Heritage styling this Spring
March 2, 2022
Our Creative Director Joanna recently wrote a styling article for the Homes & Gardens section of Sixty Plus Surfers, an online magazine. It's a...
Designerati interview with Joanna Sanderson
February 24, 2022
Earlier this month I was interviewed by Designerati, the online version of Designer magazine. My interview was in the New Talent section and focuse...
Not on the High Street launch
February 21, 2022
We are pleased to announce the launch of our store on Not on the High Street, with two collections of heritage-influenced and botanical patterned c...
Japonisme collection launch
February 14, 2022
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Japonisme collection of cushions and lampshades. This is our second collection after the Bright Bo...
What is Japonisme?
January 31, 2022
Japanese design is a big influence on Zena & Rose’s patterns. Japan had been isolated from world for 200 years until 1859, after which there w...
Tokyo Art & Photography exhibition, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
January 27, 2022
Japanese art is a big influence on Zena & Rose’s patterns. I visited the Tokyo exhibition at the start of January to see traditional and new a...
Maximalism
January 24, 2022
After months of cold and darkness, the new year is a great time to breathe new life into your home. Make a fresh start on your style sprucing and t...
Lucienne Day (1917-2010)
January 17, 2022
This month we are celebrating the birthday of Lucienne Day, influential British designer whose 60 year career changed the textile industry and the ...
How do we make our cushion covers?
December 23, 2021
Here I will show you the secrets of our production process which can take about 6 months from start to finish.
Stage 1 - defining the concept
At th...
Sustainability and ethics in the textile industry
December 16, 2021
The textile and fashion industry has had a bad reputation when it comes to sustainability and transparency of supply chains. First, there is the di...
Celebrating Josef Hoffmann (1870 – 1956)
December 15, 2021
We love the work of Josef Hoffmann! He was an architect, furniture and pattern designer who founded the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) in 1910...
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything, at the British Museum
October 29, 2021
The Great Picture Book of Everything was intended to be a pictorial encyclopaedia of life and nature in China and India. Because Japan was isolated...
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