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juxtapositions & contrasts

In 2025 Design-Nation presents thirteen impressive craftspeople at the Crafts Council’s Collect Fair, our fifth physical outing to this now essential international showcase of the best in contemporary craft, held in the beautiful surroundings of Somerset House.

Our 2025 cohort employ a diverse array of materials and disciplines to make intriguing decorative objects, many of which have been made especially for Collect. These makers test tensions between order and disorder, between human-formed and natural forms, between the newly created and the re-imagined past. Respect for material, shape and structure is paramount. Elements brought together in new and unexpected combinations create highly collectible objects for the twenty-first century.

Download our price list here, or continue to browse our exhibitor profiles online here. Our 2025 exhibitors are:

Ceramic: Louise Bell, Kim Colebrook, Adele Howitt, Jane King, Ömer Öner

Fibre: Carola van Dyke

Glass: Hannah Gibson, Kira Phoenix K’inan, Deborah Timperley

Metal: Anna Rennie

Mosaic: Denise Jaques

Paper/wood: Hannah Lane

Stone: Zoë Wilson

Design-Nation’s leading membership programme champions excellence in UK-based makers and designers, creating innovative and inclusive opportunities for the contemporary design and craft sector for 25 years. Design-Nation works with partners and independent industry experts, supporting and promoting a carefully selected portfolio of highly skilled craftspeople who demonstrate authenticity and exceptional design ability.

To find out more, visit us at Room W2, West Wing, Somerset House this week, or email us: info@designnation.co.uk

The Crafts Council’s online catalogue for Collect 2025 can be browsed here.

Design-Nation at Collect 2025

Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA

Previews 26 & 27 February, Open 28 February - 2 March

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