For over 25 years the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) has been at the forefront of international wood promotion, successfully building a distinctive and creative brand for U.S. hardwoods. AHEC’s global programme of activities secure a future for American hardwoods by demonstrating the performance and aesthetic potential of these sustainable materials, while providing valuable creative inspiration and technical advice.

Martino Gamper studied sculpture and product design at the Fine Arts Academy in Vienna after completing an apprenticeship in cabinet making. He soon transferred to product design under the leadership of architect and designer Matteo Thun. In 1994, before his degree was complete, he was employed by Thun’s studio in Milan where he went on to design products and furniture. By 1997 Gamper moved to London to study at the Royal College of Art and has made the UK his home. The exhibition ‘100 Chairs in 100 Days’ in 2007 saw him make 100 chairs in as many days allowing his deep-rooted curiosity, knowledge and respect of design history to emanate through his designs. In 2011 he won the Moroso Award for Contemporary Art and the Wallpaper* Magazine Award for Best Use of Colour. He has also been commissioned to design street furniture for the Park-to-Park connection from Victoria Park to the Olympic park, London in collaboration with LTGDC.

The London Design Festival was conceived by Sir John Sorrell and Ben Evans. Building on London's existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city's creativity, drawing in the country's greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design. First staged in 2003, the London Design Festival is now one of the world's most important annual design events. The festival programme is made up of over 300 events and exhibitions staged by hundreds of partner organisations across the design spectrum and from around the world. 

The London Design Festival works closely with, and receives financial support directly from, the Mayor’s Office – having transferred support from the London Development Agency. The Festival also receives support from Arts Council England, as a National Portfolio Organisation 2012-15.

The Victoria & Albert museum, known as the V&A, is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Northland Forest Products for material

Morgan Timber UK for contribution and logistics