Contributors

Contributors

Meet the contributors behind each edition of BUM!

BUM Edition 5: Enough

Hania Ahktar

Ceramicist. Using clay as a medium to tell the most important stories. London based

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Areej Al-Musalhi

Spatial designer, baker of mountainous cookies, and knitter in the hot climate of Muscat, Oman.

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Emily George

A curious storyteller, experimenting with creating intimate, nostalgic, and playful work across different mediums – art direction, film photography, illustration, print and graphic design. 

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Hanan Mahbouba

Writer and filmmaker based in Helsinki, interested in how a singular moment can end up governing the context in its entirety.

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Graham Mateer

Architect/ maker/ self-builder in London, from Yorkshire. Intersted in working with existing buildings, and architecture that is made in a thoughtful way.

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Kate Nicklin

Architect/ maker/ self-builder based in London and Sheffield. Happiest when gardening and trying out new ideas for buildings at 1:1.

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Natalie Oleinik

Circus artist and maker originally from California, based in beautiful Nantes, France.

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Litty Salas

Architect turned researcher and writer. Wandering one city at a time.

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Ayano Yoshida

Freelance writer based in Tokyo. Loves coffee and natural wine. Greatly inspired by Chilly Gonzales.

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Claire Guyot

Claire Guyot runs Riso on the Moon, a riso-printing studio based in Toulouse, France, that also offers workshops and stationery.  

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BUM Edition 4: Hone

Alice Gautier

Artist making hand cut collage, drawings, water colours and beaded brooches. Loves design, music and unnecessary objects.

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Josh Krute

Designer/maker based in Helsinki. My curiosity 
surrounds wooden materiality; I navigate this through furniture, textile, and printmaking mediums.

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Kajsa Bolve

Kajsa Bolve is a Swedish painter and sculptor working with the difficult-to-define forms found in the organic.

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 Rute Peixoto

Portuguese multidisciplinary architect based in Helsinki. Loves experimenting with different forms of art, particularly music.

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Matt Page

Artist currently living and working in Dorset, UK.

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Mark David Flynn

Architect from Liverpool working on public projects for the common good.

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Cristina Gaidos

Architectural designer based in London, interested in new frameworks for design thinking that enhance the everyday.

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Lara Chapman

Design writer, researcher and curator based in London and fuelled by endless cups of tea.                

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Franny Françoise

BUM Editions’ resident architecture and culture critic. Can be found chilling with the masses in Helsinki.           

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Claire Guyot

Claire Guyot runs Riso on the Moon, a riso-printing studio based in Toulouse, France, that also offers workshops and stationery.          

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BUM Edition 3: Steps

Ayano Yoshida

Freelance writer based in Tokyo. Loves coffee and natural wine. Greatly inspired by Chilly Gonzales.

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Laura Cemin

Visual and performance artist based in Helsinki. Loves to play with rhythm and absurdity of languages.

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Roger Guilemany

Designer interested in research and visual arts. Developing a critical practice challenging current systems and dynamics.

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Clément Rames

Co-founder of aquí (participatory placemaking in Barcelona), Becoming Earthly (human ecology) & Thelonious Collective (art zine)

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Essi Oikarinen

Architect and editor based in Helsinki. Happiest when knitting or cycling.

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Johan Gaussens 

Designer and illustrator based in Stockholm, can’t stop drawing mountains and skateboards. 

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Mariana Núñez Sánchez

Mexican designer and Illustrator based in Helsinki. Loves creating make-believe objects, surprise balls, and eating quesadillas. 

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Eve Hamari

Textile designer, artist and art educator based in Helsinki. Also loves sheep and styling second-hand pieces.

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Dave Merritt

Further education lecturer and artist, trying to find time to make local radio and community theatre.

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Franny Françoise

BUM Editions’ resident architecture and culture critic. Can be found chilling with the masses in Helsinki.           

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BUM Edition 2: Just

Ashleigh Watkins

A UK based Civil Servant and Architect, who aspires to live everyday naïvely and in hope.

 

Cristina Gaidos

Architectural designer based in London, interested in new frameworks for design thinking that enhance the everyday.

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Dominique Ellis

Visual artist and researcher documenting urban blight and social change. Time is always in her mind. 

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Elisabeth Ek

Visual artist and architect based in Gothenburg. Loves dogs and things that come in kits. 

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Linden Carter

Working on erasing boundaries between mundane and breathtaking; through fragile lines and unapologetic colourfields.

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Louize Harries

Freelance designer and educator – runs Studio 0ty, an interdisciplinary site-specific practice. Norfolk/London.

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Marianna Janowicz

Architect and researcher based in London. Part of feminist design collective Edit. Cat lady. 

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Mark David Flynn

Architect from Liverpool working on public projects for the common good.

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Franny Françoise

BUM Editions’ resident architecture and culture critic. Can be found chilling with the masses in Helsinki.           

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BUM Edition 1: Common

Lara Chapman

Design writer, researcher and curator based in London and fuelled by endless cups of tea.                

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Markus Holste

Interior architect and carpenter based in Helsinki, driven by curiosity and filling notebooks with illustrations.

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Andra Antone

Architect and educator at Ryder Architecture. Interest in the social impact of design and policy. Loves mountaineering.

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Charlotte V Smith

Passionate about the poetry of the everyday. Charlotte is a dynamic designer and project manager.

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Mimi McPartlan

Ceramicist, function-maker, and sailor based in Helsinki. Loves dogs and picnics.

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Signe Cygan

Visual artist based in Aarhus. Likes reading and making handcrafted objects. Collaborates with Hikari Nishida.

Hikari Nishida

Visual artist based in Helsinki, loves working with images, books, textiles and writing. Collaborates with Signe Cygan.

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Jemini Press

Based in Stockholm, Johanna Sevholt and Anna Ols run the risograph printshop, and design studio, Jemini Press.

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Franny Françoise

BUM Editions’ resident architecture and culture critic. Can be found chilling with the masses in Helsinki.           

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BUM Edition 0: Hope

Lee Marable

BUM Co-Founder. Architect at Regular Celery, in Helsinki. Freelance writer and printmaker at other times.

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Roosa Melentjeff

BUM Co-Founder. Ceramicist, illustrator, and freelance designer based in Helsinki. Bakes a mean loaf.  

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Eve Hamari

Textile designer, artist and art educator based in Helsinki. Also loves sheep and styling second-hand pieces.

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Franny Françoise

BUM Editions’ resident architecture and culture critic. Can be found chilling with the masses in Helsinki.

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Jemini Press

Based in Stockholm, Johanna Sevholt and Anna Ols run the risograph printshop, and design studio, Jemini Press.

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