FAQ /
T&C /
Delivery
Follow us on Twitter
RT @TimGoffe: Thanks Davo And Sal. Mist excellent Birthday pres http://t.co/auFak1wr
27 Apr, 2012
i_see_this's photo http://t.co/EesHYvH2 via @instagram
27 Apr, 2012
RT @SebastianBergne: I understand it's world IP day today. Who's idea was that ?
26 Apr, 2012
Anticipation
We sent out our first official press release for the new Spunique site today. What is about hitting the ‘send’ button that puts me in a tailspin? Trusting one’s instincts - as I can confidently do when reviewing the lovely new work we’re beginning to receive - is so much harder to do when it comes to a little self-promotion.
Better get used to it as there’s much more happening here very soon!
Share this
Better get used to it as there’s much more happening here very soon!
Share this
Progress
As we’ve been preparing to launch the new Spunique site, there have been several things in the press that have caught my attention.
They’re all related to the business of making and included: where the idea of ‘handmade’ sits right now in contrast to the lofty ideal of ‘bespoke’; how the influence of the small scale maker has an increasing bearing on the way mass-produced products look and feel; and how principles from design history perhaps appear to have a renewed appreciation. I was reading (among other things) Justin McGuirk on the rise of the designer-maker, bits and pieces from Wallpaper’s ‘Handmade’ issue, and an interesting 2009 IconEye interview with Enzo Mari (Justin McGuirk again).
Inevitably – when you’re about to relaunch a retail site that provides a presence for and generates commerce from a range of products that mostly exist outside the norms of traditional retail – a little reassurance that there will be a willing and interested group of consumers out there is welcome. If current and past opinion is anything to go by, and the crest of the ‘craft’ wave is to be ridden a little, then we think Spunique has a great future. So we’re enthusiastically looking forward to growing the group of designer-makers and products we showcase and can’t wait to entice you with more very soon.
Share this
They’re all related to the business of making and included: where the idea of ‘handmade’ sits right now in contrast to the lofty ideal of ‘bespoke’; how the influence of the small scale maker has an increasing bearing on the way mass-produced products look and feel; and how principles from design history perhaps appear to have a renewed appreciation. I was reading (among other things) Justin McGuirk on the rise of the designer-maker, bits and pieces from Wallpaper’s ‘Handmade’ issue, and an interesting 2009 IconEye interview with Enzo Mari (Justin McGuirk again).
Inevitably – when you’re about to relaunch a retail site that provides a presence for and generates commerce from a range of products that mostly exist outside the norms of traditional retail – a little reassurance that there will be a willing and interested group of consumers out there is welcome. If current and past opinion is anything to go by, and the crest of the ‘craft’ wave is to be ridden a little, then we think Spunique has a great future. So we’re enthusiastically looking forward to growing the group of designer-makers and products we showcase and can’t wait to entice you with more very soon.
Share this
New Spunique
The long awaited new version of Spunique.com is now online. Its new incarnation is a joint venture between its founder Sebastian Bergne and creative agency Studio Special.
There is a new identity and site designed by Studio Special with increased functionality and networking ability, but it essentially remains true to it’s original simplicity and ethos of providing a unique showcase and selling platform for self produced objects by designers. To be more specific, designers (and makers and creatives) who like to follow the whole process of designing, producing and marketing projects under their own name and without following the traditional retail channels.
The original site was created in 2007 by Industrial designer Sebastian Bergne to promote and sell his own self produced creations that date back to the early 90’s. Since then he expanded it to include work by other British designers working in a similar way by invitation and with a student competition and exhibition at 100% design in 2009.
For Spunique enthusiasts old and new, here is a last glimpse of it’s original Blog style, simple (even clunky) vertical design with speech balloon logo designed in 2006.
A page has been turned and we look forward to a new and exciting period of growth for a community of creative people working in a similar way, brought to the wider world via the internet.
Share this
There is a new identity and site designed by Studio Special with increased functionality and networking ability, but it essentially remains true to it’s original simplicity and ethos of providing a unique showcase and selling platform for self produced objects by designers. To be more specific, designers (and makers and creatives) who like to follow the whole process of designing, producing and marketing projects under their own name and without following the traditional retail channels.
The original site was created in 2007 by Industrial designer Sebastian Bergne to promote and sell his own self produced creations that date back to the early 90’s. Since then he expanded it to include work by other British designers working in a similar way by invitation and with a student competition and exhibition at 100% design in 2009.
For Spunique enthusiasts old and new, here is a last glimpse of it’s original Blog style, simple (even clunky) vertical design with speech balloon logo designed in 2006.
A page has been turned and we look forward to a new and exciting period of growth for a community of creative people working in a similar way, brought to the wider world via the internet.
Share this