The act of making has driven human and cultural evolution for millenia, enhancing our lives through ingenuity and innovation. Yet, in recent history, this process has been monetised, industrialised, and globalised, leading to significant social, economic, and environmental changes. As we confront these challenges, we must redefine our cultural understanding of what it means to be ‘well made.’
Read the foreword here.
This is a series of exhibitions curated by Pearson Lloyd which brings together a diverse array of people and practices to explore the idea of ‘well made’ through innovative production methods and materiality in response to the demands of a more ecological and sustainable future.
This exhibition series has been presented:
2024 ‘Well Made: What it means today’
during London Design Festival at Yorkton Workshops
2025 Godt Lavet (‘Well Made’ in Danish)
during 3daysofdesign at Designmuseum Danmark
View all the contributors and their submissions here.
Thank you to everyone who embraced the challenge of contributing to this show. We are truly grateful to the designers and manufacturers whose work has been selected and generously shared with us. A special thanks to all who responded to our Open Call and submitted their creative ideas. It is this diversity of voices, concepts, and instincts that we think makes ‘Well Made’ truly special.
As a symbol of reuse and minimal energy consumption, the mark for ‘Well Made’ was created using typography embossed into handmade paper made from waste material found in the studio. Many thanks to Marina Willer and team at Pentagram for the creative collaboration.
The exhibition reuses the cardboard panels from our 2022 exhibition Change Making. We will return the display panels to our workshops where they can be used for day-to-day model making and design development.
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