Design Festival Part II

Below are a few of my pics from this year's London Design Festival ....

... starting with my 'Geo Carved' rug on WovenGround's stand at The Design Junction 2013.

Detail of Fenella Elms's porcelain petaled wall panel @ Design Junction 2013



My Favorite Pop up shop at Design Junction was Falcon Store... I want a cardboard till like theirs!












In Shoreditch, Donna Wilson staged a very special installation,  'celebrating 10 years of happily making hand made products in the UK'. Everyone had the opportunity to be photographed with these life size foxes that Freddie Robins is having a cuddle with here.

some more Donna Wilson ...

Ally Capellino's Bums on Seats in her East End store on Calvert Avenue - Donald Christie made an animation about them that you can watch here.

Pics from the exhibition of WORKS, the collective of designer graduates from the RCA, in Clerkenwell ...

... bags ...

... one of Lola Lely's Pot Luck Stools ...

... vases ...

At Tent London I saw lots of beautiful things: I fell in love with all of these beautiful porcelain pieces of art by Tortus - their colour combinations are exquisite!

And Kosmos had this unusual wall rug on their stand, alongside a striking collection of metal masks (below).

This imaginative light, by lighting designer Jess Shaw held its own in Tent's Super Brands area.

On my wish list for Christmas, beautifully crafted wooden keyboards by Oree.

 
Jake Phipps' amazing statement mirror and table, taking inspiration from the natural attributes of amethyst geodes; a delight for my eyes.

Finally, Decorex was the last event I visited for the Festival and here is a close up of Charlotte Wildsmith's rug, winner of the Good Weave Student Competition that I blogged about in June (Rugs Competition).

Bye for now.

Ella.

Introducing chopping boards

I have been having fun photographing our new chopping boards this week, here are a few of the pics, from top to bottom: Geo, Bike Wheel and PorTable chopping boards, all made in the UK and now available in my online shop. To view the full collection please click here 

Have a lovely weekend, and don't forget you have just under 3 more days until the competition winner is announced!

Competition time!

It is time for a new year's competition and this time you can win a chopping board from my brand new chopping board collection, so what do you have to do?

Guess how many nails it took me to make the logo at the Home show last week. The closest answer wins! (See my last post to help you figure it out)

Leave your suggestion here in this blog post and please do not forget to come back by the 4th of Feb when I will announce the winner.

Good Luck!

New Lampshade Collection

"Featuring a range of nine modern and nostalgic patterns including Isabel Garden, Bugs and Butterflies and Artist's Tools, her designs are a great way of instantly freshing a room scheme, and would work well in anything from children's bedrooms to retro living rooms" 

Quote from Red Online who just wrote a very nice article about the collection that you can read here.

Stacks and Stripes lampshade above and Fretwork below

Here are a few more shots from my lovely shoot with Asa - we will have them on our website in a few days time. The lampshades are all made in the UK and are available in 8 different designs; Fretwork, Geo, Isabel Garden, Artists Tools, Gridlock, Sevens Red, Bugs and Butterflies and Plimsoles. They are made of parchment paper and are available in two different sizes at the moment, 14" and 20" inch. But we are always happy to quote for larger or smaller sizes, I'll let you know when they go live. But contact us at the studio if you want more info on bespoke ones! 

Above, Gridlock Lampshade and Geo lampshade below

Bye for now!

Maison Objet September 2012

I thought I would share some images from my week at Maison Objet in Paris;

Here we have the wonderful Åsa and Miranda helping with the set up, having fun deciding on which wallpaper should hang next to one another.....

Voila, the stand finished ready for the first day of trading! 

The brand new Stacks and Stripes lampshade and the new Fretwork wallpaper in the background together with the two old classics Geo and Letterpress... the lampshades are still not in stock, but they will be very soon, so keep a look out on my website.

A sneek peak of whats about to come, one of my new Ella Doran Bike cushions from my Hackney Bikes collection.

That's it from Maison Objet september 2012, thanks to everyone who dropped by and all your orders, and for those who we missed click here for my new brochure download on my website you will see the link at the top of the page!

Catalogue in the making

I haven't been very active on the blog lately, I have been out enjoying the amazing weather and been photographing all my new products for the new Ella Doran catalogue and here's a little sneak peek!

 Above are some of the lampshades from my new lampshade collection; Plimsoles, Fretwork, Gridlock and Stacks and Stripes. Thanks to Asa Wikman who helped with the styling!

Isabelle Pink and Isabel Garden cushions

Geo Table mat

PorTable cushions, Sevens red cushions

Have a nice day everyone!

Stick - It - Up - Wallpapers with Surface View

Here's a short film on Just-Stick-It-Up wallpapers with Surface View!

This innovative format from Surface View features your chosen image, printed in our usual high quality with a new easy-apply adhesive on the reverse. This repositionable adhesive allows easy installation even at large sizes, and means that you can remove and reapply your print over and over again. Just-Stick-It-UP® allows a once specialist job to be undertaken by anyone!

PS. Do not forget that Surface View are offering Ella Doran Blog readers a 10% discount on my collection which includes everything from tiles, murals, canvases and lampshades etc!

Ella Doran at Hackney House

Hackney House, part of the Cultural Olympiad 2012.

My showcase of Geo wallpaper from the front with Jason Bruges Mimosa light installation.

Here are some images from my space, Geo wallpaper, Fretwork lampshade, Opal cushions, Sunlight Through Leaves silk, Geo trays and Geo coasters and Euro mat.

I am exhibiting at Hackney House in East London, until the end of September 2012. Hackney House is an urban pop-up space on Shoreditch High Street which is showcasing the area's business and cultural diversity during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The showcase, designed and built by Pearsonlloyd was commissioned by Hackney Council and the DTI, with the aim to high light the vibrant diversity of the design scene here in East London - there is a lot of great work from designers such as Martino Gamper, Jason Bruges, SCP, Tord Boontje, and Peter Marigold. 

It's well worth a visit as there are some great acts playing in the evenings and lots of interesting workshops during the day, so check out their website here - I can recommend the coffee in the cafe too :-)

detail from the front of Hackney House.

Ella Doran Umbrella Competition pt 2

We are receiving a lot of fantastic images of our umbrella's from the world that we wanted to share with you.

Geo umbrella visiting the Castle of Osbourne in the lsle of White

 Pinky umbrella in Paris

Geo umbrella for two

Pinky, Aqua, Sweets for my Sweet and Bugs and Butterflies umbrellas at the French Atlantic coast in Vendée, near La Tranche Sur Mer.

Large Sunlight through leaves umbrella from Harry, walking to the post.

Thanks to everyone who has sent their lovely images to us, we are looking forward to receiving even more!