Graham And Brown Wallpaper Biography
HemingwayDesign is a multi disciplinary design agency led by two generations of the Hemingway family and a wider team of talented designers.
Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway are the highly successful founders of Red or Dead which won the British Fashion Council’s “Street Style Designer of the Year” award three times in a row in the late 90’s
After 21 consecutive seasons on the catwalk at London Fashion Week, Wayne and Gerardine sold Red or Dead in a multi million cash sale.
In 1999, having sold Red or Dead they set up HemingwayDesign, which specializes in affordable and social design. The highest profile project is, The Staiths South Bank, a 800 property mass market housing project on Tyneside for Taylor Wimpey Homes where HemingwayDesign are involved from the master planning, the architecture through to the landscaping and marketing of this groundbreaking project. Over 500 homes are now lived in and The Staiths has won a series of high profile awards including Housing Design Awards (best large project) and Building Magazine’s "Best Housing-Led Regeneration Project" as well as a Building For Life and the highest rating of any large scale scheme in the CABE National Housing audit.
They have worked with West Lancs Council and English Partnerships on a 12 month project to create a new vision and then a masterplan for 60's new town Skelmersdale .Working with Copeland Borough Council and the North West Development Agency, HemingwayDesign worked on a vision for Whitehaven.
Wayne is the Chairman of Building for Life, a Design Council CABE (Commission for Architecture and The Built Environment) funded organization that promotes excellence in the quality of design of new housing. Chair of the South Coast Design Forum and on the Design Council Trustee Board and the Design Council CABE Committee.
He is a Professor in The Built Environment Department of Northumbria University, a Doctor of Design at Wolverhampton, Lancaster and Stafford, a writer for architectural and housing publications as well as a judge of international design competitions including the regeneration of Byker in Newcastle and Salford in Greater Manchester and the Stirling Prize, Europan and a TV design commentator.
Gerardine is a Doctor at Plymouth , Lancaster and Stafford Unis
HemingwayDesign’s other projects have included the highly acclaimed new club for the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall, IOD at 123, consultancies, The 4 Walls range of wall coverings for Graham and Brown, Technology, “Wet", a tile range for British Ceramic Tiles and product , packaging and graphic design. (Current and recent clients include Coca Cola, John Lewis Partnership, B & Q, Sainsbury’s, Sky TV, Sony, The Royal Mail, CafeDirect, Hush Puppies, Antler, G Plan and The Caravan Club). A range of sustainable sheds and water butts (what are they shaped like? you guessed it…bottoms!!) can be viewed at www.shackup.co.uk .
HemingwayDesign are currently working with McDonald’s on a long term sustainability project, the first phase of which will see new staff uniforms launched for the 2012 Olympics.
HemingwayDesign owns an educational design resource "The Land of Lost Content" which is a world first and has to be seen to be believed. Keep a look out for a range of LOLC products starting with www.surfaceview.co.uk and www.art.com. It’s all based on the Land of Lost Content museum in Shropshire which The Hemingway’s co own with renowned collector Stella Mitchell
Wayne and Gerardine were both awarded MBE’s for services to design in the June 06 Queens Birthday Honours List.
Spring 2009 saw some great initiatives launched. The"Starter for Ten" programme in Gateshead is "doing the right thing" for creative start ups www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk/html/ideas.html , and the KiosKiosK creative kiosk concept has launched in conjunction with the Design Museum’s Super Contemporary Exhibition and the London Leaders programme (www.londonsdc.org). The Window Of Opportunity garden exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show 2009 won a silver medal (http://www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk/html/chelsea.html) and HemingwayDesign has led one of the most quirky regeneration projects in the UK..... the venture with Bournemouth Council won the UK’s Best Regeneration Scheme at the LGC Awards in 2010..the Boscombe Overstrand.
Oh yes and Wayne and his son Jack turned The Tate into a silent disco!!
The team put on a major new cultural event in August 2010, the wonderful Vintage Festival. Full explanation about this celebration of music, fashion, film, art, design and food at www.vintagefestival .com Did this change the face of summer festivals ? You bet it did and it continues to scoop up awards. The Vintage Festival in 2011 took place London at Southbank Centre as part of the 60th Anniversary of The Festival of Britain and in 2012 Vintage takes up residence at its new home, the inspirational Boughton House.
The team have been asked to co curate the official party for The Queens Diamond Jubilee in June 2012 in Battersea Park , watch this space for something special.
A range of Vintage branded products were launched in summer 2011 including a Vintage paint range with Crown Paints at Homebase, wallpapers with Graham & Brown , greetings cards with Hallmark and murals with SurfaceView.
2012 is poised to be HemingwayDesign’s busiest year to date with footwear ranges for Hush Puppies, furniture with G Plan, travel baggage for Antler and a number of products with John Lewis set to hit the market with numerous urban regeneration projects getting under way in Kings Lynn, Maidenhead and Aylesbury.
