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Bethan Laura Wood (born in Shropshire, 1983) she is an internationally-recognised English designer of jewellery, furniture, decorative objects, lighting and installations. She has designed for such media as glass, laminates and ceramics. Work produced by her studio, WOOD London, is characterised by colour, geometry and visual metaphor, pattern and marquetry. She has been described as " ... elements from everyday objects, often focusing on the pattern and coloration of objects as indicators of their origins, production, and past usage."

Biography

Wood was diagnosed with dyslexia at sixth-form college. She studied 3D design at Brighton University, then studied at the Royal College of Art in 2007, tutored by Dutch designer Jurgen Bey and the Italian Martino Gamper. She founded her studio, "WOOD London", in 2009 while still a student. She was a designer in residence at the Design Museum, London. Wood has been commissioned by a variety of international companies to create works and installations, including Abet Laminati, Moroso, Valextra, Perrier Jouët, Bitossi Ceramiche, Tory Burch, cc-tapis, Tolix , Rosenthal and Hermés. Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as V&A Museum of Childhood, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, Daelim Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Wood was named in the Wallpaper* Power 200, which ranks her "among the world’s pre-eminent design talent".

Awards

Accolades

• 2019 – Judge for 2019 Dezeen Awards.
• 2013 – Abet Museum – Play time table purchased for permanent collection.
• 2012 – MUDAC – Totem no.5 purchased for permanent collection.
• 2012 – One of 850 alumni invited to Diamond jubilee Royal academy of Arts Gala in attendants of the Queen

Select exhibitions

• 8 March to 28 April 2018: Aram Gallery – Designers select designers.
• 22–25 September 2016: Designjunction – Dyslexic Design.
• 20 September: The British Land Celebration of Design awards exhibition in Broadgate, London.
• 2011: Nilufar gallery during Salone del Mobile with pieces such as Totem, a lighting collection made from Pyrex in collaboration with master glass-blower Pietro Viero.
• September 2013: Aram Gallery – Solo show.

Collections

Wood's works can be found in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Wellcome Collection in London and the Abet Laminate Museum in Italy.

References

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10. "Rijksstudio Award 2020 The international design competition of the Rijksmuseum". 9 August 2020.
11. "Bethan Laura Wood". Wallpaper Magazine. 20 September 2019.
12. "Rosenthal x Bethan Laura Wood: Bauhaus inspired art of weaving". 17 February 2020.
13. "Beazley Designs of the Year 2019 shortlist announced". Wallpaper. 10 September 2019.
14. "SUPER ROUND". EDIDA Awards. 2019.
15. "THE ELLE DECORATION BRITISH DESIGN AWARDS 2019 – WINNERS!". Elle Decoration. 6 December 2018.
16. "EDIDA JAPAN* WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT". 1 November 2018.
17. "and THE DESIGN PRIZE winner is... report from the award ceremony in milan". designboom. 14 April 2017.
18. "London Design Festival 2016 Medal Winners". londondesignfestival.com. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
19. GRIFFITHS, ALYN (20 September 2016). "Sir Kenneth Grange, Bethan Laura Wood, David Adjaye and Daan Roosegaarde win London Design Medals 2016". Wallpaper*. W*211.
20. "Second round of the Hublot Design Prize". World Tempus. 10 June 2015.
21. "Designers of the Future". Domus. 18 June 2013.
22. THOMPSON, HENRIETTA (15 April 2013). "Winners announced for the W Hotels Designers of the Future Award 2013". Wallpaper*.
23. Etherington, Rose (11 January 2012). "Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012". Dezeen.
24. Yalcinkaya, Gunseli (13 March 2018). "Thomas Heatherwick, Bethan Laura Wood and more nominate emerging designers for Aram Gallery exhibition". Dezeen. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
25. Morris, Tom (12 December 2016). "Is Bethan Laura Wood British Design's Brightest New Spark?". Newsweek. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
26. "TALKING COLOUR WITH BETHAN LAURA WOOD". Livingetc. 28 September 2019.
27. Browne, Alix (23 July 2013). "Bethan Laura Wood: Designer of the Future".
28. "Search the Collections". Victoria & Albert Museum Collections. 2 May 2020.
29. "Being Human". Wellcome Collection.
30. "Museo Abet Laminati" (PDF). Abet Laminati. 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Bethan Laura Wood on laminate (interview by Grant Gibson)

• 1983 births
• Living people
• 21st-century English women artists
• Alumni of the Royal College of Art
• Alumni of the University of Brighton
• English designers
• Artists from Shropshire