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Profile
.....“Susan Bradley successfully takes contemporary interior decoration to our balconies, patios and gardens with wit and beauty.”
                                       
      Wayne Hemmingway
Susan Bradley is a fresh British design talent. After an established career in the multi-media design industry, she has successfully turned her attention to 3-dimensional design.
Since her design studio was established in 2004 Susan's designs have won international acclaim being exhibited in London, Milan, Cologne, Rotterdam,
Paris and Tokyo, and featuring in leading design, style, architecture and interiors media worldwide.
Susan creates original and innovative interior and exterior designs with a distinctive graphic quality. She is best known for her unique and award winning metal Outdoor Wallpaper and
further collections of intricately cut metal designs. Used in interior and exterior spaces around the world, her designs are employed
in both residential and contract situations.
Her work encompasses metal wall art, furniture, interior and exterior accessories, products and lighting.
The studio is committed to excellence in design, innovation and quality and to promoting and using British manufacturers.
In addition to her own design collections Susan provides a consultancy and commissioning service for both private and commercial clients,
working with architects, interior designers and garden designers to create bespoke designs for a wide range on interior and exterior settings both in the UK and around the world.
Her work has been employed in boutique hotels, bars, restaurants, luxury spas, cruise ships, residential developments, museums, garden spaces and retail environments, for
clients including Harvey Nichols, Donna Karan New York, Soho House, Ritz Carlton Spa, P&O, George Smith Furniture, D Hotel, Christian Louboutin at Selfridges, Blenheim Palace, Urban Outfitters and Top Shop Boutique.
Education
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MA Furniture Design &Technology, BCUC
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BA Hons (First Class) Furniture Design & Technology, London Guildhall University
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BSc Hons Geography, University of Nottingham
AWARDS + COMPETITIONS
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Gift Of The Year, runner up, 2010
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Hidden Art Awards Winner, 2009
Best Product and Best Press Profile.
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Bright Ideas Award Winner, 2007
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DesignNation selection, March 2007
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100% Design
Bursary winner, 2006
- Arts Council Grant For The Arts, 2006
- Clerkenwell Green Association Award, 2006
- German Design Council ‘Inspired By Cologne’ international design competition 2006, finalist
(for Outdoor Wallpaper)
- Elle Decoration Design Awards 2005, 'Best Wall Covering', finalist
(for Outdoor Wallpaper)
- Design & Decoration Awards 2005, winner. (for Outdoor Wallpaper)
- DKNY Design Showcase 2004, finalist
VISITING LECTURER
BA (hons) Design Crafts, OCVC / De Montford University
BA (hons) Textiles and Surface Design, BCUC, High Wycombe,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
The Crafts Council, One Year On
for Design Event, Newcastle
Giving an evening talk 'The Business of Design' with two other British design companies.
For CIRIC (Creative Industries Research and Innovative Centre), Swansea Institute, 2007.
Two days undertaking 1 to 1 advice sessions, seminars and lectures for their members, staff and students.
For Clerkenwell Green Association (Craft Central)
MENTORING
For Cockpit Arts 2008/2009
For the Mentoring Matters programme, Palmer Hamilton Partnership, 2008. I Mentored a new jewellery
designer on this exciting new scheme in London.
TEACHING
Devising and running a 6 week design programme for the Arts Council Creative Partnerships,with Modern Art Oxford and
Oxford Community School, 2008.
Devising and running art and design workshops at a Milton Keynes school as part of a large art commission at the
school. 2010/11
JUDGING
Judging the Craft Central Bright Ideas Award 2008, alongside journalists and design and retail professionals.
MEMBERSHIPS
DesignNation
Hidden Art
Clerkenwell Green Association
ACID
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of
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