Contact info@hemingwaydesign.co.uk t 02089031074
A short film made by the V & A about Wayne & Gerardine
HemingwayDesign is a multi disciplinary design agency led by two generations of the Hemingway family and a wider team of talented designers.
Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway are the highly successful founders of Red or Dead which won the British Fashion Council’s “Street Style Designer of the Year” award three times in a row in the late 90’s
After 21 consecutive seasons on the catwalk at London Fashion Week, Wayne and Gerardine sold Red or Dead in a multi million cash sale.
In 1999, having sold Red or Dead they set up HemingwayDesign, which specializes in affordable and social design. The highest profile project is, The Staiths South Bank, a 800 property mass market housing project on Tyneside for Taylor Wimpey Homes where HemingwayDesign are involved from the master planning, the architecture through to the landscaping and marketing of this groundbreaking project. Over 500 homes are now lived in and The Staiths has won a series of high profile awards including Housing Design Awards (best large project) and Building Magazine’s "Best Housing-Led Regeneration Project" as well as a Building For Life and the highest rating of any large scale scheme in the CABE National Housing audit.
They have worked with West Lancs Council and English Partnerships on a 12 month project to create a new vision and then a masterplan for 60's new town Skelmersdale .Working with Copeland Borough Council and the North West Development Agency, HemingwayDesign worked on a vision for Whitehaven.
Wayne is the Chairman of Building for Life, a Design Council CABE (Commission for Architecture and The Built Environment) funded organization that promotes excellence in the quality of design of new housing. Chair of the South Coast Design Forum and on the Design Council Trustee Board and the Design Council CABE Committee.
He is a Professor in The Built Environment Department of Northumbria University, a Doctor of Design at Wolverhampton, Lancaster and Stafford, a writer for architectural and housing publications as well as a judge of international design competitions including the regeneration of Byker in Newcastle and Salford in Greater Manchester and the Stirling Prize, Europan and a TV design commentator.
Gerardine is a Doctor at Plymouth , Lancaster and Stafford Unis
HemingwayDesign’s other projects have included the highly acclaimed new club for the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall, IOD at 123, consultancies, The 4 Walls range of wall coverings for Graham and Brown, Technology, “Wet", a tile range for British Ceramic Tiles and product , packaging and graphic design. (Current and recent clients include Coca Cola, John Lewis Partnership, B & Q, Sainsbury’s, Sky TV, Sony, The Royal Mail, CafeDirect, Hush Puppies, Antler, G Plan and The Caravan Club). A range of sustainable sheds and water butts (what are they shaped like? you guessed it…bottoms!!) can be viewed at www.shackup.co.uk .
HemingwayDesign are currently working with McDonald’s on a long term sustainability project, the first phase of which will see new staff uniforms launched for the 2012 Olympics.
HemingwayDesign owns an educational design resource "The Land of Lost Content" which is a world first and has to be seen to be believed. Keep a look out for a range of LOLC products starting with www.surfaceview.co.uk and www.art.com. It’s all based on the Land of Lost Content museum in Shropshire which The Hemingway’s co own with renowned collector Stella Mitchell
Wayne and Gerardine were both awarded MBE’s for services to design in the June 06 Queens Birthday Honours List.
Spring 2009 saw some great initiatives launched. The"Starter for Ten" programme in Gateshead is "doing the right thing" for creative start ups www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk/html/ideas.html , and the KiosKiosK creative kiosk concept has launched in conjunction with the Design Museum’s Super Contemporary Exhibition and the London Leaders programme (www.londonsdc.org). The Window Of Opportunity garden exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show 2009 won a silver medal (http://www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk/html/chelsea.html) and HemingwayDesign has led one of the most quirky regeneration projects in the UK..... the venture with Bournemouth Council won the UK’s Best Regeneration Scheme at the LGC Awards in 2010..the Boscombe Overstrand.
Oh yes and Wayne and his son Jack turned The Tate into a silent disco!!
The team put on a major new cultural event in August 2010, the wonderful Vintage Festival. Full explanation about this celebration of music, fashion, film, art, design and food at www.vintagefestival .com Did this change the face of summer festivals ? You bet it did and it continues to scoop up awards. The Vintage Festival in 2011 took place London at Southbank Centre as part of the 60th Anniversary of The Festival of Britain and in 2012 Vintage takes up residence at its new home, the inspirational Boughton House.
The team have been asked to co curate the official party for The Queens Diamond Jubilee in June 2012 in Battersea Park , watch this space for something special.
A range of Vintage branded products were launched in summer 2011 including a Vintage paint range with Crown Paints at Homebase, wallpapers with Graham & Brown , greetings cards with Hallmark and murals with SurfaceView.
2012 is poised to be HemingwayDesign’s busiest year to date with footwear ranges for Hush Puppies, furniture with G Plan, travel baggage for Antler and a number of products with John Lewis set to hit the market with numerous urban regeneration projects getting under way in Kings Lynn, Maidenhead and Aylesbury.
Contact info@hemingwaydesign.co.uk t 02089031074
A short film made by the V & A about Wayne & Gerardine
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