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.
"2013" artists:
Angie Lewin
Angie is an artist and illustrator liiving and working in Scotland. Her work depicts contrasting environments and their native flora in wood engraving, linocut, silkscreen, lithograph and collage.
Find out moreChris Beardshaw
Chris Beardshaw is TV presenter and Garden Designer. Fresh, dynamic, and hugely creative, he is one of the leading lights in the world of gardening.
Find out moreClaire Coles
Claire Coles designs and produces couture embroidered wallpapers and artworks working with interior designers and luxury brands and contract market. Her unique style of collage and embroidery transforms walls into works of art.
Find out moreDaniel Seffens
Daniel Seffens is a designer responsible for designing and implementing creative campaigns that help to define Bloomberg's brand. He entered, and won, the Bloomberg competition for Deckchair Dreams 2013.
Find out moreHarry Enfield
Harry Enfield is a BAFTA award-winning comedian, actor, writer and director. He is married with three children and has a lifelong passion for ducks.
Find out moreHoward and Katie
Howard Donald is a singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, DJ and producer and most famously known as a member of Take That. Howard collaborated on this deckchair with his Illustrator partner Katie Halil.
Find out moreJulia Bradbury
Julia Bradbury is an outdoor enthusiast and one of the most experienced television presenters broadcasting today, with topics ranging from celebrity to consumer journalism, from travel reporting.
Find out moreLucy + Jorge ORTA
Lucy + Jorge Orta collaborative practice focus on a number of sustainability issues tackling ecological and social factors and employ a number of techniques such as drawing, sculpture, installation, and photography.
Find out moreLuke Jerram
Luke Jerram is an artist with a multidisciplinary practice which involves the creation of sculptures, installations and live arts projects. He is known worldwide for his large scale public engagement artworks.
Find out moreMaggi Hambling
Maggi Hambling was the first Artist in Residence at the National Gallery, London, 1980, and won the Jerwood Painting Prize (with Patrick Caulfield) in 1995. Her work is held in many public collections including the British Museum and the Tate Collection.
Find out moreMartha Freud
Martha Freud has a fresh and unconventional approach. Coming to three dimensional design after forging a career in fashion, her aesthetic sensibility is organic, ecologically informed work; influenced by nature and unique in its methodology.
Find out moreMichael Craig-Martin
Throughout Michael's career, through work in many different media, he has explored the expressive potential of commonplace objects and images. He is also known as an influential art teacher at the Goldsmiths College London.
Find out moreMiranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson first startled audiences in Mike Newell’s Dance with a Stranger, in which she played Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in England. Subsequent roles confirmed her as an actress of consummate ability and consistency.
Find out moreRonnie Wood
As his musical career progressed in the Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood continued his passion for painting and drawing and it's as natural to find him with a pencil as with a guitar, drawing portraits and finding inspiration from his musical influences.
Find out moreSusan Stockwell
Susan Stockwell's work takes many forms from small elaborate studies to large-scale installations, sculpture, drawings and collage. Her work includes manipulating everyday, domestic and industrial disposable materials into works of art.
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