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Category Archives: Interviews

Lily Cole’s ‘Who Cares Wins’: A Journey from Tech-Utopia to Indigenous Wisdom

November 21, 2020by harrietbottom Leave a comment

A few days before our interview, I’m struck by an Instagram video of Lily Cole swimming underwater in a bright turquoise stream of ocean bubbles. I’d spent the last few weeks immersed […]

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Artist Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writer Interviews

Kenopsia, Surrealism and the power of imagination during isolation

October 31, 2020by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Becky Scott has always loved collecting words. But when she found herself remote working in an abandoned ‘80s office building, during Lockdown, she discovered an especially fitting descriptor. One that […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

How To Find Vintage Furniture Online

July 7, 2020by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Ordinarily, you would find me wandering Portobello and Golborne Road market on weekends. I love the thrill of arriving home with a new charity shop or market stall treasure. Something […]

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Aesthetics, Artisan Interviews, Designer Interviews, Interviews, Shop

The Parisian couple preserving the ancient art of hand blown glass

February 7, 2019by harrietbottom Leave a comment

The two master glassblowers that Sébastien learnt from both died years ago. There’s no one else that works with the same philosophy and traditional techniques. Valentina is the co-founder of […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artisan Interviews, Interviews, Thoughts

Lingerie designer Georgia Larsen reveals her special relationship with colour

October 27, 2018by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Snorkel blue shell pink spicy mustard moss. Let me introduce Georgia Larsen of Dora Larsen Lingerie. The experimental lingerie brand devoted to colour. Stocked in The Pantry Underwear at Liberty London […]

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Aesthetics, Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews

‘When we describe colour, we are poets’; an interview with artist and paint manufacturer, Michael Harding

January 20, 2018by harrietbottom 2 Comments

Read about someone who creates colour, talk about its essence Michael Harding is a paint manufacturer and handmakes artist’s oil paints. I met him at a launch for his new […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Just lines and curves: An interview with Alexa Coe

August 9, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

  A London based artist with a background in fashion illustration and a degree from Central Saint Martins. Interviewed by New York magazine, Howl, a bespoke illustrator for Miller Harris perfumer, […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Film, Interviews, Thoughts

Wearing a genderless face

June 28, 2017by harrietbottom 4 Comments

I’ve long been an admirer of artists’ line drawings. The minimalism has such an elegance to it. Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse are known for the abstract approach, Picasso used to practise […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Thoughts

Posies in Protest

January 22, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In the aftermath of the magnificent Women’s March, I interviewed two women running their own quiet protest. Bread and Roses is a new social enterprise, teaching refugee women in London the art of […]

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Artisan Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Time Consciousness

January 8, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Think you know what the concept of time is?  Take two minutes to correct yourself, thanks to Zayd Awan (Philosophy BA). The standard conception of time is that of a […]

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The Paradox of Fiction

January 7, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Charlie Protheroe (Philosophy BA) reveals why being terrified of a horror film is more complicated than it seems. We have a peculiar relationship with fictional literature. We are emotionally vulnerable […]

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The Reggae Roots of St Paul’s, Bristol

January 6, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

In my final term at Bristol University, I gathered a range of new academic ideas to be published in Helicon Magazine’s weekly Features column. Every day this week I’ve been sharing my […]

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Why do we fear?

January 4, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Theo Parker (Geography BSc) challenges the prevalence of fear in our society. WE ARE CONTINUALLY CONDITIONED TO BE AFRAID. Introduced by the Bush Administration in the frantic aftermath of 9/11, […]

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Commodity Fetishism

January 3, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

From breakfast to diamonds;  time consciousness to reggae. To add to my collection of Bristol’s best digested dissertations, Amelia Butler (Geography BSc) explains why she followed the journey of the apple- from the […]

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Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writer Interviews

Predictive Personality Traits

January 2, 2017by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Ramona Jones (Psychology BSc) investigates how our personality characteristics correlate with our social media activity.  Have you heard of The Big Five personality dimensions? In just five traits, psychologists can […]

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Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writer Interviews

HODA silks, clothes with karma

October 27, 2016by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Elegant, poised and fresh faced- drinking a green smoothie. When I meet Emma, she might easily be mistaken for an off duty model, straight from the Topshop Boutique catwalk. Nevertheless, […]

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Aesthetics, Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Styling

No Sweatshops, No Photoshop

October 21, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

An interview with Sarah Beckett, co-founder of Birdsong London. The ethical clothing company with principles of transparency, enterprise and social change. Birdsong sources clothing and accessories from womens’ organisations and charities. […]

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Aesthetics, Artisan Interviews, Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Beautifully Unique, Pressed Flower Phone Cases

August 30, 2016by harrietbottom Leave a comment

As our phones have grown attached to our palms and synchronised to our thumbprints, it’s inevitable that they should become an extension of their owner’s individuality too. No one’s boobs, knees, […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Crafts, Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews

The artist with an appetite for colour

July 11, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

An interview with Margrethe Odgaard. Imagine a rural Scandinavian farmhouse with a dreaming, dark-haired girl lazing in long grass. Without a TV in the house and far from popular culture, her […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Investigating the ‘vintage look’

April 3, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

I launched an Epigram survey to discover what motivates Bristol students to wear second hand and vintage clothing. It revealed that most Bristol students buy their second hand clothing from […]

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