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desk space
DESIGN EYE Homework won’t be
such a chore if your
BARBARA CHANDLER child has a dedicated
work station. This neat
Homes & Gardens’ design Shelton desk, H96x
correspondent celebrates the W120xD70cm, £1,294,
and Lynton chair,
work of up-and-coming
H90xW45xD52cm,
UK talent in the design world £228, by Italian
furniture brand
Hosted by the New Designers
Minacciolo, 0039 042
exhibition, newdesigners.com,
289 2212, minacciolo.
in London, One Year On is a
com, are a good option.
showcase for the latest wave of
With its smart style,
recent graduates who are now
room for a computer
in business. The 60 participating
and space to tuck away
designers were selected by
books, it will slot into
curator Rheanna Lingham, a
most schemes.
jeweller and founder of design
boutique Luna & Curious,
lunaandcurious.com, in East For access to clever decorating tips, beautiful interiors
London. “There’s a wonderful
mix of traditional craft practices and inspiring outdoor spaces wherever you are, download
and new technologies,” she says. the digital edition of Homes & Gardens on your tablet or
Textiles and pattern were smartphone by visiting housetohome.co.uk/
particularly strong this
year, as demonstrated by digital-editions/homesandgardens.
Laura Melhuish-Sprague,
melhuishandsprague.com, who
kick-started a promising career Wrap Up
in textile design when she won a Indian summer or
major award at New Designers in not, there are chilly
2014. She uses special weaving times ahead, so
techniques and hand-painting to create distinctive, softly consider indulging
blurred abstract patterns on fabric (above left). yourself with this
Harriet Popham, harrietpophamtextiles.tumblr.com, Lottie Crocus
has a studio in her parents’ Glastonbury garden, where lambswool throw,
she combines screen-printing and freestyle machine 150x160cm, £95,
embroidery. Motifs from her surroundings dominate her from Sussex-based
work, including local buildings, pylons and even cows. company Twig,
Meanwhile, Charlotte Beevor, charlottebeevor.com, who twiguk.co.uk.
won New Designer of the Year 2014, is creating wallpaper,
cushions, aprons, tea towels, oven mitts, mugs and prints;
and Klara Capouskova, soklara.com, digitally transfers Metal guru
abstract paintings onto silk, linen and cotton.
Not only will this
Representing traditional crafts is Charlotte Wilkinson,
Basket planter add a
charlottewilkinsonglass.com, with beautiful large mouth-
pop of lively colour to
blown vessels of coloured glass (above top). Fun foodie
your garden (shown
plates and mats to encourage children to eat well are the
here in Aubergine,
charming work of Rachel Froud, rachelfroud.com. She’s
but available in 24
modelled nine scenes using a variety of fruit and vegetables
bright shades), the
to make animals, fsh, plants, rockets, a railway and more,
sleek design makes it
which she photographs for her mats, plates and coasters.
easy to move around.
“Yes, the future may be digital,” says exhibitor
It comes in two sizes,
Gianluca Mingolla, gianlucamingolla.com, whose poetic
high (right), H84xW70x
furniture and accessories tell stories of what inspires him,
D34cm, £280, and long,
including a table that has a satellite view of London by
H54xW119xD25cm,
night laser-etched into its top, “but there is also a place
£330, from Fermob
for the handmade.”
at Barbed, 020 8878
1994, barbed.co.uk.
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