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ABOUT JOHN REEVES
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| BORN |
1981 |
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Burnley, Lancashire, England |
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| STUDIED |
1999-2000 |
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Arts Foundation at Lancaster & Morecambe College |
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2000-2003 |
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Furniture and 3d Design (BA Hons) degree Northumbria University |
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| PRACTICE |
2003-2004 |
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Designer in residence at Northumbria University |
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2003 |
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Established REEVESDesign Ltd |
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2004-2006 |
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Employed as Design manager and head QC for Julian Chichester Design, UK, based on site at the factory in Vietnam |
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2006 |
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Leave Julian Chichester to work on REEVESdesign 100% |
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2006 |
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Launch distribution in North America through Next Door Trends |
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2006 |
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Ongoing relationship with Heal's, London, whilst continuing development on the REEVESdesign portfolio |
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2007 |
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Launch new product line with Osborne & Little |
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2007-ONGOING
2008
2009
2009
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Continue to develop, expand and exhibit the REEVESdesign portfolio
Launch US distribution through Four Hands
Close distribution with Four Hands
REEVESdesign opens first boutique shop inside ABC Carpet and Home, 4th floor, 888 Broadway, New York, New York.
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| AWARDS |
2004 |
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Heal's Discovers award winner |
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2006 |
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Classic Design of the Year award 2006 in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and Homes & Gardens magazine runner-up |
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2006 |
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ELLE Decoration Design Awards 2006, Best in Furniture- for the Louis Console Table- shortlisted |
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2006 |
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ELLE Decoration Design Awards 2006, Future Classic- for the Louis Console Table- winner |
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| EXHIBITIONS |
2002 |
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Tempter, Newcastle |
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2003 |
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Hamal's, Newcastle, |
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2003 |
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The State I'm In, Newcastle |
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2003 |
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Design UK - Pick of 2003, London |
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2004 |
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Greenhouse, Stockholm International Furniture Fair |
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2004 |
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Salone Satellite, Milan International Furniture Fair |
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2004 |
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Design UK - Selection 2004 |
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2004 |
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Pulse, London |
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2006 |
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Las Vegas Furniture Show |
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2007 |
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ICFF New York
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2008 |
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Las Vegas Market |
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2008 |
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ICFF New York |
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2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
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Launch in Highpoint with US distributor FOUR HANDS
Salone Satellite, Milan International Furniture Fair
ICFF New York
Las Vegas Furniture Show
Chicago Casual
Highpoint
ICFF New York
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HISTORY OF REEVES DESIGN
REEVESdesign took its inaugural steps when John Reeves was picked as a finalist for Heal's Discovers 2004. Heal's are both a prestigious and a nurturing company and have taken several pieces from the Louis Collection into their well known furniture stores in the UK. The Louis Console table which lead to this recognition also brought John Reeves into contact with Julian Chichester Designs, a UK based furniture company, manufacturing in South East Asia.
John was offered a job as product developer and design consultant for Julian Chichester Designs, while also being able to work part time on his own designs. Living, working and manufacturing in Vietnam and its almost mediaeval assortment of accessible crafts and manufacturing techniques has brought Reeves into contact with a wealth of different manufacturing and design possibilities. It has been possible to experiment and work in several different mediums, such as wood, ceramics, lacquers and zinc to produce the current portfolio of furniture in REEVESdesign. Through his work as head QC (quality controller) at Julian Chichester, John learned how to control large- scale production, and the many lessons which working in the Far East has to teach.
REEVESdesign has continuously produced and supplied to Heal's, and their relationship has flourished over the last few years. The Louis Collection has been exclusively marketed in the UK through Heal's, both to great media acclaim (see PRESS section) and through ongoing sales.
A crowning point in the Louis story was when the Louis Console Table won the Elle Decoration Future Classic Award in September 2006.
"The idea of experimenting and pushing production techniques is very much a part of REEVESdesign and is integral to the Louis design, which of course is a turned leg simply split into quarters. The inspiration for this was not only literal, in splitting the turned leg, but also metaphorical by splitting the past open to form a new idea."
"Living in a world that seems to be focused more and more on “the moment”, I believe designing with a respect and reverence for what has gone before keeps us mindful of where we’ve come from and what we really need. Ensuring that design evolves not only through materials and production processes but also under the direction of culture."
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