Timothy Forrester

Member of:

• Crafts Council Directory
• HEA Fellow
• A©ID – Anti Copying In Design
• Ceramavision
• Ceramics & It’s Dimension

External examiner for:

• BA (Hons) Product, Ceramics, Jewellery at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University
• MA Ceramics & Maker at Cardiff Metropolitan University
  

Tim Forrester is an award-winning designer maker who has extensive industry and academic experience. Tim is a highly skilled craftsman, dedicated and commercially aware designer maker with significant experience in a variety of interior product areas, luxurious materials and manufacturing processes both in the UK and International markets. He achieved great success during a substantial period working in Milan before returning to the UK to continue designing and producing inspirational furniture collections.

Tim’s work has been featured in prominent design publications worldwide, showcased on several UK television productions, and exhibited in London, Milan, and the ICFF in New York. His current practice explores the interaction between objects and their users, aiming to enhance the usability and enjoyment of everyday items while maintaining aesthetic appeal.

Learning directly from practicing artists, designers, and makers like Tim is one reason why our graduates achieve such success in the design industry.

Explore my professional website https://www.timothybenfurniture.co.uk

Design Awards:
British Made Awards - Furniture Product of the Year 2026
British Made Awards, October 2023 - Best Contemporary Furniture Product of the Year
Cardiff Design Festival October 2008 – Furniture Product of Year. Project: Hex
Cardiff Design Festival June 2007 – Shortlisted for Product of the Year. Project: Brush Strokes
(BIDA) British Interior Design Awards December 2005 - Furniture Product of the Year. Project: Luna

Recent Exhibitions include:
London Craft Week 2022
British Ceramics Biennial, Spode, Stoke on Trent September/October 2019
Manchester Cubed, Product Launch – April 2013
Urban Outfitters, Cardiff September 2011
Cardiff City Library – October 2009
Cardiff Design Festival - October 2008, 2007, 2006
Homes & Interiors, Scotland – September 2007
ICFF Conference, New York – April 2006 

Products commissioned for Television:
BBC One’s Silent Witness February 2018
BBC One’s The Apprentice – May/ June 2012
Channel 4’s Big Brother House – July 2009
BBC One’s Homes Live! – October 2007

• Course Leader - BA (Hons) Product, Furniture, Ceramics
• Previous MA Ceramic Design Course Leader

My designs regularly feature in leading design magazine’s worldwide such as:

De Telegraaf, Netherlands July 2014
Modern Decoration, China October 2013
Le Fourquet, Mexico August 2013
Mocoloco, Worldwide August 2013
GQ May 2013
Yanko Design April 2013
Bookshelf, Thames & Hudson February 2012
Cultureshoq September 2010
Interior Design Magazine May 2009
Core77.com Industrial design magazine March 2009
Bund - Fashion & Lifestyle magazine. Shanghai, China March 2009
On Office March 2009
Design Week February 2009
EKBB January 2009
Mocoloco, Worldwide December 2008
Design Week, UK November 2008
Urbis, New Zealand October 2008
Mocoloco, Worldwide October 2008
Dwell / At Home in the Modern World, USA September 2008
Designluxe, Japan September 2008
MD, Bulgaria February 2008
Karaat, Belgium October 2007
The Guardian 29th September 2007
Square-Mag, London September 2007
DesignerBlog.it, Italy September 2007
Mocoloco, Worldwide September 2007
Designluxe, Tokyo June 2007
Complot, Mexico May 2007
Homes & Interiors, Scotland April 2007
Gift Focus January 2007
Brava Casa October 2006
K, Moscow, Russia February 2006
Homebuilding and Renovating June 2005
Homes and Interiors, Scotland June 2005
Cabinet Maker May 2005
idFX February 2005
Gioia Casa