Design Milk East London’s ‘Vertical Community’: The Stratford

Great to get a mention in this Design Milk article about this amazing development: The Stratford

Extensive glazing and planting inside provide a visual connection to the seventh​ floor garden of the residential tower and the tactile tableware has been specially developed by British ceramicist Sue Pryke. “Allegra has a brighter and lighter composition than the core amenity spaces of the hotel, which – on a similar note – are soft and friendly, yet denser to the eye and to the touch,” say Space Copenhagen co-founders Signe Bindslev Henriksen and Peter Bundgaard Rützou. “Allegra seeks its own identity, although it shares a design language with the hotel in its celebration of natural materials and sensuous tactility.”

The Stratford Katie Treggiden

Katie Treggiden is a design writer with almost 20 years' experience in the creative industries. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Trustee of the Leach Pottery. As well as travelling all over the world discovering new design as Editor at Large for Design Milk, she also contributes to publications such as the Guardian, Crafts Magazine, Elle Decoration and Monocle24. She has written four books and launched an award-winning design blog and independent print magazine – her latest book is Weaving: Contemporary Makers on the Loom. She is currently studying for an MSt in the History of Design at the University of Oxford.

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