It would be fair to say that animals of all shapes and sizes were wandering the length and breadth of the London Design Festival 2011, from delicate butterflies and hummingbirds on fabrics & wallpaper to rhinoceros furniture. I'm serious about the latter, but you'll have to wait til the 100% Design post for that *beauty*.... Continue Reading →
Tent London 2011: Truly multi-functional furniture
For that last few years I've noticed a definite trend - what appears at Tent London, the cutting edge trade design show held at the Truman Brewery each September, usually appears everywhere else fairly rapidly pretty soon afterwards. With living spaces getting smaller and wallets getting slimmer, it was perhaps inevitable that furniture and design... Continue Reading →
Tent London 2011 – A cloche hat, fantasy ceramics & footballers knees
A few years ago, many visitors simply wouldn't have ventured from the safety of 100% Design to any other venues, what was the point...it was all under one roof! How things have changed. I remember speaking to Piers Roberts at Interiors Birmingham in 2009 about the recession and how we thought it would affect design... Continue Reading →
London Design Festival 2011 – Day 1, a few of my favourite images
As London Design Festival 2011 begins, so does a design fest of Moregeous blog posts. We've done 100%, Tent at the Truman, Designersblock, much of what Design East had to offer, the Icon Trail & St Paul's Cathedral, with just The Dock and Decorex to go, phewf! It's been inspiring, entertaining, interesting and hectic so far... Continue Reading →
A 102 Stool give me ideas for my 102 stools. Wooden ones!
Not already?!! Can't quite believe summer is over and September is here with it's driving rain & howling gales, but there's also tonnes to look forward to if you're obsessed with design & interiors. The end of this month brings 100% Design at Earls Court, Tent London at the Old Truman Brewery and Decorex International at the Royal Hospital... Continue Reading →