Christmas at the Orangery

This weekend, the 15th of December, I will take part in the brilliant 'Christmas at the Orangery' event in Bristol. There will be lot's of stalls packed with lovely products so it is a perfect opportunity to find Christmas presents for family and friends.

The address is:

Bradbury Hall
117 Waterford Road

Henleaze
Bristol BS9 4BT

10-5pm

Hope to see you there!

December Offers!

We started to feel the Christmas spirit here in the studio and decided to get into the spirit of giving and offer some special December offers so for the month of December we are taking £10 off the price of our small place mats that measure 19.5cm x 23.5cm and come in a set of 6, now for the price of £32. 

We are phasing out this size for 2013 - so make sure you get your favourite design whilst stocks last! 

For the month of December you will also get a free Jeannie umbrella with every sale over £100 online or by mail order.

Bye for now!

Christmas!

Double sided Stacks and Stripes flat wrap, Sevens red 30 x 50 cm cushion, PorTables place mats, Stacks and Stripes journal and Sevens red coasters.

Double sided Aeroplanes flat wrap, Aeroplanes journal, Bike 30x50cm cushion and Bike Wheel 40x40 cm cushion and Bike coasters.

Christmas is around the corner and this year I am taking part in

two Christmas sales that I wanted to tell you about;

1 December;

Ella Doran & Dandy Star Christmas Exclusive Sale

11-6PM

Upstairs at The Cat and Mutton

76 Broadway Market

Hackney E8 4QJ 

15 December;

Christmas as the Orangery

10AM-5PM

Bradbury Hall, Henleaze

117 Waterford Road

Bristol BS9 4BT

I hope to see you there!

New Products: Sevens Place mats and coasters!

I just wanted to tell you about one of my new products, the new Sevens place mats and coasters. The design is available in two colours, taupe and red, are sold in a set of six and are all made in the UK. 

ALT/SHIFT 13 December

My friend Derek Yates (Course Leader- FdA Graphic Design and FdA Illustration, Camberwell College of Arts) is the brain child behind this very interesting website and a conference Alt/Shift being held next month on Brick lane, see the details below. I think it is of interest to any small business or designer wanting to work with new graduates and employ the talent that does emerge every year. I am going are you? 

Alt/Shift – examining the future form of education for the creative industries.

How can we connect with and inform emerging creative methodology? Do we need to be more accountable to the industries we serve? Do we have a wider social responsibility? How do we build better relationships with the tertiary & secondary sectors?

What are the priorities that will drive our pedagogy into the 21^st Century?
Artifact or experience? Picture making or problem solving? Craft or communication? Individual or group? authorship or co-creation? maverick or collaborator? Inspiration or evidence? Niche or impact? Practitioner or facilitator?

Altshiftual.com is now live.

Join the discussion via Twitter: ‪#altshiftual, or through the website

Or

Take part in the one day conference on Thursday 13th December at the LBi Event Space on Brick Lane, London.

Tickets are: £40 before 15^th November on their website. I have got mine :-)maybe see you there......

altshiftual

Tokyo Plates 2001

I have been looking through some archive images recently and came across these lovely porcelain plates that I designed and produced back in 2001. They feature images from the amazing Tokyo fish market - of which 'tourists' are no longer allowed to wonder around and photograph at their leisure..... a very sad reality.

anyway I also wanted to high light a link to a recent interview with New Designers - as I regularly am asked about my background and design history, for those that want to read more, click here! 

bye for now!

Thank you Katie!

It has been a very busy 3 months here in the studio and Katie our recent intern is on the move to pastures new! Thank you Katie for all your hard work, and stay in touch!  

Katie Allerston graduated from Plymouth with a BA degree in Interior Textiles and Surface Design. She is inspired by nature and her photographs which she manipulates into 3D artworks. These pieces below are the ones that caught my eye at New Designers this summer

To see more of Katie's work visit her website.