Artists
Top artists from the worlds of art, drama, illustration, cartoon, fashion design and literature have donated designs for Deckchair Dreams.
Since the launch of the project in 2006, artists, designers and celebrities such as Tracey Emin, Alexander McQueen, Phillip Treacy, Damien Hirst, Sir Peter Blake, Ben Fogle and Quentin Blake have donated deckchair designs inspired by London's Royal Parks.
Deckchairs are also designed from local school children and community groups, as well as an exchange programme between London and Shanghai.
The deckchairs designs are printed onto woven canvases, attached to sustainsable merpauh wood frames to create stunning deckchairs to exhibit and sit on, each summer within the green space of the Royal Parks.
Thank you to Bloomberg and all our deckchair artists who make this project possible. Not only do they help to bring art into the Parks, but they help raise vital funds for our community and education programmes via auctioning original artwork and sales of the deckchairs and tote bags through our online shop.
"2007" artists:
Alice Dass
Alice Dass is an artist who has exhibited with the London Disability Arts Forum at the ICI offices in London. Her work is held in private and public collections, including Hillingdon, Lakeside and West Middlesex Hospitals.
Find out moreAllSaints
Initially introduced as a menswear collection in 1994, AllSaints is acclaimed for its unique brand of sharp edge, rock n roll inspired clothing.
Find out moreAndy Harper
Andy Harper is a practicing artist based in London. He studied at Brighton Poly, the Royal College of Art and Middlesex University.
Find out moreAntony Worrall Thompson
Antony is a chef who has opened numerous restaurants during his career, including the Menage a Trois and Kew Grill. He has been on numerous prime-time shows and is also a prolific cookery book writer.
Find out moreBlek Le Rat
Blek le Rat is a French "urban artist" born in 1951 and based near Paris, France. He Studied architecture and paintings at the "Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Paris". Blek's work bridges between underground street art and the mainstream art world.
Find out moreBen Fogle
Ben Fogle is a presenter, writer and adventurer. His achievements include racing 160 miles across the Sahara desert in the notorious Marathon Des Sables. He has presented numerous programmes including BBC’s Animal Park and Wild In Africa.
Find out moreDamien Hirst
Damien Hirst was born in Bristol, England in 1965. His installations, sculpture, painting and drawing have sought to challenge the boundaries between art, science and popular culture.
Find out moreDavid Lennon
David is a copywriter within Cube-d, the global in-house creative team at Bloomberg.
Find out moreFelix Dennis
Felix Dennis was one of Britain's best known entrepreneurs and biggest sellers of books of original verse in England for years.
Find out moreJack Stephens
After graduating from Swindon and then Buckinghamshire college of Art and Design, Jack began his advertising career in 1988 in London. Since then he has worked for most of the world’s leading Advertising Agencies.
Find out moreJacqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt
Jacqueline Wilson is one of Britain's most outstanding writers for young readers and Nick Sharratt illustrates and writes picture books, winning several awards for his work in this field.
Find out moreJohn Bird
John Bird founded the Big Issue was awarded an MBE for services to homeless people. In 2003, he was named one of the Most Important Pioneers of the last 50 years.
Find out moreKate Bright
Kate Bright was born in Suffolk in 1964 and now lives and works in London. She makes landscape paintings with the addition of glass, glitter, polystyrene and resin.
Find out moreMark Fairnington
Mark's paintings of specimens - insects, birds and animals are often on a huge scale combining obsessive surface detail with a sensuous precision.
Find out morePeter Newman
Peter Newman is an artist whose work encompasses sculpture, video, painting and photography. Born in London in 1969, he studied at Goldsmith College from 1987-90. He has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad.
Find out moreRob and Nick Carter
Rob and Nicky Carter are a married couple who live in London and have been working together for ten years. They are essentially colourists. They work in the mediums of photography, painting, sculpture and film.
Find out moreRobert J. Lang
Robert J. Lang has been an avid student of origami for some forty years and is now recognised as one of the world's leading masters of the art, with over 500 designs catalogued and diagrammed.
Find out moreSam McEwen
Sam has exhibited in London, at the Groucho Club, Cross Street Gallery, and Simon Finch Art. Her paintings have been commissioned by Jigsaw; Tokyo: JAM; Simon Finch Art and Woody's.
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