It’s design week at Chelsea Harbour, have you been? I went yesterday to scratch up the car in the super-tight carpark and to nearly get a cuddle off a security guard who wasn’t looking where he was going while flailing his arms weirdly. That said, Cole & Son’s new Fornasetti (II) monkeys, Procuratte Scimmie, managed […]
I read about this at Christmas, and have been meaning to bring it to you ever since. The story comes from Apartamento magazine. It’s about the graphic art of South African woman Esther Mahlangu. Mahlangu was born in the Kwamhlanga region of Mpumalanga in South Africa, and paints the traditional designs of her Ndebele community. The […]
Remember the discussion about blue plaques recently? I think I have a new favourite.* It’s from Walthamstow’s Unofficial Tourist Board, a site where residents of what I think is called Walthamstow Village get together to post pictures of mattresses, shop signs and other suggestions that the gentrification of Walthamstow is slower than it might be, […]
Two knitted trees (the heads anyway) signal the entrance to Wool House at Somerset House. Curated by designer Arabella McNie, the exhibition is a celebration of all that wool can do. Here’s my experience starting with the entrance, a nice monochrome affair with a giant bear for people to mingle by. Arabella designed the Chequers carpet […]
We were thrilled and flattered, flattered and thrilled to be asked to do a guest post for excellent London blog Completely London. As we’re both known for roaming the streets, cheque book in one hand and phone number for furniture removers in the other, hunting out design bargains that may or may not fit into […]