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I forgot how relentless the trade show reporting side of my job can be. I wrote this post exhausted, in February when I had just returned the previous evening from a flying visit to Ambiente in Frankfurt – the biggest trade exhibition for tabletop and home accessories. I had walked ten huge halls each the size […] Read more…
Ah September, it’s that whirlwind month in the calendar when the design industry descends on London town for a fortnight-ish of product launches, glitzy parties, catch ups with old friends and new design discoveries – everyone runs around like their *** is on fire but it’s all actually really fantastic – and inspiring. Kicking off my […] Read more…
From the moment Not on The High Street opened their virtual doors in 2006 they have done a pretty great job of transforming the online gifting market from the dubiously personalised and bland offerings we had to endure to an inspiring and engaging place to shop for gifts. I certainly know I get excited when […] Read more…
Unable to make any international trade shows this year because of my pregnancy [I am seething with jealousy over my Instagram feed from Milan Design Week right now] I have been looking for any opportunity for design inspiration closer to home. Back for its second year, May Design Series is a new design show which […] Read more…
On Monday I visited London’s first design show of the year HOME London, which after being launched in 2012 is steadily making it’s way to being the definitive venue for homeware brands to showcase their wares in the UK. It’s a good chance to catch some the international brands that will show at Maison and […] Read more…
This weekend the Renegade Craft Fair came to East London. A curated indie-craft marketplace showcasing the brightest talents in contemporary craft and design it has counterparts in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago and San Francisco. Despite a very wet weekend, droves of shoppers browsed the cheery halls of the Truman Brewery. Here were some of […] Read more…
Last night I got back from Milan’s Design Week – there really is no place like it! Everyone is just so stylish – especially the men! At one point I saw a beautiful specimen in his late 60’s with shoulder length silver hair drive off on a pastel grey Vespa in a sugary sweet lavender […] Read more…
[Multiple brand display with backdrop from Pony Rider] One of my favourite things about Instagram; aside from my besties whom I have never met in LA and mind-blowing daily access to my homeland [India] via creative contemporaries – is that I get to experience design from countries that I may never visit. This is sad […] Read more…
With the whole of the design industry descending on Paris at the beginning of September for Europe’s largest homeware exhibition, Maison et Objet – the city is rendered more magical than ever. As well as the main trade show [Maison et Objet] which displays aisles and aisles of new launches and covetable homewares from the […] Read more…
Back from a wet Milan Design Week my experience was slightly tarred with the memory of feverish weekend following trudging in the rain – however these memories were combated with the delights of design week staples like; a visit to iconic galley cum shop Rosanna Orlandi, numerous exciting pop-up’s like an appearance from Paris’s famous […] Read more…
Ok, want to see what gems I found at Top Drawer Spring/Summer 2010? Top Drawer is a twice a year exhibition and buying event for trade and press. Here products from a unique mixture of new and established designers and international brands can be found. Sectors to buy from are Gifts, Children’s, Stationery and Greetings, […] Read more…