December 8, 2010 by leap
December has seen the launch of e-side, an exciting new brand which showcases the work of talented young designers from around the world, who specialise in eco-friendly products.
e-side is passionate about beautiful design and the environment, two things inherent in Leap so it was a great project for us to be involved with.
We wish them lots of luck for the new year and lots of orders : )
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I’ve just recieved this link through Network Cornwall, great lil’ Cornish company with a passion for all things fabric. Perfect for last minute Xmas prezzies.
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November 18, 2010 by leap
Co-Founder of Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) and former Sustainability Director at the Eden Project, Chris Hines came into the studio just now.
We’d love to be able to say that he was just popping in to see how we are, but he had some business to attend to!
He also reminded us that one of his current projects Surf Action is in the running for Lottery funding via The People’s Millions.
Surf Action are a Community Interest Company and non-profit organisation. Their core purpose is to focus on the well being and support of combat veterans and their families.
They use surfing and the beach environment as a means to escape the daily barriers faced by those who have returned from conflict possibly suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or physical injuries.
Please give them support by phoning your vote through next Thursday 25th November. Go to http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2010-finalists/westcountry/surf-action on the day and the phone number will be displayed.
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November 14, 2010 by leap
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November 11, 2010 by leap
The Cornwall Design Forum have changed to try and be a far more useful organisation for designers in Cornwall.
Membership now just means that they have your email address so that they can keep you informed.
The detailed version…(In Paul Davies’ own words)…
Over the last 6 months or so we have been wrestling with how to create a better design forum. It stemmed from the great open day we held last year in which so many people shared their ideas of what would help them and their business. From this and speaking with many of you on a one-to-one basis we have a plan for a new structure, new products and a new mission for the forthcoming years which I sincerely hope will raise the interest in what we do and encourage you to get involved.
The headline change will be that we are going to scrap the membership fee and become free to join. We want to be a truly representative body for the immense amount of design talent we have in Cornwall and we think the membership fee is a barrier to designers getting involved with the CDF. By removing the fee we will be able to engage with everybody from Freshers to Directors and not be restricted to just the paid up elite.
We also are broadening our membership to include more disciplines in the creative sector including photographers, illustrators, marketeers, media agencies, service designers and media developers. Design is an ever evolving sector and we understand that we need to move with it, so we hope that the new breed of new media designers, game designers and service designers will see the CDF as their home too.
At the request of nearly everyone we’ve consulted we have extended our objective to focus more on promoting the value of investing in design. Our aim is to help people understand the transformative power design can have in business and society and offer a place in which to find and select the best designers. With this in mind we are separating our members’ directory away from the main CDF site to become the Cornwall Design Directory. The directory will be far more advanced tool to showcase your work and we will work hard to market it to the local and national business audience. Whilst the general CDF membership will be free there will be a fee for entries into the new directory. We will be also updating the main design forum website so that it is a useful place for you to visit on a regular basis and collect design news from around the south west region. We are still at the planning stages for both sites so if you have ideas of what we can include then email your thoughts to me at chair@cornwalldesignforum.co.uk
Finally, we are involved in the upcoming Cornwall Design Season and will be using the event as a launch platform for the new CDF and the design directory. We’ll also be working with the Dott team to run a business-focus event during the season that attracts national and global companies to give you a platform to introduce your services. We couldn’t do all this with the current volunteer structure so we will also be looking to employ someone to help co-ordinate our ongoing activities. We’re sure this will help us be a more sustainable, effective and professional organisation.
So what do you do in the meantime? Well, if you’ve received this email you’re already one of the 200 members of the new CDF. Please forward this email onto other designers in Cornwall so we can reach as many people as possible. If you have received this from another designer then just let us know your email address by popping it into this online form and we’ll keep you in the loop with how things are going. If you have any questions or suggestions you can email them to me at chair@cornwalldesignseason.co.uk
Thanks for reading all of this and I hope this has excited you how together we can raise the profile of the immense amount of design talent we have in Cornwall.
