Wawa Rocker

This is the folding rocker by Richard Ward at Wawa. It is a beautiful, clever, economic, ergonomic design.

The rocker has just been re-launched by Wawa, and has been on display at a pop-up show at Clifton Nurseries. This week it is at Decorex on the Clifton Nursery stand.

For the re-launch Wawa invited a number of different textile designers to show their work on the rocker including Melanie Bowles, Minnan Hui, Zahra Jaan, Carol Lake, Beatrice Larkin, Alice Milnes, Kezia Regan and Margo Selby.

We were very pleased to have our Hannington fabric featured - with one face on the seat and the other on the back.

In the Press

It's been an incredibly busy month, with three big shows in three different countries - exhilarating and exhausting in equal measure...

We do sense an exciting momentum building though, and is has been so good to show off all the hard work behind the scenes getting the upholstery range off the ground. 

We have had some wonderful press about the work - here are a few highlights:

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/13/stars-london-design-festival

http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/design-interiors/2013/september/eleanor-pritchard

http://www.charlotteabrahams.com/blog/

http://howtospendit.ft.com/gift-guide/33783-eleanor-pritchard-525-line-blanket

http://www.ad-magazin.de/2013/08/webzeichen/

We are also so pleased to have the Rowridge fabric featured by Tom Morris in October's Monocle.

Signal - Toast (2)

Here is the Signal blanket in the new Toast House and Home catalogue. What a beautiful space.

Really good to see Nick Fraser's lamp in the collection too.

Well Healed

Here is the Easterly and 525 Line in a beautiful shoot by Heal's. All very modern and elegant. I like the use of the free-standing pannelling.

Photographer - Jake Curtis

Stylist - Despina Curtis

www.heals.co.uk

NYC here we come

So - we have packed up our samples and our sandals and we are off to NYC tomorrow. Looking forward to Margaritas at the Standard Hotel.

Tools of the Trade (3) - posted by Eleanor

This is Esther, our blanket stitch machine. She is a very old lady and can be a little grumpy at times, but she is a real work horse. Most of our blanket stitching is done by Janet at the mill on a similar machine, but we sometimes stitch samples here in the studio.

The mechanism is wonderful. It is basically a chain stitch, with a hook that draws the yarn across as you stitch - a very elegant piece of engineering.

Although the mechanism is old, Esther does have a brand new motor - you can see the belt drive here, along with our orange scissors which are the very best ones for snipping any loose ends.

Signal - Toast

This is the first image of our Signal blanket in the new Toast catalogue. Lovely wind-swept feel to the shoot.

Photo - Nicholas James Seaton
Toast - September Catalogue