Design blog featuring arts, crafts, fashion and culture
Melanie Chadwick set up her screen-printing studio last year when she moved to Corwall. Through her designs she aims to ‘inspire joy and creativity’ and to produce products that are functional and beautiful. She’s certainly got that nailed.
Her specialties are hand drawn lettering, illustrated vignette and repeat patterns. This is translated[.....]
The Christmas decorations came down on 6th January and the only remnants of Christmas are a pile of cards to be recycled and a stray star ornament hanging over the back door. Everywhere looks so bare now, especially on these cold, grey mornings.
It’s particularly dull this year because we haven’t properly[.....]
We all know the importance of smoke alarms. They save lives; it’s as simple as that.
Before now I’ve always viewed them as a practical appliances rather than objects that are aesthetically pleasing. However, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t be both.
Chick a Dee is a new smoke alarm created in[.....]
Andrew Davey makes beautiful household items from slate stone found in North Cornwall. He uses Delabole Slate or slate from Trevillet Quarry and explains that, “This is among the finest slate available and quite often I find flecks of fools gold and tiny quartz crystals.”
The slate is made into mirrors, frames, journals,[.....]
I’m excited to kick off the week with a brand ‘new to me’ design label. I say ‘new to me’ because abigail*ryan is already making headway in the design world. The design duo took away the ‘Best New Launchpad Exhibitor’ accolade at Pulse this year; their first ever trade show. And[.....]
Lighting designer Hannah Nunn has launched a brand new website.
Radiance in Hebden Bridge stocks a dazzling range of lighting and handmade homewares. If you can’t make it in person then the website is the next best thing. Browse the site by item or by designer and zoom to magnify product images and view the[.....]
The delightfully named Trucmuche comes from the French for the word ‘Thingummyjig’ and the items found within this shop are just as unique as the name. The works are made from materials found washed up on the Yorkshire coastline meaning that each one is individually crafted depending on what has washed up that day! Some[.....]
Day 6: Indigo
It’s the penultimate day of Indie Quarter’s Colour Week which brings us nicely on to indigo.
Today we’re featuring these wonderfully classy wall papers for children (or perhaps childish adults) by Victoria Cramsie of Paperboy. These designs came to fruition after an unsuccessful search for wallpaper appropriate for her growing boys. The colours selected[.....]
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