Steuart Padwick

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Steuart Padwick is a designer, maker and product developer. Steuart Padwick trained at Parnham, and the Royal College of Art and set up as a furniture designer/maker in 1979. He does not have a specific style but aspires to many of the ideals set down by the designers Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa in their book Super Normal.

Steuart Padwick has worked in most areas of design, manufacture and development. Beginning as a designer maker, then going on to develop products for mass production, and in the late 90s working as a buyer for The Conran Shop sourced products from USA and Europe to India, China and Australia. Over the years he has launched a number of successful companies.

Understanding materials and production processes is fundamental to his approach as he aims to design furniture that can be used in our daily lives, where pleasure is gained both from the appearance and use of the object.

His designs frequently feature in publications from Living Etc, FX and Elle Deco to The Times and the Evening Standard.

Designed for Heal’s ReDiscovers LapTilt is a small laptop desk with a unique hidden taper on the base enabling it to tilt forward. This makes using a laptop so much better when sitting on a sofa. He also wanted to create a more sculptural and tactile piece of furniture in wood. Due to clever geometry the desk only tilts when you want it to, and naturally reverts to the upright position. A contemporary piece of furniture for the modern home, LapTilt is a fun yet sculptural piece. With a solid turned beech base, it offers a simple white lacquered post and top. Combining forward looking design approach with fine craftsmanship, LapTilt is all about innovation in function, technique and form with softened corners, radii curves and contrasting finishes. When not in use as a desk, the LapTilt doubles as a side table, making it an ideal solution for the space conscious.

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