Mac Collins is an emerging British artist from Nottingham. Collins graduated with a degree in Three-Dimensional Design from Northumbria University, Newcastle, in the summer of 2018. In the years since graduating, Collins has been committed to designing and making narrative-rich and impactful furniture and objects. In this pursuit, Collins focuses on manipulating, yet still celebrating, the inherent beauty of the materials that he works with. Alongside this material driven approach, Collins brings personal and cultural narratives into his work, and deems his practice as a means of exploring his own identity and position within the African Diaspora. As a designer of Jamaican descent, Collins draws on his Caribbean lineage to create artefacts that are often
informed by the stories and the charisma of his elders. Fundamentally, Collins is interested in the interaction between human and object, and in the ideas that may be communicated through this experience.

Winner of the Ralph Saltzman Prize, the Design Museum, London, 2022
Winner of the Emerging Design Medal, London Design Festival, 2021
Acquisition of Concur by the Design Museum, London, 2021
Winner of the Young Design Talent of the Year Award, Elle Decoration, London, 2021
Winner of the Rising Star - Product Design Award, Homes & Gardens, London, 2021
Recipient of the Samuel Ross SR_A Grant Programme, London, 2021
Runner Up, New Designers, One Year In Development Award, London, 2019
Best In Show Prize at the Young Furniture Makers' Exhibition, London, 2018
Winner of the Cræftiga Prize, Hole & Corner, London, 2018
Winner of the New Designers Belmond Award, London, 2018
Lecturer and Resident Designer,
Northumbria University - Newcastle
Steering committee member,
Design Can - London