Mike Moran has just graduated from Brighton University with a BA degree in Wood, Metal, Ceramic and Plastics. Nature Nurtured©, his range of eco-but-not-worthy ceramics, was shown at New Designers 2006. Andrew Tanner has tipped him as a "designer to watch" in FX magazine.
His current preoccupations are the garden and the seaside. He is based in Brighton.
Mike's Birthday25 February 2007
Happy birthday Mike!
London Design Festival22 August 2006
Max Fraser has chosen Mike's microvases to appear in an exciting exhibition of new work at Liberty during London Design Festival 2006.
New Designers Award29 June 2006
Mike has just won a prestigious New Designers Award as presented by Chancellor Gordon Brown.
Pop-off Planters©From £20 Each
Everyone loves gardening. But not everyone has a garden. Pop-Off Planters© can be fixed to vertical outdoor surfaces with just one screw providing an instant—if tiny—private patch of green. Pop on and off to replant, tend and water.
microvases©£20 for a set of four
Elton John has fresh flowers daily and now so can you. microvases© show-case often-overlooked small flowers and single stems. No need to fly them in from abroad—just pluck from your lawn.
Photograph: Paul Ostrer
Nature Nurtured©Price on Request
Your small patch of green is part of one big planet. You need help to get growing. Nature Nurtured is a range of three pots designed to enlist some animals and resist others. How does your garden grow?
Photograph: Paul Ostrer
Spiced up!©£TBC
No longer stuck in the 1970s, the spice rack has been spiced up for contemporary cook-gardeners. Now fresh flavours can be plucked from your own indoor kitchen garden. No more dried or ‘disposable’ plants.
Photograph: Paul Ostrer