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A BIT OF TEXTURE, PATTERN AND COLOUR
Winter seems to be on it's way as London sinks in to a grey, dank stillness. Where did the summer go? Lots of interesting design exhibitions coming up soon including the London Design Festival and...
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AL_A and RONAN & ERWAN BOUROULLEC kick off the fun and games of LONDON DESIGN...
London Design Festival officially starts tomorrow but I was itching to get out and see some of the installations already on display and are on my hit list of 'must sees' of the week.A gorgeous Indian...
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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: Michael Anastassiades
Today saw a trip down to South Kensington to check out the work of the incredibly talented and very lovely product designer Michael Anastassiades. I absolutely love everything he creates - always...
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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: Tom Dixon at the Dock
Yesterday saw a quick trip up to see what Tom Dixon has been up to. Always coming up with fresh and exciting new ideas, there was so much that caught my eye it was difficult to know where to start....
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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: a bit of Baccarat and a slice of Rifat Ozbek
London Design Festival is now over of course and the focus has moved on to west London and the more sedate surroundings of Decorex and Focus, both in Chelsea and both frequented by a gaggle of...
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LOVING THE LEATHER
As our freak hot spell in the UK returns to a normal autumnal temperature, one's thoughts turn to materials that warm both the body and the soul. Tweeds, wools, corduroy, velvet and cashmere - all...
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PUT IT THERE CURTIS JERE
Curtis Jere is the work of two guys, Jerry Fels and Curtis Freiler. Working out of California from the 1950s to late 1970s, they created some truly naff artifacts, but for a small slice of time they...
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JONATHAN ADLER LANDS IN LONDON
Oh, I do love Jonathan Adler. He really seems like a glass half full kinda guy. Everything he designs is fun, often humorous, full of colour and graphic pattern, and always very desirable. I've...
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HARRY HOUDINI - GET ME OUTTA HERE!
Earlier this week I took a trip down to leafy South Kensington to view some rather delicious vintage 1970s Venini chandeliers for a client. Entering the hallowed grounds of Christies auction house, I...
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YOU CAN RING MY BELL.......
Needing to find some vintage door handles for a pair of study doors I'm having made for a client and looking for props for a commercial project, I sat down with a pot of coffee and hit the Google...
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SIGNING OFF FOR THE YEAR......
It's been an interesting year and the last few months have been pretty frantic with work, which I am of course grateful for considering the rather torturous recession hitting most of the western world....
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CARVED WITH LOVE
It's taken awhile to get myself going again after the Christmas break. Once you finally give in and relax it's fatal - peeling yourself off the sofa and back to work is a hard slog.Easing myself back...
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DAVID SHRIGLEY GIVES YOU A GIGGLE....
I've been rubbish at posting since 2012 started. Work and the cold seem to have frozen my brain. Mental note - don't be in England during January.......anyway, it's February now and I'm going to try...
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MARTHA STEWART - WATCH AND LEARN!
I picked up some fabulously over the top glasses recently whilst out hunting for props for the shop I've recently designed (which will appear in a separate blog soon). The glasses have been sitting...
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WHAT'S IN YOUR CUPBOARD?......
As spring bursts in to bloom, the urge to get my house in order is pushing me to finally to attack the ever growing 'To Do' list. So, in my 2nd lesson in 'How To Do It Yourself', here's how to make a...
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RANDOMNESS..........
I've been distracted lately.....sorry. People and things have got in the way recently. In the past I've kicked, screamed and railed against all the new forms of digital communication, from Facebook...
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ALL THAT SCRATCHING'S MAKING ME ETCH!
A big part of this job is the research. Endless hours spent rummaging, surfing, flicking, comparing, discarding and eyeing up (insert your own thought here.......). It all becomes worth it when you...
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THE SULKING BLOG..........
My attention has been distracted by Instagram recently, an addictive little App for sure and probably the reason I've been so slack in posting. I have promised my sulking Blog that I will pay more...
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ANISH KAPOOR (or things you'd sell your soul for)
There are lots of things in life that make me smile, but not so many that create a sharp in take of breath. Anish Kapoor is one of those breath takers. It's the intensity of colour, the scale and the...
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BOPPIN' AND A POPPIN' WITH COLOUR
I've been busy putting together moodboards for a potential project, which I'm pleased to say has just been confirmed (insert small hurrah here). Not sure why but I've been automatically drawn to...
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WHERE THE HELL DID LAST YEAR GO?................... or Oh God, why can't I...
As a new year begins, and here in the UK we trudge through the rain soaked streets back to work, I have been trying to sum up last year in my mind. What brought me happiness, and occasional sadness,...
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YOU'RE TOO KIND.......
It's always nice to receive gifts from grateful clients..........#notebooks
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TALKING SHOP WITH THE CHROMOLOGIST
I wouldn't mind being a Chromologist. Interpreting the meaning of colour seems like a really nice way to spend ones time. I've been beaten to the post though by a rather clever new website, THE...
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UPHOLSTERY HEAVEN
Been noticing a lot of lovely upholstery ideas recently. Here's just a few of them......Cushion embellishment seen at the glorious Leighton House in Holland Park Great fabric mix at A Rum Fellow, seen...
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MOVING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
It's been a long time since I last posted as I've been on a bit of a sabbatical. Now living in the Sussex countryside, away from the stresses and strains of city life, I'm slowly learning how to live...
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