A SHORT FILM COMMISSIONED BY HERE DESIGN TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK FOR THE BRITISH LIBRARY EXHIBITION OF THE SAME NAME THAT TRACES HISTORIES OF FEMINIST ACTIVISM. CAST AND DIRECTED BY SOPHIE, THE FILM INTRODUCES A DIVERSE GROUP OF CIS, NON-BINARY AND TRANS WOMEN DISCUSSING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND WHAT NEEDS ATTENTION IN THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. THEIR STORIES REVEAL THAT FEMINISM IS NOT A BATTLE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, BUT AN ONGOING STRUGGLE OF INEQUALITY, UNDERSTANDING AND EDUCATION.
VISUAL ESSAY COMMISSIONED BY THE DUTCH UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE, GLAM CULT. EIGHT YOUNG CREATIVES BASED IN LONDON REFLECT ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM LOCKDOWN, WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO THEM AND WHAT THEY WANT TO BE DIFFERENT WHEN ‘NORMAL’ LIFE RESUMES. IT LOOKS AT GENDER POLITICS, IDENTITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORT NETWORKS.
THE SECOND COMMISSION FROM THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIO HERE SHOWCASES THEIR DESIGN WORK FOR OLLIE DABBOUS’S MICHELIN-STARRED RESTAURANT, HIDE. SHOT ON 16MM FILM, THE FILM EXPLORES THE PASSING OF TIME, DELICATE SOPHISTICATION AND HOW THE DESIGN ASSETS AND THE RESTAURANT WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A MODERN APPROACH TO LUXURY.