Escape to the Woods

The Lighthouse, Scotland's National Architecture and Design Centre, continues its commitment to showcasing Scottish talent with the first solo show by rising designer, Donna Wilson.

Escape to the Woods, a specially created installation of her recent work, will be on show in the 4th floor Gallery from 23 January - 1 March 2009.

Donna Wilson's "raining cats and dogs" was one of the most popular installations in The Scottish Show 07 at the Six Cities Design Festival.

Since then she has become recognised as one of the major talents to emerge from Scotland in recent years, and was one of the featured designers in The Lighthouse's most recent international showcase of Scottish design at MUDAC, Lausanne (Autumn 2008).

Earlier this year Wilson's family of knitted creatures, each of which has its own name and character, were the talk of London Fashion Week where they were featured as accessories in the Steve j and Yoni P collection.

Meanwhile her line of furniture, created in collaboration with SCP, was launched to acclaim at the 2008 Milan Furniture Fair.

"The Lighthouse is a passionate advocate of Scottish architects and designers," says Executive Director, Nick Barley.

"As part of our on-going promotion of their work we offer a shop window for new and existing talent both at home and abroad, providing a vital platform for showcasing Scottish creativity."