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November 4, 2010 by leap
The awards ceremony for this year’s 8th Annual Cornwall Sustainability Awards will be held on Friday 3rd December at the Pavillion Centre, Royal Cornwall Showground.
In order to book your place, please fill in the Booking Form on the website at http://www.cornwallsustainabilityawards.org/news.html and email it to jrowell@cornwall.gov.uk
The results of the awards will once again be announced by TV presenter and former Lieutenant Colonel Dick Strawbridge MBE (of BBC’s It Ain’t Easy Being Green, Coast, Crafty Tricks of War, CH4′s Scrapheap Challenge, etc) who joined the judging panel in 2008.
This years keynote speaker is the broadcaster and architectural designer Charlie Luxton (of BBC’s Restored to Glory, Ice Dreams, Designer of the Year, Guerrilla Homes, and Bionic Buildings, CH4′s Not All Bricks and Mortar and Not All Houses are Square, and CH5′s Modern British Architects.
The event will be Chaired by Lady Mary Holborow and starts at 11.30am with teas and coffees and formal proceedings starting at noon (prompt). The event will be free and includes a buffet lunch, so come along and find out what Cornwall’s most sustainable businesses and communities are doing.
The applicants shortlisted are as follows (companies in alphabetical order):
Best Managed Small Company
Cornish Crisp
Event Cornwall
Green Waste
Primrose Valley Hotel
Spiezia Organics
Best Managed Medium Company
Community Energy Plus
Enact Energy
Henry Orchard & Sons Ltd (Scrap)
Laurence Associates (Planning)
Monkey Sanctuary
Best Managed Large Company
Carlyon Bay Hotel
Hall for Cornwall
Tamar Foods
TJ International (printing)
West Pharmaceutical Industries
Low Carbon Business
Cottage Farm
Enact Energy
Laurence Associates (planning)
Newquay Zoo
Par Waste Water Treatment Plant – South West Water
Resource Management
Clayworks
Cornish Crisp
Robert Wiseman Dairies
Products & Services
Acaster Blades (boilers)
Clayworks
Forest Fuels
Kensa Heat Pumps
St Eval Recycling
Williams Chassis Motorcycle
Best Individual
Barry Philpott – Hall for Cornwall
Lee Duke – Chasing Paper
Neil Farringdon – Community Energy Plus
Paul Sousek – Cottage Farm
Sustainable Construction
Boscastle Playgroup (refurbishment)
Boswyn – rehabilitation centre (new build)
Burntwood – private dwelling (new build)
Dairy Farm – private dwelling (conversion)
Ebeneezer Chapel – private dwellings (conversion and new build)
The Scarlett Hotel (new build)
For more information on the Awards please visit the website on www.cornwallsustainabilityawards.org or contact Anthony Weight on 01637 872448
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October 27, 2010 by leap
Our very own Christopher Maynard was not only shortlisted as a finalist for \’Contribution to Environmental Sustainability\’ at this year\’s UCP (Unlocking Cornish Potential) awards; he also won the \’Individual Achievement Award\’!!
This was basically a direct reflection of Chris\’s outstanding project coordination skills during the Eco Design Challenge for Designs of the Time (Dott) Cornwall this summer, whereby he also organised several large events and has raised Leap\’s profile on a national and international stage.
We are very proud of you Chris, thanks for all your hard work : )
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Our very own Christopher Maynard was not only shortlisted as a finalist for ‘Contribution to Environmental Sustainability‘ at this year’s UCP (Unlocking Cornish Potential) awards; he also won the ‘Individual Achievement Award’!! This was basically a direct reflection of Chris’s outstanding project coordination skills during the Eco Design Challenge for DOTT this summer, whereby he also organised several large events and has raised Leap’s profile on a National and international stage.
We are very proud of you Chris, thanks for all your hard work : )
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October 21, 2010 by leap
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