About the designer..
Adam Wolstenholme is a First Class BA Product Design graduate, hailing from the East Midlands. After exhibiting at New Designers in 2022, he is now a full-time product developer and production manager for the renowned Pimlico antiques dealership and manufacturer of fine furniture, Howe London.
"As a designer, I find it extremely important to not take myself too seriously and wouldn't say I'm alligned with any particular design 'movement' or style. My Throwaways series, for example, is not only an obvious commentary on design-to-discard objects but also a bit of a tongue-in-cheek jab at bad-faith copying that is absolutely rife in the industry, whether it's dodgy import or high-end. I'm not trying to solve those issues directly either, but rather start no-nonsense conversations around our 'consumer' (a term that I happen to loathe) behaviours.
People who know me well would also tell you that I can be quite fierce in my defence of local skills, generational knowledge, traditional craft and British industry as a whole. I always provide complete transparency about where everything I design is made, and share exactly who was responsible. With an industry in crisis, why gate-keep the makers when we can collectively innovate?
My life mission is to rejuvenate traditional British manufacturing, one workshop at a time"
As the sole director of SAD Gallery, Adam aims to expand not only the antiques collection but also introduce more of his own designs, as well as represent a collective of designers in the SAD Gallery Productions range.