100 Years, 60 Designers & 1 Future

As part of the 100 Years, 61 Designers & 1 Future exhibition, taking place in the Fine Art Gallery at The Potteries Museum from 12th June 2025, a specially commissioned collection of plates, decorated by 61 friends of 1882 Ltd, is on show. The exhibition forms part of a city-wide celebration, marking 100 years since King George V granted Stoke-on-Trent city status on 5th June 1925. In the mix of designers are Zandra Rhodes and Giles Deacon, artists Bruce McLean, Hayden Kays and Barnaby Barford; musician Maxim, Robbie Williams; architects John Pawson and Amanda Levete; revolutionary designers Neville Brodie, Barber & Osgerby, Max Lamb, Bethan Laura Wood, Tom Dixon, Faye Toogood and Yinka Ilori; Oscar-winning set designer Shona Heath and costume designer Sandy Powell; and interior designers Sophie Ashby and Natalia Miyar.

As the fifth generation of Stoke’s famous Johnson Brothers pottery family, Emily Johnson’s intention for 100 Years, 61 Designers & 1 Future is to highlight the pivotal role contemporary design can play in bringing traditional but timeless handcrafted and industrial ceramic techniques into the future. Many of the skills being used in Stoke today have recently been classified as endangered by the Heritage Crafts Council – Johnson has created this exhibition as a call to action, demonstrating through these pieces how essential it is that a new generation of craftsmen are championed and encouraged into Stoke’s centuries-old potteries industry.

Each of the plates below will be auctioned by 14th September and will be signed by the artist and the money raised will be used for the development of an 1882 Ltd. apprenticeship scheme, ensuring the invaluable skills of Stoke’s artisans are able to not only survive but thrive. 15% of funds raised will also go to The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) to fund opportunities for Stoke-on-Trent schoolchildren to experience working and playing with clay.

DESIGNS REMAIN ANONYMOUS UNTIL PURCHASE.
Each 27.5cm fine bone china plate is made and decorated in Stoke-on-Trent and is signed by the artist or designer.
Designers:

Alice Johnson, Anna Jones & Kate Sessions, Amanda Levete, Amy J Hughes, Annie Warburton, Barber Osgerby, Brogan Cox, Barnaby Barford, Becky Sunshine, Bethan Gray, Bethan Laura Wood, Bruce McLean, Christopher Howe, Clementine Keith Roach, Completed Works, Dom Lippa, Ed Davies, Eliza Higginbottom, Emma Cook, Faye Toogood, Fiona McCarthy, Gary Card, Gemma Holt, Giles Deacon, Giuseppe Parrinello, Hal Haines, Hayden Kays, Henry Holland, Jake Johnson Davies, John Booth, John Pawson, Kerry J Dean, Keith Dawson, Lee Broom, Marcel Wanders, Mark Cocksedge, Martino Gamper, Martyn Thompson, Max Lamb, Maxim, Michelle Jank, Natalia Miyar, Neil Brownsword, Neville Brody, Peter Marigold, Orla Read, Pinch, Richard Bell, Robbie Williams, Rory Dobner, Sandy Powell, Shona Heath, Sophie Ashby, Sophie Lee, Tom Dixon, Willow Kemp, TEJ, Yinka Ilori, Zandra Rhodes, Zebedee Helm