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Archive for the ‘Designer’ Category
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Designer Orla Kiely has launched a new range of wallpapers, in collaboration with Harlequin.
There are 14 stunning wallpaper designs in the collection, including some of her classic and easily identifiable stem prints, some bold retro designs, and smaller, more delicate patterns.
Here’s a selection of what’s on offer:
 Acorn spot wallpaper Acorn spot, available in sea blue and poppy, or brown pepper.
 Giant rhododendron wallpaper The bold giant rhododendron floral wallpaper, available in lichen (yellow), honeysuckle (pink) or slate.
 Scribble wallpaper Scribble wallpaper, available in walnut, poppy, mist, calico, lichen, clay or olive.
 Flower tile wallpaper Flower tile wallpaper, available in graphite, bay leaf, clementine or stone.
 - Multi stem print wallpaper
And the lovely multi stem print wallpaper.
The full collection of all 14 designs can be viewed on the Harlequin website.
The wallpaper is available to purchase from various retailers, including Heal’s and John Lewis.
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Tags: contemporary wallpaper, Heal's, john lewis, Orla Kiely
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
  
One of the many fab designers we spotted at the recent Decorex International 2012 event was Niki Jones.
Niki is keen to create beautiful home products using as many traditional crafts and methods as possible and this really shines through in her designs. But if you thought traditional crafts mean a lack of fresh, contemporary designs, then you’re most definitely wrong.
We particularly like the round design of Niki’s concentric cushion covers, which have a bold and modern striking design. The design is embroidered and finished off around the edge with handmade pompoms.
The concentric cushion covers are available in a choice of three colourways – chartreuse green on dove grey, dove grey on white or slate on natural linen, and can be purchased from Niki Jones.
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Tags: concentric, Decorex International, fresh design, Niki Jones, traditional crafts
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Thursday, July 26th, 2012
 Alessi cat bowl set One for your feline friends!
Feed your cat in style, with the help of these Tigrito blue cat bowls.
Designed by Miriam Mirri for Alessi, the bowls feature a blue kitten between a pair of metal bowls.
The kitten’s elongated tail doubles up as an easy-to-pick up handle, so you can move the bowls at ease. The bowls can be removed from the stand for easy cleaning.
The Alessi Tigrito cat bowl set is available from Heal’s.
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Tags: Alessi, cat bowl, cat bowls, contemporary cat bowl, Heal's, Miriam Mirri, pet bowls, Tigrito
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Thursday, July 19th, 2012
 The Jack light Do you remember the game of Jacks?
I’ve got fond memories of hours spent playing Jacks and this Jack light by Tom Dixon, which is based on a similar design, brings back plenty of happy memories.
The Jack light is made from plastic and is described as being a, ‘sitting, stacking, lighting thing.’ It’s sculptural in its design and, if you’ve got more than one of them, they can be stacked in quirky ways.
The light was first designed by Tom Dixon in 1994 and in 1997 it was awarded a Millenium Mark status in Britain. It’s available in orange, black or white.
Various retailers have the Jack light for sale, including the V&A Shop, who like it so much that it’s included as part of their permanent exhibitions at the V&A museum.
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Tags: contemporary light, designer light, designer lighting, Jack, Jack light, Lighting, Tom Dixon, V&A
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
 An A to Z of chairs Here’s some wall art aimed at design conscious chair lovers!
This wonderful framed art print pays homage to the world of designer chairs. Focusing on the classics of the mid 20th century, the A to Z print includes well known favourites such as the Eames Eiffel chair and Hans Wegner’s Wishbone chair.
A must-have for designer chair aficionados, the classic chairs alphabet print comes framed and is currently only £39 from Cult Furniture.
If the look of some of these chairs gets your heart beating a bit faster, then Cult Furniture also sell many of the chairs too…
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Tags: A to Z, alphabet, chair loves, classic chairs, Cult Furniture, design classics, designer chairs, designer furniture, framed print
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
 A stylish home for fish! Treat your fish to a new home, with this unusual fish hotel!
Designed by Teddy Luong for Umbra and modelled on a contemporary style home, this modern fish aquarium, with its multiple windows, is a stylish home for your pet fish.
The outside of the FishHotel is made from white plastic, but inside is a glass fish bowl that can easily be removed for cleaning.
Fun and practical, the Fish Hotel has an RRP of £48, but is currently £43.79 at Amazon.
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Tags: Amazon, aquarium, Christmas, Designer, fish bowl, Fish Hotel, fishhotel, gift idea, goldfish bowl, Teddy Luong, Umbra
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
 Cauliflower teapot Tea served with cauliflower, anyone?
A simple design, but with a fun and quirky element, this cauliflower teapot is sure to be a talking point, whether it’s in use for serving tea or purely used for decorative purposes.
Designed by Sena Gu and made from porcelain, the white cauliflower teapot can be purchased from Designed in England for £65.
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Tags: cauliflower, cauliflower teapot, Designed in England, designer teapot, porcelain, quirky, Sena Gu, white
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
 Limpet hooks Here’s a quirky and novel alternative to standard hooks, created by designer Kirsty Whyte.
The Limpet hooks are mollusc shaped and are pieces of wall art in their own right – you wouldn’t necessarily know they’re a coat hook if there was nothing hanging from one.
The colourful hooks, which come in a set of six in red, turquoise and warm grey, are moulded from plastic and can hold weights of up to 5kg.
These Limpet hooks are provided exclusively for Made.com and are priced at only £29 for six (the usual high street price would be £79). Snap them up while you can!
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Tags: coat hook, Design, Designer, hooks, Kirsty Whyte, Limbet hook, Limpet, Limpet hooks, Made, Made.com, mollusc
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
UK designer, Melanie Porter, specialises in creating unique hand knitted, contemporary chairs.
The chairs are all sourced from auctions and markets around the country, and are stripped back, restored and re-upholstered before being covered with a series of hand knitted panels. The end result is a one-of-a-kind chair and unusual piece of art.
What makes the chairs even more individual, is that they’re all given names.
 Olivia - knitted egg chair This is Olivia, a green hand knitted, modern egg-style chair.
 Jack - knitted tub chair This is Jack - a restored tub chair that it’s been given a lively look with a hand stitched check knit finish.
 Edward - Union Jack knitted chair And here’s Edward – a 1970s swivel chair, with a bold and bright hand knitted cable Union Jack design.
You can see more examples of Melanie’s work on her website, but she also has a store on Not On The High Street with knitted chairs for sale, plus other lovely knitted items. The Edward chair is available to buy from there, plus Percy Union Jack knitted cushions in various colours, a knitted table and an unusual knitted clock.
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Tags: chair, chairs, egg chair, handmade, knit, knitted, knitted chairs, Melanie Porter, noths, Union Jack
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
 Owl egg cup Wiltshire ceramicist, Hannah Turner, has launched a new range of owl egg cups, which follow on from the success of her quirky owl collection.
Available in a choice of three colours – blue, pink or yellow – the 3D effect of the egg cups makes the wise old owls look as if they’re almost about to take off!
The owl egg cups are 7cm in height and can be purchased direct from Hannah Turner for £29.99 each.
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Tags: bird, ceramic, Designer, Easter, egg cup, Hannah Turner, owl, owlie
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