WORKSHOPS &
STUDIO ACTIVATIONS

Workshops and studio activations form an important extension of our studio practice. Alongside our design collections and commission-led work, these programmes create space to share craft, open dialogue, and make together.

From hands-on making sessions to collaborative conversations and public studio events, each activation invites participants to engage with light, craft, and process through direct experience.

Approach
& Collaboration

Each workshop or activation is shaped in response to its context, audience, and collaborators. Programmes may be developed independently by the studio or in partnership with fellow designers, artists, craftspeople, community groups, and cultural institutions.

Sessions often combine hands-on making, conversation, demonstration, and material exploration – encouraging curiosity, exchange, and collective learning over fixed outcomes.

Commissioning & Enquiries

We welcome invitations to develop workshops, talks and studio activations for educational programmes, cultural institutions, community groups, design festivals, and private organisations.

If you’re interested in collaborating or commissioning a programme, please get in touch to discuss context, audience, and intent.

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SELECTED EVENTS

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STUDIO AFTER HOURS • MAR 2026

MESEME by Riya Panchal x Nicole Chui
An informal evening bringing together collaborators, creatives, and friends through shared making, conversation, and community. Conceived as an “in-real-life newsletter,” Studio After Hours was created to move beyond screens and connect through craft, dialogue, and collective experience.


Centred around a collaborative tablescape and co-created embroidered CONCHA and miniature MANTIS pieces, the evening celebrated process, women-led collaboration, and the communities that continue to shape our practices. With special thanks to G.F Smith Papers and SlowBurn London for their generous support and hospitality.

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OPEN STUDIO: MAKE WITH US • NOV 2025

MESEME by Riya Panchal x Nicole Chui
An informal drop-in studio session inviting visitors to slow down, make, and connect through co-creating personalised CONCHA Embroidure and MANTIS × Nicole Chui miniature pieces for the festive season.

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WORKSHOP • SEPT 2025

MESEME by Riya Panchal x Nicole Chui
Sculpting in Thread: Reframing our MANTIS Table Lamp design through embroidery at London Design Festival 2025

Photo Credit - Bella Galliano - Hale and Meseme Studio

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STUDIO TALK • SEPT 2025

MESEME by Riya Panchal x Nicole Chui x Kira Phoenix Kinan (KPKinanGlass)
Design That Connects: A Conversation on Craft, Creative Chemistry and Collaboration as part of William Morris Design Line, London Design Festival 2025

Photo Credit - Bella Galliano - Hale and Meseme Studio

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WORKSHOP • SEPT 2024

MESEME x Make Stuff Club Collaboration on fixing and illustrating CONCHA Pendant Paper Shades, SEN Group.

Group of students in a classroom workshop setting, with a teacher presenting on a projector screen. Various woodworking tools and materials are visible around the room.
Decorative lamp with colorful drawings on lampshade, placed on a wooden table.
Hand-drawn colorful doodles on a paper umbrella-like shade, featuring sun, moon, clouds, plant shapes, and abstract designs.
A paper airplane decorated with colorful drawings and doodles including flowers, crescent moons, and various shapes, placed on a wooden table in a workshop setting.
Person drawing with markers and pencils on paper featuring colorful shapes and patterns.
Close-up of a handmade paper pirate hat with colorful crayon designs, including blue waves and yellow dots. A black cord is attached to the hat with a silver rivet.
A unique table lamp with a decorated conical shade sitting on a wooden workbench. The shade features hand-drawn designs, including blue waves and pink coral. The lamp has a metal body with a support wire and visible power cord.
Paper cone with hand-drawn ocean-themed illustrations mounted on a metal stand sitting on a wooden table.
Two people coloring a geometric design on paper with colored pens, focusing on hands and art.
Artistic table lamp with colorful abstract design on the shade, positioned on a messy paint-splattered wooden surface. In the background, art supplies are visible in a container.
Colorful desk lamp with geometric designs on shade, placed on a paint-splattered workbench in an art studio.
Colorful geometric-patterned lampshade on a metal lamp stand, placed on a paint-splattered wooden table in a workshop.
Handmade colorful geometric sculpture on a wooden table
Hand-drawn colorful cat face and abstract shapes on a paper lampshade.
Close-up of a lamp with a shade covered in colorful hand-drawn shapes and patterns on a wooden background.
A unique desk lamp with a conical paper shade covered in colorful geometric shapes, sitting on a wooden table with paint stains.

WORKSHOP • SEPT 2024

MESEME x Make Stuff Club collaboration on fixing and illustrating MANTIS Table Lamp Paper Shades
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