A Visionary Space by Fredrikson Stallard

Hidden behind gates on a quiet Clerkenwell street, this is not a conventional launch, but the rare opportunity to step inside the personal world of two of Britain’s most influential contemporary designers.

The building itself has a rich past. Originally a Victorian workshop that manufactured wheels for carriages, the property still carries a distinctly Dickensian character, from its muscular brick fabric to its sense of being quietly tucked away from modern London. Clerkenwell is widely cited as part of the landscape that is said to have inspired Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, and that history still lingers in the area’s lanes and former workshops. Today, that heritage has been reinterpreted into...

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