WEEKLY DIGEST

Another bumper week of articles on UK making:

An informative round-up on some of the companies making musical equipment in the UK. Including a handful of great quotes on why making in the UK is beneficial (Musical Instrument Professional)

Rolls-Royce: from the Trent engine to turbines; how the Midlands based engine manufacturer's success represents hope for the UK economy (Guardian)

A profile on Terry Coleman, one of the few umbrella makers left in the UK (Spitalfields Life)

Wirral based lighting manufacturer UKLED moves some production back to UK, citing power of 'Made in Britain' tag (The Manufacturer)

A thought provoking piece on craftsmanship (Drake's Diary)

The tiles at Bethnal Green underground station were made at the Poole Potteries in Dorset (Esoteric London)

Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,000 jobs in Solihull (Digital Manufacturing)

North-West manufacturers honoured at EEF regional awards ceremony (MEN Business)

UK manufacturing up in September (WSJ)

And a couple I missed yesterday:

Buy British: why isn't there a new campaign? (BBC)

New pottery museum for Stoke (BBC)

Image of Trent Engine from here

THE MAKING OF A BTC HECTOR LIGHT

Lighting Matters, suppliers of BTC and Davey Lighting, has created some beautiful videos of the process behind the creation of a couple of classic designs. Above is the video for the making of a BTC Hector light. For similarly well constructed videos see here.

(via It's Nice That)

A PLUG FOR MANUFACTURE & INDUSTRY?

Well, a switch actually. Please forgive this purely aesthetic post. A friend of M&I showed us a beautiful light switch today. He sourced it from eBay and it was made in England. The packaging was an item to behold in itself. Here it is. If anyone knows the manufacturer please do leave a comment below.

ANGLEPOISE : DOCUMENTATION

A brief post to document the documentation that comes with an Anglepoise Type 75 lamp. We particularly like how the monochromatic design communicates the simplicity of the lamp itself.