Lina Meier had her first Hidden Art show earlier this year on the Hidden Art stand at SaloneSatellite. At 100% Design she makes an immediate return, expanding her Ollo range of eatingware. As Lina says, “the products that I'm exhibiting are eatingware instead of tableware, based around the fact that we are changing tables; from the dinner table to the coffee table.”
After showing in Milan, Lina wanted to follow up the show with an equally high profile exhibition to push her stylish designs further into the public sphere. “I believe that 100% Design is the most important design fair in the UK in terms of reaching out to both national and international people within the industry,” she says. “I would like to get in contact with possible manufacturers as well as other industry figures, both contemporaries and the press. This is a good opportunity to network and launch myself in the UK.”
These are all big goals, but goals all aspiring designer-makers should be able to achieve with hard work and dedication. As Lina knows, once that is in place, some Hidden Art support can help to reach the biggest audiences, and connect with useful contacts. “At this stage I wouldn't have been able to afford exhibiting on my own,” says Lina. “So Hidden Art has given me a great opportunity to show alongside other designers and draw on their experience of participating in fairs.”
“Going to SaloneSatellite with Hidden Art was a great experience and gave me a lot of leads to follow up when I got back to London. I also met Scene and Something from Nothing, who also exhibited with Hidden Art in Milan and we are currently working together on an exhibition in TENT for the LDF in collaboration with Hidden Art. Under the name 'Best of', the show will be a compilation album of various artists featuring Hidden Art designer-makers from a broad mix of disciplines in furniture, product, textiles, jewellery, ceramics, & illustration.”