CED Stone Group supports London Design Festival

BALI Registered Affiliate member CED Stone have supplied materials to support Steuart Padwick and his installation at London Design Festival supporting Time To Change.

Over the next nine days London will welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors to the London Design Festival.

One of the installations at this year’s festival is ‘Talk To Me’ by British designer Steuart Padwick. ‘Talk To Me’ follows last year’s ‘Head Above Water’ which Steuart created in support of Mind’s, Time to Change campaign, a campaign to rid the stigma of mental health issues.

Once again Steuart is supporting Time To Change and with this installation aims to encourage Londoners and visitors to talk about mental health.

‘Many of us carry issues/burdens that hold us down. For some, these are crippling, and for others even lead to taking their own lives. These burdens can start so young and appear insurmountable, unresolvable. But often communication is the key to unlocking the journey forward. Even when the burden is not overtly holding them down it is rarely far away.’

‘Talk To Me’ stands at 4.5 metres high and is an engaging two-piece interactive installation which is triggered when approached.

Steuart Padwick tells us;

‘We want to encourage hope by showing through communication that a person’s burden/weight can be lessened/lifted.’

‘I am delighted that CED Stone Group are supporting this installation and it’s very important message. Mental Health can be a hard subject to broach, especially taking the step to talk about your problems, it is then vital we then take the time to listen. This potentially can be life saving’ states Julie Devenish - CED Stone Group, Mental Health First Aider