Makers of all ages were in attendance for the Cinter Design workshops at Swiss Cottage Gallery. The activities, which ran over two days, encompassed an overall theme of sustainability mixed with creativity, problem-solving, and making.

On Monday the Cinter team asked participants to plant ShutterPatches with an array of tasty herbs. Over the course of five hours, Cinter engaged the public in making ShutterPatches, learning about urban farming, and planting herbs in vertical gardens. Attendees were taught about the necessity for growing within cities and learned about crops that are well-suited to vertical growing. Ten finished ShutterPatches were sent home with some very happy green fingered volunteers at the end of the workshop.

On Tuesday our young makers joined up with parents and teachers to create furniture from simple shapes such as squares, circles and triangles. The workshop takes patrons through the varied processes of design. The activity began with a brief of the project followed by sketching and ideation. Simple model-making with clay took the designers’ sketches further into three-dimensional models. In the final stage, the young designers saw their concepts produced on a 3D printer. These exercises demonstrated the need to adapt a design through iterative development. With the technology of 3D printing enchanting the young and intriguing the old, it was easy for Cinter Design to teach design practices whilst introducing the young designers to emerging technologies like additive manufacturing.

Cinter Design were chuffed to work with such talented young creatives and engage with the public at the beautiful and iconic Swiss Cottage Library. Big thanks to the Camden New Wave, Camden Council, the Centre for Creative Collaboration, and Swiss Cottage Library!

– Charlotte

Cinter Design