"My work is often in response to a location, reflecting the visual and material culture particular to that area," she continued. "Fascinated by the connections we make with everyday objects that surround us, and as a collector myself, I like to explore what drives people to hold onto one particular object while discarding another."
London-based designer Wood utilises colour throughout her work. Photo by Michele de Andreis
The designer is currently developing works for furniture fair Salone del Mobile with Italian brand CC-Tapis and Nilufar Gallery, as well as working on several private commissions and industrial projects that will launch in 2025.
She also recently designed a series of frilly glass hooks for a collaborative exhibition at California gallery Blunk Space.
Wood among Dezeen Awards 2024 judges
Dezeen Awards 2024 launched last month in ...