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As anyone who reads this blog would have noted, I am a big advocate of design and its ability to...
As anyone who reads this blog would have noted, I am a big advocate of design and its ability to...
I look forward to autumn. I like to kick against the trends. Most people are clinging to the last few...
Suffering from bouts of insomnia hardly sounds like an excuse for a design-blog posting. Yet those dry and brittle hours...
Paul and Marjorie Abbatt designed toys. Not just any toys, but meticulously thought-out, designed and edited toys. They sold their...
On a hot summer day like today – when you remember the old adage that tea is actually rather refreshing,...
Simpson’s in the Strand was the place to buy your gentleman’s wardrobe in the 1930’s. The must-have item was the...
Ton. A simple idea for a book, looking at weights. But beautifully executed by Japanese illustrator Taro Miura. The Japanese...
I have a book about brushes. I like to know I’m not the only person who thinks too much about...
Shops and their signature colours. Lovely. Harrod’s green. Selfridge’s yellow. Liberty purple. Fortnum & Mason’s eau de nil. I’m not...
I am having a bit of a Pearl Binder moment. Fantastic name. There is not a lot of information about...
Among lots of other tasty exhibits in the V&A; Surrealism exhibition there is the iconic lobster dress of 1937, designed...
What to buy for your Spring wardrobe? In 1935 from May 18th to 23rd, London store D H Evans (once...