Launch Event
In Dialogue: Kit Kemp, Kate Malone & Nina Campbell with Grant Gibson
To celebrate the launch of FiredUp4, Kate Malone was in conversation with Kit Kemp, interior designer and Founder and Creative Director of Firmdale Hotels, at Ham Yard Hotel, alongside interior designer Nina Campbell and chaired by Design Writer, Editor and Podcast Host of Material Matters, Grant Gibson.
The panel discussed the benefits of ceramics and creativity, the importance of craft and championing craftspeople, as well as exploring how to live with and collect ceramics. The event marked the launch of the campaign and the start of an online auction hosted by Maak, the leading auction house dedicated to ceramics, which concludes on 19 November.
All ticket proceeds will go towards equipping two pottery studios and training and supplying staff for one year, in two Youth Zones in the North West. Eventually, the hope is to raise enough funds to reach as many young people as possible.
Kate Malone
Kate Malone MBE is one of the UK’s leading ceramic artists with an illustrious career spanning over thirty years
Grant Gibson
Grant Gibson is a design writer, editor and founder and podcast host of Material Matters. He is the former editor of Blueprint and Crafts.
Kit Kemp
Kit Kemp MBE is a successful textiles, fragrance, homewares and interior designer, author, and Founder and Creative Director of Firmdale Hotels.