Products

I was delighted to meet Amy Whitworth of Qubis Design earlier this year at Home where she showed her doll’s house cum coffee table. As a child I loved the idea of a doll’s house but never got beyond Barbie’s bedroom. As an adult I found them a bit twee and girlie till now. Like all […]

Here are a couple of new materials as seen at the Surface Design Show earlier this year. It’s still early stages but they are already in use in commercial contexts. The the selection was curated by Dr Sascha Peters of Haute Innovation in Germany. Blingcrete is a light reflecting concrete, produced by construction company  Hering Bau […]

I’d been impressed by Giles Miller Studio‘s big entrance to the Farmiloe Building at the Clerkenwell Design Festival last year (see my blog from then). This year’s Surface Design was the first time I’d seen a fuller range of their work and it’s good to note how the product is developing into ceramic tiles, further exploring […]

Other companies seen at Surface Design included Belgian carpet company Casalis who showed tactile textile surfaces with the added quality of acoustic softening for wall coverings as well as accessories. Saligo Design also caught my eye with their mirror surfaces. I know a couple of other companies doing this but these colours were new to me – the […]

The home ware market in the UK is mature and competitive so I was interested to see a new brand, Also Home launch their first retail collection earlier this year at Home. The quality of mark-making was what caught my eye with the ceramics (see below) getting me onto the stand. Anna Smith, the designer, has experience working for named brands and this […]