I'm always excited to go to design/craft/fairs/shows/exhibitions and seek both inspiration and confirmation of current trends and interest within the design world. So off I went to MADE LONDON – Bloomsbury which is a new spring craft and design fair showing over 100 designer makers in a really unusual and wonderful building. The brochure states that 'This is a stripped back, pared down, table top selling event, enabling the quality and diversity of the designer / makers’ work to be simply and honestly showcased in a beautiful and characterful setting' and it is exactly that. I was fascinated to learn that the building itself (Mary Ward House) is a grade one listed arts and craft ‘settlement’ (where rich Edwardians went to live with London’s poor to provide legal advice, education classes, and opportunities for arts and physical fitness). The artists work was displayed in a number of stunning rooms including the old gymnasium, theatre, drawing room, library,...