You may remember a post I wrote not so long ago featuring the amazing ‘Crochetdermy’ of Shauna Richardson. Well it was whilst I was researching creative alternatives to taxidermy for a post I wrote for Freshome.com that I came across both of these fabulous designers. As Shauna Richardson was so popular I knew I had
Interior Accessories
London Letters by LucyLovesThis
London Letters are the new alphabet for the capital designed by graphic designer and illustrator LucyLovesThis. Lucy has been working on a series of prints, forming an alphabet, dedicated to her favourite capital city – London. Each print contains quirky illustrations of shops, pubs, landmarks and places that are important to different areas of the
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Jan Constantine Celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Last week I wrote a post about the new rugs from Rugmaker commemorating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Well it seems Rugmaker aren’t the only ones who have decided to pay tribute to the Queen’s 60 years on the throne. Jan Constantine, the creator of the most amazing hand-embroidered designs for textiles and home accessories, has
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Wallcoverings
Vintage Wallpapers by Hemingway Design
Celebrating great British creativity, the Vintage collection of wallpaper, designed by Hemingway Design as part of the award-winning Vintage Festival, is now available to buy from Graham & Brown. The collection contains four designs representing four different decades: The glittering 1930s, the chic 1950s, the free-flowing 1960s, and the wildly glamorous 1970s. Deco Diamond represents
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Flooring
Rugmaker Celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
I am a big fan of Stamp Rugs so I was thrilled to see that there is a new edition to the collection. This year the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee and to mark this momentous occasion, Royal Mail is releasing a series of stamps to commemorate 60 years of her Majesty on the throne.
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Furniture
Interview: Sir Terence Conran on Democratising Good Design
One of the things I love most about being a design writer is getting to interview the people behind the designs. No matter how great a design is, I usually find that you can never fully appreciate it until you have heard the story behind it direct from the person who created it. In Britain,
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Abigail Brown: Creature Textile Designer Extraordinaire
Last week I came across the beautiful work of Abigail Brown who used textiles to create the most stunning little creatures using fabric. Her work is all hand made and Abigail sews everything by hand in her studio. Each piece is exquisitely crafted with great love and attention to detail. Abigail spent a large amount of
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Furniture
Love London Studio Couch by Ercol
Earlier this week I received a press release about this fabulous new sofa. Launched at Interiors UK this week, the Love London studio couch by Ercol sees the 1950s classic given a whole new look. The seat cushions are covered using the fabric from the Love London design collection by Digetex. The black and white imagery
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Events
BlogTourNYC 2012
This post about BlogTour is long overdue but I wanted to wait until I had more details before I actually announced it to the world, although I’m sure for many of you this will come as no surprise as there has already been so much buzz about it on Twitter. It all started for me
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The Creations of Textile Artist Ptolemy Mann
Ptolemy Mann is a textile artist who graduated from The Royal College of Art in London in 1997. Her collection includes both works of art and bespoke textile designs all of which explore her fascination with the transition from one colour to another through the dye technique known as IKAT. Man works in partnership with architects,