'At work with Ella Doran' Thank you Homemaker magazine!

Ella Doran stand at Maison September 2013

Here are a few pictures of my exhibition at trade show Maison et Objet in Paris - last week.

Vintage Bicycle rug produced by WovenGround - I have designed 2 rugs for this season to complement my Bikes of Hackney range of products 

Bikes of Hackney Collection

 

Camera: After Lichtenstein. 2013 Ella Doran.

 

'Camera Lenses' coasters available at the end of September in our online shop!

 

Screen printed 'Cameras Stack' cushion 100% cotton 45x45cm

The walk way past our stand @ Maison

The 'Portables' and 'Sevens' collections had a wonderful setting on the Ary Trays stand - the tables and stools will be available to order from our online shop by the beginning of October.

As always it was good to meet new and familiar faces - thank you to everyone who visited us!

Very best,

Ella

The Barbican Art Gallery Shop

 

A little reminder to those of you who live in, or are traveling to London in the next month, you might want to visit the current Duchamp exhibition which I talked about a bit in my BIKES post last month.

They also have a lovely selection of some of our products beautifully merchandised around their very cool shop.

 

The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Raushenberg and Johns.

runs until June 13

worth a visit ;-)
 
Art Gallery 

Barbican Centre 

Silk Street London 

EC2Y 8DS

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SPRING SAMPLE SALE

SPRING SAMPLE SALE 

We are having a spring sample sale now in May, with samples of established and new designs, wallpapers, cushions, trays, mats and coasters, mug, tins and stationary and more!

10-11 MAY

Fri 10am-7pm
Sat 11am-5pm

Ella Doran Design Ltd.
57a Lawford Road
Hackney
London N1 5BJ

Hope to see you there!

Bikes, bikes, bikes!

I have been on a mission these last few months walking around my local area, capturing the 'moment' with my camera and my subject has been 'the bike'... 

Their varying colours, styles & frames, or the way they have been locked to a pillar or a post is what has made me stop and shoot. With and without their owners in sight - their personality still shines through!

Before I was even aware of the Duchamp exhibition and live events at the Barbican I had dreamed up these cushions to compliment my bike wheels repeat design and I was originally inspired by Duchamp using specific mass produced objects and presenting them as  'works of art' or as he called his bicycle wheel on a kitchen stool 'readymade' - which linked him to the Dada movement of his time - and widely cemented him as the father of conceptual art. The exhibition at the Barbican is well worth a visit there's something for everyone with dance performances, a singing ghost, beautiful piano performances with no hands, and of course inspiring historical art!

 

 Bike wheel Natural cushion with gusset

Bike cushion 30x50cm

Using all my images I have taken I have created this figurative repeat design which has been partly inspired by my love for Scandinavian textiles - with their lightness and simplicity - mixed in with my passion for all things made of paper! - I wanted a vintage feel with a modern twist, so i created the background texture using imagery of old textured paper stock - and the bikes ride leisurely across the design in their individual glory.... here are a few of the products, the repeat design is still evolving, as I collect more bikes to add to it, so we will be adding new products in the autumn.

'Bikes' Notebook

'Bikes of Hackney' place mats

'Bikes' double sided gift wrap

January Sale!

To celebrate the new year we are offering 15% off all our products, except roller blinds and coasters. The offer will end the 31st of January and all you need to do to get you 15% discount is to apply our Sale code "JAN13" at the checkout, happy shopping!

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!

New mugs designed in UK

London is extremely grey, and rainy again today and there are more flood warnings on the radio...so it's time for another cup of tea here in the studio! 

Here are my latest Ella Doran mug designs.I am proud to say they are made here in the UK and the quality of the prints are brilliant - to purchase one for your tea click here. 

Ella Doran Isabel Garden

 Bugs and Butterflies mug

Fretwork mug

Geo Mug

I have had lots of nice features in various magazine and blogs lately and I wanted to share some of them with you. Below is the lovely French blog Food and Fashion that just featured my Bugs and Butterflies sandwich tray. If you like fashion, food and design it is a great blog to visit and if you don't speak french, don't worry, it is also available in English. 

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Ella Doran & Kew Royal Botanical Gardens

I am very happy to announce a brand new collection that I have designed for the fantastic Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. The full range of products are now available in their beautiful shop and online. They have a wonderful exhibition of David Nash which influenced my approach to my photography for the commission, and my decision to bring out the detail of each plant and its radiant colour on the individual products. Here is a link to David's work "David Nash At Kew: A Natural Gallery" and below are some images of my collection of cushions, table mats, coasters, mugs and prints for them;

Mug collection

Coasters

Multi Aperture print 11 x 14 inches

Brown Bark cushion

Green Bark cushion

 Here are some images from Kew Gardens Shop;

To see the full collection please click here.