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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...

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...

This month we are celebrating the birthday of Lucienne Day, influential British designer whose 60 year career changed the textile industry and the ...

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...

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...

We love the work of Josef Hoffmann! He was an architect, furniture and pattern designer who founded the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) in 1910...

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...

Take a trip back in time to the Swinging Sixties and visit the King’s Road in Chelsea for the hottest looks! This exhibition examines the influence...

I first came across Silver Studio through my collection of Art Nouveau book covers. It was one of the major pattern design studios of the late 19th...

William Kilburn (1745-1818) was an illustrator, designer and printer of textiles. He specialised in producing printed calico, a popular light cotto...

I recently visited the Charlotte Perriand exhibition at the Design Museum, London. She was a ground-breaking designer who worked with architect Le ...

I recently visited the amazing cliffside botanic garden in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. It seemed appropriate to write about it this week as we la...