2006
Make Me 06 exhibited and sold handmade and limited edition products and art, created by a range of North West designers and makers. 2006 works were on show at Urbis and Urban Splash's Timber Wharf apartments, and included ceramics, furniture, lighting, art, textiles, glass, jewellery, book art and other ideas for interiors. Visitors were able able to commission unique products from the featured designers, or buy works 'off the shelf' via the Make Me website and at the Urbis shop.Make Me 06 was presented by Design Initiative and run in partnership with Urban Splash and Urbis.
MAKE ME LIVE
Apartment 418, Timber Wharf
Fri 1 - Sat 23 December. Open daily 11am - 6pm
Make Me Live showcased a broad range of NW designers and makers of interior design and interior products, curated and styled in a penthouse canal-side apartment in Urban Splash's Timber Wharf, Castlefield, Manchester. Works included ceramics, furniture, lighting, textiles, glass and art.
MAKE ME SHINE
Urbis: 24 Nov 06 - 7 Jan 07
Sun - Weds 10am - 6pm, Thurs - Sat 10am - 8pm
Lights by Michelle Brand. To coincide with the dark winter nights and switching on of the Christmas lights, Make Me Shine was a giant glass box filled with unique and beautiful lights promoting recycling and reusing. Make Me Shine was presented at Urbis on Level 1.
MAKE ME SHOP
Urbis: 24 Nov 06 - 7 Jan 07
Sun - Weds 10am - 6pm, Thurs Sat 10am - 8pm
Make Me Shop inhabited the shop at Urbis for a few short weeks. It showcased designers and makers who create smaller scale work such as jewellery and ceramics with a contemporary, sometimes humourous, sometimes edgy twist - providing perfect gifts for friends and family.
Included work by Jane Blease, Michelle Brand, Freckle Designs, Michelle Luker, Hannah Tofalos, Miranda Meilleur, Sam Mills, Caroline Royal, and Lucy May Schofield.
