Will Sandy

Who is this handsome chap? Well I have been privileged to know Will for several years now, back from the time we were introduced by street artist Teddy Baden at White Cross Street Party. He was working as one half of just two “lovely” red heads behind the Edible Bus Stop as they installed trees planted in bomb like planters falling across the street. This way to view the environment and spaces we live in many ways as a playground and opportunity to redesign to maximise interaction with those that use and the appreciate the history of the place at the same time is what makes his mind special. Both himself and Mak Gilchrist have so much to be proud of as they have grown the edible bus stop into a great vehicle for helping redesign public spaces as useable and social spaces for people to not just enjoy but interact with. Will has continued to explore interventions allowing people to take ownershi of public space, one of which was for the British Design Council for reframing spaces in Caracas, Venezuela. Whether or not it’s his youthful years as a skateboarder seeing the streets as a place to Ollie on to and grind along, his knowledge as a landscape architect or the fact deep down he has maintained what we all often lose and it’s that sense of childish like imagination in asking what if we did this... and then bloody making it happen. So here is my nod to a very clever ginger that I hope I can create a range of exciting projects and interventions over the years to come.