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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Meet the makers: Benchmark – in pictures

When Terence Conran met Sean Sutcliffe in the 1980s, he offered the young furniture-maker the use of the former Habitat HQ, a stable block on the grounds of his Kintbury estate – and Sutcliffe has never left.

More than 30 years on, the Benchmark workshop they founded together still champions impeccably crafted sustainable design. The studio uses natural, biodegradable materials, champions local suppliers and repurposes waste timber as fuel.

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* This article was originally published here



* This article was originally published here

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