This bank holiday weekend I stumbled upon the new AW13 Home Trend from John Lewis and I have to say I’m really rather taken with it. Odyssey takes its cue from complex structures that can be found in nature and I really love all the geometric influences that can be seen in this collection. I’m also a big fan
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Top Ten Interior Design Blogs in the UK
The Design Sheppard listed as one of the Top Ten Interior Design Blogs in the UK!
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Lighting
The Sheppard Lamp by Morten & Jonas
We got a tad over-excited when we found this one – our namesake – The Sheppard. It’s a nifty neo-industrial lamp by Scandinavian design duo Morten & Jonas, made of aluminium and rubber, with the rigid power cord providing the bulk of its body. It’s a simplistic idea, reminiscent of New England pontoon lighting, but
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Devon Home Magazine
Some of you may be aware of this as I have been tweeting about it on Twitter, but I really wanted to share it here on my blog too as I am so proud of it! At the end of last year, I was approached by a good friend of mine who owns a local
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Books
Book Review: Hand-Knit Your Home by Melanie Porter
Central Saint Martins College graduate and international knitting design goddess Melanie Porter is well established in her field, creating fabulous bespoke pieces designed to enrich your home in a gloriously contemporary fashion. But if you’re looking for a way to interpret Melanie’s products with your own personal spin, then look no further.
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Top Interior Design Blogs & Websites for Leading Interior Designers
The Design Sheppard included in list of Top Interior Design Blogs & Websites for Leading Interior Designers.
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Furniture
Thread Furniture by Berlin-Based Coordination
To be perfectly honest I can’t quite recall where I first came across these wonderfully crafted pieces of furniture by Berlin-based design studio Coordination, but what I do know is that I fell in love with them almost immediately. There are three separate collections that really caught my eye due to the simple design, great
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Design Sheppard identified as Top Ten Interiors Blog!
I am honoured to learn that The Design Sheppard has been selected by Zero2One PR as one of their Top Ten interiors blogs! And I hasten to add we are in great company!!! http://www.zero2one.com/our-hot-10-interiors-blogs/
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Interior Accessories
The House Industries Collection for Uncle Goose
I have always loved wooden toys and I know that when I have children I am going to really enjoy choosing their toys, being careful to select ones that have some kind of educational value. Although plastic toys are cheap, disposable and far easier to come by I think there is just something so beautiful,
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Appliances
Electrolux Design Lab: Top 100 become Top 50
It’s been a while since my last Electrolux Design Lab update but things have moved on quite considerably since then and the competition is hotting up. There were over 1700 entries in total and in May, 100 of the best entries from 29 countries were posted on the Electrolux Design Lab website and the public were invited