Earnest Studio

Earnest Studio is a multi-disciplinary design practice comprising Netherlands-based designer Rachel Griffin. Her work involves in-depth research of traditional and industrial production methods while looking for innovative ways to address sustainability and new materials. The studio works across a wide range of media, including graphics, furniture and environments.

Open Design: A History of the Construction of a Dutch Idea, co-authored with Joana Meroz, was published in The Design Journal, Volume 15, Issue 4.
To date, projects, profiles and interviews have appeared in various publications and blogs including, Abitare, Arcademi, Azure, Blend, Casamica, Connecting the Dots, DAMn°, Designboom, Design Indaba, Dezeen, Domus, Dossier Journal, Elle Decor, Frame, FranklinTill, It’s Nice That, LS:N Global, Mocoloco, Protein, Refinery29, This is Paper, Viewpoint:, Viva, Wallpaper*, and Yatzer.
Books include the Design Academy Eindhoven 2011 Graduation Catalogue Our Way, Copy Nature #2: Elementary Sentiments and the Design and Design Book of the Year.

[D3] Design Talents
IMM Cologne, 2013
Finalist
The Green Collective
The Green Design Competition, 2012
Shortlisted

Dutch Invertuals (Upcoming)
Spazio O', Milan, 2013
010-020 (Upcoming)
Promoteo Gallery, Milan, 2013
Nomadism, Curated by Lidewij Edelkoort (Upcoming)
Altai Gallery, Milan, 2013
[D3] Design Talents
IMM Cologne, Cologne, 2013
New Generation
Yksi, Eindhoven, 2013
Made in Brainport
Taiwan Design Museum, Taipei, 2012
A Spatial Surprise
Mint, London, 2012
Biennial of Design BIO23
Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, 2012
Craft & Scenography: Personal Content
Depot Basel, Basel, 2012
The Front Room: Color and Geometry
Ca’ Laghetto, Milan, 2012
The New Glint of Things
Milan, 2012
Young Talent 2011, Green Today
Amsterdam, 2011
Mass: 10 Designers on Methods, Material and Manufacturing
Eindhoven, 2011
Copy Nature #2: Elementary Sentiments
Onomatopee, Eindhoven, 2011
Graduation Galleries
Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, 2011
Crazy Design: de Wereld van Hergebruik
Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, 2011
Platform21: Repair Manifesto
Platform21, Amsterdam, 2009