Just my cup of (Swedish) tea
I was trundling around Stockholm’s Architecture Museum the other weekend, admiring their selection of architectural models. I was especially taken...
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Egg, chips and beans
As anyone who reads this blog would have noted, I am a big advocate of design and its ability to...
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What to look for in autumn
I look forward to autumn. I like to kick against the trends. Most people are clinging to the last few...
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4 heaped teaspoons
Suffering from bouts of insomnia hardly sounds like an excuse for a design-blog posting. Yet those dry and brittle hours...
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Toys for modern young minds
Paul and Marjorie Abbatt designed toys. Not just any toys, but meticulously thought-out, designed and edited toys. They sold their...
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What to wear in the garden?
On a hot summer day like today – when you remember the old adage that tea is actually rather refreshing,...
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Variations on a theme
Simpson’s in the Strand was the place to buy your gentleman’s wardrobe in the 1930’s. The must-have item was the...
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Enough and no more
Ton. A simple idea for a book, looking at weights. But beautifully executed by Japanese illustrator Taro Miura. The Japanese...
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Swept away
I have a book about brushes. I like to know I’m not the only person who thinks too much about...
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Icing on the cake
Shops and their signature colours. Lovely. Harrod’s green. Selfridge’s yellow. Liberty purple. Fortnum & Mason’s eau de nil. I’m not...
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About a pearl
I am having a bit of a Pearl Binder moment. Fantastic name. There is not a lot of information about...
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Summer’s catch
Among lots of other tasty exhibits in the V&A; Surrealism exhibition there is the iconic lobster dress of 1937, designed...
