Kit Miles never disappoints with his complex and sumptuous prints, introducing new designs for wallcoverings and furnishing, a selection of which you can see below They are richly coloured and beautifully detailed and I was taken with this one in particularI first met Emma Jeffs of N & N Wares when she showed her subtle digitally printed […]
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Tracy Kendall at Clerkenwell Design Week
Tracy Kendall showed some new wallpaper designs at The Order of St John, St John’s Square during Clerkenwell Design Week. Designs included pockets. machine embroidery and painterly effects. They’re fabulous as features and also very easy to live with. Here is a papered wall in the Farmiloe Building. See what I mean?
The House of Culture at the Old Sessions House – Clerkenwell Design Week
Icon Magazine took over this beautiful building as the House of Culture for Clerkenwell Design Week. The Old Sessions House is set to be redeveloped: either into offices or a member’s club. The photos below show how it looked during the week. Companies displaying collections included Pinch and Timorous Beasties. Planting below by Indoor Garden […]
Very timely for the Chelsea Flower Show: Full Grown’s furniture cultivation and harvest
I found out about this project quite by chance from a newsletter and am amazed it hasn’t had more publicity. In another example of a simple and commonsensical idea being tweaked, Gavin Munro is farming furniture. Read the back story to his Full Grown project here. I’m intrigued by the fact that a traditional horticultural practice has […]
Seen at The Country Living Fair
I popped in to the recent Country Living Fair heading, as usual for the food stands, and found a few other things besides as you can see below. First of all though, I liked the Irish coffee kit offered by Coole Swan. I don’t have a great tolerance for whiskey, cream or coffee separately but […]
Textures and finishes from Surface Design in London
Much of my artwork concerns the act of mark-making so texture and finish are things I always notice. This was the case at Surface Design, a trade fair I pop into; here are a few of the things that caught my eye: Matt ceramic tiles designed by Inga Sempé for Mutina shown by French company Vicalvi […]