With two days of construction, four days of live interviews, on-the-spot editing and daily uploads, we are pleased to announce that the DeTank.tv Studio - officially launched at Tent London 2008 - was a great success!

In partnership with Tent London, DeTank.tv took to the air for the first time to speak with key figures from the global design scene. Interviews were hosted by DeTank curator, Max Fraser and editor Gillian Russell, as well as guest presenters Clare Dowdy, Kieran Long and Jimmy MacDonald. The studio drew audiences in their numbers to watch the whole process of live filming, editing and broadcast from a purpose built studio.

Tent London and DeTank would like to thank Philips, SCP and the 'Digital meets Physical’ entries for making the studio the talk of the festival.

Edward Tadros from Ercol at the DeTank.tv Studio >

For the grand finale of our tv studio at Tent London, Max Fraser interviewed Edward Tadros, chairman and managing director of Ercol.

A third-generation furniture maker, Tadros speaks with Fraser, in our newly decked out studio full of Ercol's quality handmade furniture,  about the history, vision and future of this great British company.

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Leonora Oppenheim at the DeTank.tv Studio at Tent London >

DeTank were lucky enough to snag a few minutes with Sustainable Design Consultant Leonora Oppenheim.

Jon Goodbun and Filip Visnjic from WAG at the DeTank.tv Studio at Tent London >

Jon Goodbun and Filip Visnjic from the Working Architecture Group speak with Kieran Long, Editor of the Architect’s Journal, about the ins and outs of their Open Tables Ecology installation at Tent London.

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Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay of Raw-Edges at the DeTank.tv Studio at Tent London >

Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay of Raw-Edges Studio talk about some of their most recent collaborations.

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Jack Mama and Clive van Heerden of Philips Design at the DeTank.tv Studio >

Jack Mama, Creative Director at Philips, and Clive van Heerden, Senior Director of design-led innovation at Philips, discuss the aims, benefits and outcomes of the Design Probe programme at Philips Design.

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Jerry Helling, Creative Director of the US furniture Company Bernhardt Design talks with Max Fraser at the DeTank.tv Studio at Tent. Helling, who was responsible for bringing Ross Lovegrove, Jaime Hayon, Fabien Baron, PearsonLloyd and Jeffrey Bernett to Bernhardt’s 25-year-old design division, discusses his thoughts on the state of American design, his reasons for expanding into the European market, and his views on the emergence of DesignArt.

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Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd, founders of London based design studio PearsonLloyd, speak with Max Fraser about their practice and the motivation to work within the commercial and industrial realities of mass production. In this video the pair discuss the dangers of the limited edition industry, the increase of celebrity-driven design culture, as well as the importance of encouraging a more comprehensive and critical design discourse.

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Young British designer Debbie Smyth’s creations draw upon the principles of architectural drawing, depicting structures that reside on the imagined boundary between design and the drawn line.

Having been granted DeTank's "Best of Tent London" for her most recent piece, 'Pins and Threads’, we asked Debbie was asked into the DeTank.tv studio at Tent to give us the low down on her work.

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Troika at the DeTank.tv Studio >

Born out of a love for simplicity, playfulness, and an essential desire for provocation, mullti-disciplinary design practice Troika have built their reputation by creating alternative visions of technology, while exploring its role in our day to day lives.

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Peter Marigold at the DeTank.tv Studio

In the Detank.tv Studio at Tent London, furniture designer Peter Marigold talks to Max Fraser about some of the works that he has produced in the short time since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2006. He takes an honest approach towards material use and processes, making objects that celebrate the rawness of nature and self-production.

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Philip Wood, creative director and founder of the internationally recognized art and design company Citizen:Citizen, talks with Max Fraser about his personal philosophy on the power and beauty of the object and its ability to express human ideas, ideals and pre-occupations.

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As a master of Mechatronics, London-based designer Moritz Waldemeyer knows a thing or two about the fusion of design and technology.

While offering a bit of insight into his ingenuity, Waldemeyer talks with Max Fraser about his own work, his collaborations with some of the world’s top designers, and his views on how technology is changing the face of design.

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As the first in the series of live broadcasts filmed in the DeTank.tv studio at Tent London, Clare Dowdy interviews key figures from Create Berlin.

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Highly acclaimed Dutch designer-producer, Piet Hein Eek talks with Max Fraser about his own work, his methods of designing and his views on the ideals of the perfect object.

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Magnus Andersson, Senior Project Manager at Sony Ericsson, discusses the new brand and handset Xperia™ X1 and its global release at Tent London.

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