Giles Wilson-Copp, 29, originally studied music at Nottingham Trent University before realising that he wanted to work, like his father before him, with wood and metal. So he embarked on a cabinetmaking apprenticeship and took a City & Guilds joinery course. Enthusiastically building on this practical groundwork, he went on to study furniture design and metalwork at the London Metropolitan University, from which he graduated last summer.

His award winning design- ‘Smartboard’, has been exclusively licensed by Studio Caparo.