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 […]
The contemporary doll’s house by Qubis Design
Innovative surface materials: Blingcrete and Makrolan Ambient
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 […]
Mathias Kiss
One of the things I’ve noticed about Mathias Kiss is the playful way he has with surfaces: look at his Golden Snake Project #5 below. His work involves experimentation within a space using traditional craft skills, gained from his “compagnon” apprenticeship, to produce a certain atmosphere. Visit Attilalou to see some of his intriguing interiors. This […]
More surfaces from Giles Miller Studio and Heliot & Co
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 […]
World Eco-Fibre and Textile Art
This fascinating exhibition was hidden away at SOAS (School of Oriental & African Studies) at the University of London.Organised by Society Atelier who are based in Malaysia, the show was understandably heavily biased towards ikat and batik with a range of embroidery techniques. Just look at some of these pieces bearing in mind that everything here has been […]
The new Travelodge room
Imagine my surprise when I received an invitation to try out the new Travelodge bedroom, being installed nation-wide.The offer of a night testing the king-sized bed by Sleepeeze Ltd. more often found in luxury hotels was too good to miss so off I went to the Covent Garden branch with my toothbrush and booking reference. […]