It [lockdown] dictated a slower pace of work, less hectic busyness, less urgency, and more time for reflection.

With the current pandemic, I think it's making a lot of people rethink their future because people are having to work from home.

"I really like this idea of collaborations with developers and I think there is a strong potential in it."

“I think the only way of really expanding your art is when you’re around other people who are creative.” - Michael Wallner

“I’m very influenced by what is around, the people around me, the culture that is around me. And when I moved back into London, I felt I...

“It is also true that living in London is like living in a jungle and if you want to survive you need to try and live your best....

“So I don’t think London will be a problem as in to draw artists into it. I think what’s harder for artists is to survive economically....

“There are alternatives- you can move to another city or another country, but it’s frustrating to see that artists are the trailblazers...

“There’s always a place where you can make your building or your development stand out, and also connect to the local community by...

“And when I go for the exhibitions at like Tate or, you know, big galleries, I’m always really impressed when I see there’s such a wide...

“We live in a digital era, where we are all online, like we artists and developers are there like you just need to look for us. In a way...

“So I think having these kinds of spaces where there are other people around; I think it creates a nice community and environment for you...

“I do ceramics, but I also run a small arts organisation where we have events and there’s so many things that when you try to pull them...

“It’s about finding a balance and creating a model that perhaps gives a sustainable return, but not a mega return, because you have a...

“It’s really nice and inspiring to be able to touch base with other people, see what they’re doing, you know, just to be able to kind of...

“New builds can be sort of fairly featureless and when plopped into the middle of existing communities that can cause friction or tension...

“As much as London offers a lot of opportunities for exhibiting and acquiring new contacts, which is very important at the early stages...

“It [London] has a different energy, which I really enjoy. I think London actually gives me, I wouldn’t call it creative energy, but it has

“It’s just got such a buzz and a diversity that I don’t think many other places have."

"I think whatever environment I’m in that’s always gonna have an impact on the way the finished piece looks.”