London Craft Week in Review 2025
Mud Australia x UAL: London College of Communication
Since 1994, Mud Australia has created elegant and timeless porcelain homewares. AU
The original Mud Australia store opened in Woollahra in 2007. Since then we’ve opened 12 stores globally.
To mark 30 years of thoughtful design, Mud Australia has partnered with emerging creatives from UAL’s London College of Communication in a six-month collaboration exploring the essence of our brand through a contemporary lens.
The result is a multimedia exhibition that honours Mud Australia's heritage in handmade porcelain—reimagined within the context of London’s vibrant creative landscape. This partnership celebrates our shared commitment to sustainability, design and the value of considered collaborative making.
To celebrate this collaboration, the students have taken over our stores locations in Marylebone and Islington, filling them with installations and presenting a series of four activations during London Craft Week 2025 that spotlight contemporary craft across the city’s dynamic design culture.
Floral Workshop with Rebel Rebel
Mud Australia Islington Store
Hosted at our Islington store, East London florists Rebel Rebel hosted a hands-on workshop inviting participants to explore floral design as a form of storytelling. Inspired by the colours and textures of Mud Australia porcelain, guests created sculptural arrangements using seasonal blooms. The session highlighted the delicate intersection of natural materials and human touch—central to our design philosophy.
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Still Life Workshop with Georgie Mason
Mud Australia Islington Store
In this meditative session, artist Georgie Mason guided guests through a still life painting workshop using Mud Australia vessels as the muse. Set in our Islington space, the session invited participants to slow down, observe and respond to form and tone through expressive brushwork.
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Terrazzo Workshop with Sonn Studio
Mud Australia Islington Store
At our Islington Store, Sonn Studio led an immersive terrazzo workshop where participants crafted a tile or coaster using recycled materials. Drawing from Mud’s colourways and clean lines, this session reflected on permanence and the artistry of surface design. A celebration of reuse form and tactility, the workshop embraced material experimentation in a sustainable context.
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A big thank you to everyone who made this week possible — to the talented students from UAL: London College of Communication for their considered installations, to our generous workshop hosts, and to all who joined us in celebrating craft, design, and community.If you’re in London, we invite you to visit our Marylebone and Islington stores to view the student installations in person. You can find your nearest location here.
