Bethan Laura Wood

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Bethan Laura Wood
Born1983 (age 41–42)
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal College of Art
University of Brighton
Known formulti discipline design

Bethan Laura Wood (grew up in Shropshire, 1983 [1] ) is an internationally-recognised English designer of jewellery, furniture, decorative objects, lighting and installations. She has designed for media such as glass, laminates wood veneer and ceramics. Work produced by her studio, WOOD London, is characterised by colour, geometry and visual metaphor, [2] pattern and marquetry. She has been described as "[re-contextualizing] ... elements from everyday objects, often focusing on the pattern and coloration of objects as indicators of their origins, production, and past usage." [1]

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Biography

Wood was diagnosed with dyslexia at sixth-form college. [3] She studied 3D design at Brighton University, [4] then studied at the Royal College of Art in 2007, tutored by Dutch designer Jurgen Bey and the Italian Martino Gamper. [5] [6] [7] [8] While still a student, she founded her studio, "WOOD London", in 2009. [5] [1] She was a designer in residence at the Design Museum, London. Wood has been commissioned by a variety of international companies to create works and installations, including Abet Laminati, Moroso, Valextra, Perrier Jouët, Bitossi Ceramiche, Tory Burch, cc-tapis, Tolix Rosenthal and Hermés. Her work has been exhibited at the V&A Museum of Childhood, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, Daelim Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. [9] [10] Wood was named in the Wallpaper* Power 200, which ranks her "among the world's pre-eminent design talent". [11]

In February 2025, the Design Museum in London launched a new initiative called PLATFORM, "an annual display dedicated to showcasing contemporary design practice", the inaugural edition focusing on Wood's work and career. [12] [13]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryPieceResult
2019German Design AwardsOutstanding Product [14] Tongue with RosenthalWon
The Design MuseumBeazley Designs of the Year [15] Super Fake with CC-TapisNominated
EDIDA Design Awards [16] Floor CoveringSuper Fake with CC-TapisWon
The ELLE Decoration British Design Awards [17] Floor CoveringWon
The ELLE Decoration Japan EDIDA Design Award [18] Floor CoveringWon
2017The Design PrizeArtist Realm [19] Nominated
2016 London Design Festival, London Design Medal [20] British Land Swarovski Emerging Talent Medal [7] [21] Won
Hublot Design Prize [22] Finalist
2013Design MiamiDesigner of the Future [23] Won
W Hotels Designers of the Future Award [24] Making Connections
2012The Design MuseumDesign of the Year – FurnitureMoon Rock [25] Nominated
Nominated

Accolades

Select exhibitions

Collections

Wood's works can be found in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, [32] the Wellcome Collection in London [33] and the Abet Laminate Museum in Italy. [34]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bethan Laura Wood". Pamono. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ↑ McCann, Paul (9 November 2011). "How Bethan Laura Wood and Abet Laminati created a two-part coffee table". wallpaper.com.
  3. ↑ Love, Emma; Treggiden, Katie (21 January 2017). "The future's bright: 2017's biggest new design talents". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. ↑ RYDER, BETHAN (Spring 2018). "Bethan Laura Wood on the creative inspiration behind her Hackney design studio". The Glossary.
  5. 1 2 3 "Dezeen Awards 2019". Dezeen. 2019.
  6. ↑ Pippa, Brooks (12 August 2017). "The Wylde Interview: Bethan Laura Wood". Wylde.
  7. 1 2 3 MORRIS, Tom (12 September 2016). "Is Bethan Laura Wood British Design's Brightest New Spark?". Newsweek.
  8. ↑ Conlon, Scarlett (23 May 2020). "Rhapsody in blue: a Milanese apartment". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ "Gallery Talk: Bethan Laura Wood". August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Rijksstudio Award 2020 The international design competition of the Rijksmuseum". 9 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "Bethan Laura Wood". Wallpaper Magazine. 20 September 2019.
  12. 1 2 "PLATFORM: Bethan Laura Wood". Design Museum . Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Bethan Laura Wood's first solo UK museum show is a "living body of work"". Dezeen . 18 February 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Rosenthal x Bethan Laura Wood: Bauhaus inspired art of weaving". 17 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Beazley Designs of the Year 2019 shortlist announced". Wallpaper. 10 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "SUPER ROUND". EDIDA Awards. 2019.
  17. ↑ "THE ELLE DECORATION BRITISH DESIGN AWARDS 2019 – WINNERS!". Elle Decoration. 6 December 2018.
  18. ↑ "EDIDA JAPAN* WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT". 1 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "and THE DESIGN PRIZE winner is... report from the award ceremony in milan". designboom. 14 April 2017.
  20. ↑ "London Design Festival 2016 Medal Winners". londondesignfestival.com. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  21. ↑ GRIFFITHS, ALYN (20 September 2016). "Sir Kenneth Grange, Bethan Laura Wood, David Adjaye and Daan Roosegaarde win London Design Medals 2016". Wallpaper*. W*211.
  22. ↑ "Second round of the Hublot Design Prize". World Tempus. 10 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Designers of the Future". Domus. 18 June 2013.
  24. ↑ THOMPSON, HENRIETTA (15 April 2013). "Winners announced for the W Hotels Designers of the Future Award 2013". Wallpaper*.
  25. ↑ Etherington, Rose (11 January 2012). "Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012". Dezeen.
  26. ↑ "TALKING COLOUR WITH BETHAN LAURA WOOD". Livingetc. 28 September 2019.
  27. ↑ Browne, Alix (23 July 2013). "Bethan Laura Wood: Designer of the Future".
  28. ↑ Morris, Tom (12 December 2016). "Is Bethan Laura Wood British Design's Brightest New Spark?". Newsweek . Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  29. ↑ "Friends+Design by Maria Cristina Didero and Tulga Beyerle". Domus . 11 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  30. ↑ "Kunstgewerbemuseum: Friends + Design". SKD Museum . Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  31. ↑ Yalcinkaya, Gunseli (13 March 2018). "Thomas Heatherwick, Bethan Laura Wood and more nominate emerging designers for Aram Gallery exhibition". Dezeen. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  32. ↑ "Search the Collections". Victoria & Albert Museum Collections. 2 May 2020.
  33. ↑ "Being Human". Wellcome Collection.
  34. ↑ "Museo Abet Laminati" (PDF). Abet Laminati. 2016.
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