Teresia Guest
About
Originating from Sweden, Teresia Guest has been based in the UK since 2011 with South Yorkshire and London as her main places of residence. With a background in floristry, Teresia first pursued Interior Design in an academic context by completing a BA (Hons) at Sheffield Hallam University in 2018. Prior to her time at the Royal College of Art she spent 2 years as an Interior Designer at a Derbyshire-based architectural practice.
She has produced interior proposals for the hospitality, retail, and private residential sectors, and in 2022 her piece “Midsommarstång” was successfully submitted to the John Hejduk London Masque exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Statement
Native to Sweden, my rural Scandinavian heritage strongly influences my interest in art and design and, as a Designer, I have an affection for interior decoration and craft. I perceive these as acts of care and I greatly value the importance of curating the very last surfaces that we see and touch.
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Mötet - Thesis Project
MÖTET
This project seeks to establish a meeting between the Human and the Sea, where our empathy for the sea is increased and where we are encouraged to prevent plastic pollution through a beach-based collection process.
In this process, our perception of plastic waste is transformed, from identifying it as discarded refuse material into decorative and sensory wall cladding systems. The design proposal includes a series of follies, and the adaptation of use for an existing public toilet block at the West Sussex, Shoreham-by-Sea beachfront.