Caroline Banks

Fairs

Now! le Off, Paris Design Week – Part 1

I did try to fit the full show into one minute but there is too much so it’ll be in several parts. This new show had a few gems including folded lighting by Well Well Designers. I loved their pop-up range as well as the architectural Monumento and Cloud City lights. Héloïse Piraud and Antoine Bécognée, the two designers, weren’t on […]

Men’s Society for decent gifts for men

I don’t know a single woman who hasn’t bemoaned the problem of finding a present for a man that strays from boringly obvious options. Is it because women tend to do most of the shopping? Many of the men I know would dispute that fact but somehow I know they don’t represent the majority view. Here […]

Clerkenwell Design Festival at the Farmiloe Building – Part 1

This is one of my highlights during the festival. I love seeing the mix of new, developing and established brands along with displays and site-specific installations. It was all here this time and so relaxed; maybe that was just my frame of mind! I was delighted to see Ian McIntyre’s ceramics with Another Country displaying new products (see my […]

International Makers on show at Collect – Galeri Format from Norway

I always look forward to Collect which took place last weekend. Galleries from the world over gather at the Saatchi Gallery off the King’s Road in London to present the work of makers. The first piece I noticed was this filigree cut and layered felt hanging by May Bente Aronsen on the Galeri Format stand. […]

Sapore dei mobile at the Milan Furniture Fair – good enough to eat.

This popped into my in-box earlier in the week and struck a chord, particularly with regard to the consumerism of new furniture designs. Sapore dei mobile is a project created by Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira, two designers now living in Milan, commenting on the huge amount of new product to digest at the Salon. Using the idea […]

Accessories by Hay Denmark

Although the furniture company has been around since 2002, the accessories collection launched by Hay this spring has caused quite a stir. I was compelled at Maison et Objet to compliment them as so much of it is covetable, particularly their ombré coloured stationery and trays.   As I didn’t take any photos of the stand these images […]