Mallinson

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I originally trained as a cabinetmaker at Parnham House/The John Makepeace school for craftsmen in wood. After an apprenticeship in David Fields' workshop in London, I went on to the Royal College of Art to study furniture design. With that basis and those professional qualifications (I can put MA, RCA and MCSD after my name!), I've since spent many years working as a cabinet- maker and furniture designer, with a wide range of corporate and private clients.

Over the years I've founded and managed On-The-Line Design, a multidisciplinary design consultancy in Chelsea Harbour, and then Guy Mallinson Furniture. This developed to become Mallinson Ltd, specialising in custom design and cabinetmaking for private and corporate clients. The workshop grew to sixteen cabinetmakers in a well equipped workshop in Fulham, taking on large-scale contemporary commissions.

From 2000 to mid-2004, Mallinson Ltd was heavily involved in the development of new wood bending technologies - work which included the manufacture and processing of Bendywood® and Thermaflex® as well as design consultancy and prototyping services for projects using these products.

The LABAN project was the first major public installation using Bendywood®; the architects were Herzog & De Meuron, with manufacture, design and development by Mallinson Ltd. In 2003 Herzog & De Meuron won the Stirling Prize for their work on LABAN, and in the same year, Mallinson Ltd won the FX International Interior Design Award for Best Public Space Installation for the project.

During that time I also took the decision to re-locate to West Dorest and a new working environment surrounded by woodland. What's more, throughout the years, I've always enjoyed teaching. Back in Fulham days I ran evening classes teaching cabinetmaking, which proved popular with both men and women from all walks of life. With the move to Dorset came the opportunity to teach again, but this time in a wonderful setting and focusing on techniques that matched my surroundings.

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