Designer Stephen Burks discusses the lack of diversity in the design industry and explains how his early experiences with European brands led him to work with artisans in the developing world in our latest VDF x Friedman Benda talk. More
American designer Stephen Burks explains how he collaborated with Bolon and BD Barcelona Design to create a textural furniture collection, in the latest movie in our Bolon at Heart video series. More
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our penultimate movie recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan, New York designer Stephen Burks discusses the importance of having a design identity and journalist Henrietta Thompson explains why designers are starting to expand into retail. More
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our second movie from New York, designer Stephen Burks takes us to the High Line and explains how the elevated park is helping to transform the surrounding areas of the city. More
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: New York designer Stephen Burks tells us how his once rough-edged city is being tamed by world-class architecture, urban design improvements like the High Line and a European-style bike-sharing scheme in the first of our reports from the Big Apple. More
New York designer Stephen Burks filled the Milan showroom of Italian brand Calligaris with colourful ropes and columns of plastic chairs lashed together last month (+ movie). More
A series of lamps, tables and storage made by New York designer Stephen Burks in collaboration with basket weavers in a village outside of Dakar is on show at the Design Exchange in Toronto. More
In the first of two movies filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, curators Stefan Diez, Saskia Diez and Stephen Burks explain the workshop's remit to develop designers' business and branding skills. More
New York designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects has collaborated with art directors Monica Brand and Francisco Lopez of Mogollon, and photographer Daniel Hakansson to create a limited edition of posters depicting hybrid creatures. More
Design Indaba 09: the fourth movie in our series from the Design Indaba conference and expo in Cape Town last week is an interview with New York designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects. More
Cologne 09: American designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects created Composite Lounge at furniture fair IMM Cologne last month, using reconfigured furniture from Italian manufacturers Moroso. More
New York designer Stephen Burks has designed the bottle for the new Calvin Klein fragrance, ck IN2U. More
Milan update: more designer collaborations with developing-world artisans, this time in the shape of the TaTu tables designed by Stephen Burks and made by craftspeople in Cape Town, South Africa. More
