product design
furniture
lighting
graphic logotype

David Stokes is a multi-disciplinary designer who exhibits and works between France and UK. Graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1989 and was based in Paris between 1993 and 2001. David is now located in Liverpool, where, he continues to explore the creative interface between user and the performance of a functional artefact within furniture, product and lighting projects.
Established finklab design industries in July 2002 a multi-disciplinary design agency.

finklab also provides an internet site, graphic and logotype consultancy.
Please refer to the bunker project www.bunker.org.uk designed and conceived in collaboration with Iain Jackson .

• DESIGN APPROACH.
My approach to any given design intervention will vary depending upon the requirements and parameters of each individual context. However, within this complexity there are common areas, personal interests, and which are expressed within the group of propositions / projects exhibited within this document.

They touch upon the following issues:
Daily life in all it's banal rituals is a creative act.
Can the originator of an idea, designer, accurately place him / herself in the role of the consumer ?
And can we anticipate a single / correct use for any designated object or are all possible functional interpretations justifiable as appropriate gestures?
An object-product-installation intervening within this context must respond to the above criteria.

finklab. is
a laboratory of reflection and experimentation with design based in Liverpool, UK,
exploring the rich interface between man and objects within the landscape of daily life.
on recognizing the current need for a voice and an accessible means of expression for designers marginalized by the present market. finklab, aims to amplify this voice
finklab does not pretend to provide tangible solutions but merely raises important questions.

finklab. may or may not change your life.

© david stokes
00 44 <0>7752 54 69 95
contact-info: finklab@gmx.co.uk
finklab design industries: 91 claremont road wavertree Liverpool L15 3HJ uk