WORKSHOPS &
STUDIO ACTIVATIONS

Workshops and studio activations form a vital part of our practice. Alongside commissions and project-led work, these programmes create space to share craft, open dialogue, and slow the pace of making.

From hands-on making sessions and open studios to public and community-led programmes, the studio invites participants to engage with material, process, and light through shared experience.

Approach
& Collaboration

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

Sessions often combine hands-on making with conversation, demonstration, and material exploration, prioritising process over outcome and encouraging curiosity, exchange, and collective learning.

Commissioning & Enquiries

The studio welcomes invitations to develop workshops and studio activations for community groups, educational settings, cultural institutions, festivals, and private organisations.

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

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Selected Events

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WORKSHOP - SEPTEMBER 2025

MESEME 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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TALK - SEPTEMBER 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 - SEPTEMBER 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 - SEPTEMBER 2024

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