furniture/wood/basketry
troscán/adhmad/caoladóireacht
Simon Doyle
Simon Doyle is a furniture designer and maker interested in the exploration of form, structure, void, symmetry, asymmetry, balance and simplicity. He cites the Shakers as an early influence on his work.
Doyle approaches each piece of furniture in the context of craft and industry – where the two intersect and where they are at their most distant, whether that is through visible joinery and the traditional techniques of craft or through metalwork and the contemporary manufacturing techniques of modern industry.
Chair was designed to be an object that could only be made by hand. It is an investigation into pure craft areas and as such focusses on visible joinery and traditional techniques, with very deliberate elements intersecting and interacting. The seat and backrest are coopered, with heights and depths of the vertical pieces offset; an idea of something chaotic within the rigid conformity and strictness of woodworking joinery.
Doyle graduated from GMIT Letterfrack with and has worked for Stevan Hartung Furniture. Based in Dublin, he works mainly to commission. He is also developing products aimed at larger scale production.
2014
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House & Home Magazine MAKE IT Awards: Readers’ Choice in association with Design & Crafts Council of Ireland, House and Home Magazine and Fund It |
2013
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Future Makers Residencies and Training Award, Design & Crafts Council of Ireland |
2015
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Side by Side, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny |
2014
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Design Make Transform: Contemporary Design and Craft from Future Makers, The Church Gallery, Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick |
2013
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Imagined, Designed and Made in Ireland, Arnotts, Dublin |
2015
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GMIT Letterfrack, 25 Years of Excellence and Innovation, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin |
Contact Details:
Simon Doyle
Ballymount Industrial Estate
Dublin 12
T. +353 87 752 4535
E. mail@simon-doyle.com
www.simon-doyle.com