What is English Design?
Melting pot? Maverick. Restless irreverence sat on the shoulders of tradition?
Author and design critic Stephen Bayley once opined that there was no such thing as “British Design” as the concept of "Britain" is more political construct than national identity. However, he continued, there was such a thing as English design. I tend to agree with him. Albeit adding that the Welsh, Scottish and Irish each have a unique creative signature to distinguish themselves too. But here I shall attempt only to define the conundrum of “English” creativity.