Mickey Fenton is a designer-maker, based in Dundee, Scotland, with a focus on spatial and furniture design.

Graduating from Interior & Environmental Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in 2020, his graduate project “V//ALLIE” aimed to explore skateboarding’s alternative use of public space and its ability to bring new social dynamics to cities and spaces.
The exterior plaza of V&A Dundee was reappropriated through the skaters use of architectural interventions and modular street furniture and challenged the preconceived notions of how this, and other public spaces, could be used. Benches, with a static function of sitting, were given a dynamic and energetic lease of life through the skaters grinds and slides. The modularity of the plywood and welded steel structures allowed the user to rearrange the layout of the obstacles arrangements, and in doing so, giving them an active involvement in how the space is both redesigned and reused.

As a designer-maker, Mickey’s practice encapsulates a variety of working methods and mediums. Always beginning with pen and paper, designs evolve from sketch to 3D through both CAD and physical 3D modelling before developing in full scale. Prototyping is an integral part of Mickey’s practice and he enjoys playing with the evolution of a design through making.

Throughout his studies and since graduating, Mickey has created projects that span across interior, spatial, furniture or installation design; often blurring the distinctions between art and design. His practice has also developed through projects such as the Woodworks Project in Falkland, Fife (a craft based enterprise for young makers) and through employment with Leo Norris Studio and John Galvin Design.