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Introducing designer Sam Osborne

By | 7 May 2013

Sam Osborne is a graphic designer, pattern designer and illustrator who describes herself as a ‘brightly-coloured designer nerd’. Since 2011 Sam has been designing stationery, accessories, kitchen and homewares under [...]

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Launchpad at Pulse

By | 7 May 2013

As you know, modern homewares show, Pulse, opens on 12 May at Earls Court.  The Launchpad section will showcase over 160 independent designer-makers.  Here, I’ve picked out 4 of my [...]

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New collection of fifties style prints from Caroline Pratt

By | 11 April 2013

Caroline Pratt is a Leeds based Printmaker and Surface Pattern Designer who has just launched a new collections of fifties inspired limited edition screen-prints, cards and tea-towels. She fell in [...]

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Vintage inspired colour from the 1950s

By | 2 October 2012

Retro inspired design remembers and renews our interest in colours from a bygone era. A recent visit to the interior trade show Decorex showed a whole mix of different influences [...]

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Minimalist or Traditional?

By | 12 September 2012

When decorating a house, a lot of people in the contemporary world opt for a more minimalist approach. Lavishness has made way for a form of design that renounces all [...]

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Fill your summer with vintage hunting

By | 12 July 2012

The weather still hasn’t decided its summer and your “staycation” might now seem a little ill advised but that’s no excuse to stay indoors. In the coming weeks there is [...]

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Rushstone Sandwich Plates by Kathie Winkle for Broadhurst Pottery

Yesterday’s Tea … Lunch & Dinner

By | 21 June 2012

You see that picture below of those patterned plates? Well, they were what I ate many of my childhood meals from. They were for everyday; the bowls and plates we [...]

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Salvage treasure and WIN tickets to the Salvo Fair

By | 31 May 2012

Following on from my post last week about where to source vintage, I want to dedicate a whole post about the Salvo Fair. My love of salvage is as well [...]

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Vintage for your home

By | 17 May 2012

One of the reasons I love vintage so much is that often it is unique but without the price tag that comes with bespoke.  Whilst once upon a time buying [...]

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Metro Retro 4

Behind the Scenes at Metro Retro

By | 21 March 2012

While we were shooting the Johnny Egg story for issue 3 (see page 86) we visited one place that is definitely on the list for a re-visit.   Metro Retro is a warehouse [...]

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