Ombré refers to fabric that has been dyed in a variety of ways: dip dyeing, color bleeding, or gradated dyeing, it's an effect usually achieved by hand dipping fabric in dye so that it gradually goes from ...Read More

Ombré

Having everything so bloody smart makes you want to kick back a bit. Yes I love my smart phone, sat nav, the way certain sites know what I want to order before I do - well that's a bit annoying ...Read More

Primitive Tools

Precious mineral and metal resources have hit all time highs in terms of raw material prices. We may be in a banking crisis but the need for raw material isn't showing any signs of a slow down. Big investors see ...Read More

Mineral

With a continued sense of doom and gloom hanging over the world we need a shot of colour to lift the mood. I'm not advocating a riot of colour (best not to encourage that kind of behaviour especially here in ...Read More

Kaleidescope

I went to quite a few talks at this years London Design Festival. Its a great way to catch some fascinating insights into the design process directly from the designer and; if you're brave enough, ask a question or two! The ...Read More

London Design Festival – Talks Kiki & Joost

Nendo created an installation for Established & Son's in their London showroom for this years London Design Festival. The installation was inspired by looking back at nostalgic images of London fog; with the "fog" appearing to emerge from the wall to ...Read More

London Design Festival – Established & Sons

The Victoria & Albert Museum holds an amazing collection of works from across all fields within Design and the Visual Arts; and for the London Design Festival it is showing 12 installations across the site. I had a preview of the ...Read More

London Design Festival – V&A

With the ever expanding halls at Maison et Objet it can be hard to know where to start. My top tip and I do it every time I go, is to head to the inspirations section in the front of ...Read More

Maison et Objet SS12

I've always written about designers but its probably about time I looked at how it translates onto the high street. Its been a very tough time for retail in the UK; especially so in the Home sector. In June the much ...Read More

Retail

This is really about the different levels of skin tone colours I've spotted from a pink through to softer brown tones; they've been used as an accent colour or as a block. Pink is usually associated with a girls bedroom ...Read More

Pink Tones