By Bernay Laity | 19 February 2013
Transparent, translucent and sparkling; a beautiful piece of glass can capture and reflect the light brightly and clearly, or can subtly diffuse it. As well as its practical use in [...]
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By Kelly Fannon | 7 February 2013
The Surface Design Show is on this week at the Business Design Centre on Upper Street in Islington. This is a great show and as all shows are there are [...]
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By Bernay Laity | 21 August 2012
I’ve really enjoyed BBC4’s recent series ‘A History of Art in 3 Colours’ with Dr James Fox. Gold featured in the first programme and whether literally mined from the earth [...]
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By Rona Wheeldon | 10 April 2012
I hope you had a lovely Easter weekend. Today, I’m delighted to feature Villeroy & Boch‘s new vase collection. The company first launched their fine glass collection nearly seventy years [...]
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By Emily Blunden | 24 February 2012
There’s a new range of vases on the scene at Villeroy and Boch and very nice they are too. The collection are all mouth-blown, four times from coloured glass and [...]
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By Rona Wheeldon | 21 February 2012
Today, I’m delighted to feature glass designer, Maggie Williams, and her contemporary floral-inspired vases. Maggie gets inspiration for her glassware from the natural world, including tropical plants, and most of [...]
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By Daniel Nelson | 6 February 2012
I was glad to receive an email about the Bocci series 28 pendant lights. I had seen the series 14 lights and loved the idea of them singularly or grouped [...]
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By Daniel Nelson | 16 December 2011
I may have been hiding under a rock or perhaps this just passed me by but I stumbled across Kosta Boda and their playful collection ‘Sugar Dandy‘. Founded in 1742, [...]
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By Daniel Nelson | 30 May 2011
The Mariskooli or Maribowl is not an original design… its shape was a common design across the many glassworks of early 20th century Europe however it was only when Armi [...]
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