Marker blanket for Margaret Howell

It has been a hectic few weeks, with all hands on deck packing boxes to ship all over the world. 

One of the orders which has gone off this week was for Margaret Howell. We have worked with them for many years, and we feel a strong affinity with their philosophy. The pieces which we make for them are exclusive to Margaret Howell - some are unique designs, and others are exclusive colour ways. I enjoy working with them, and really value their input into the design process. 

Each year or so we add another piece to the range, and this year we have adapted the Marker blanket for them. We have added a red accent line, and a white stitch detail. It is amazing how much a little tweak can change the feel of a design - and we think it looks very smart!

Victory Press

This year we have been working with Victory Press for our printed graphics. Near neighbours to us in Deptford; Victory Press is a small publisher, printer and design studio publishing limited edition artist books and print editions.

Elliott at Victory Press has designed us a pair of beautiful folded leaflets for the blankets and the upholstery range. The leaflets work with a set of different inserts for different currency price lists and so on. On the back of the inserts Elliott has designed and printed different patterns abstracted from our weave plans. It is so magical to see something as humdrum as a weave plan re-imagined as a beautiful repeat pattern.

The designs have been printed on a Risograph press, and the technique has a really lovely quality about it.

'Risograph printing is a vibrant and economical method of producing anything from books to artists prints. It sits in the realm somewhere between screen print and offset lithography but with a unique aesthetic. ' - Victory Press

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.