19/09/2010

WE WILL BE AT TENT



This year we are exhibiting at TENT at Old Truman Brewery, 23rd-26th September.
Tent London is the ground-breaking show for forward-thinking design across all disciplines, delivering the very best contemporary and vintage design, architecture and interiors and the world of digital.

We are showcasing “Family Tree occasional table”. Addion to Japanese “washi”print series, tables are available in laminated fabrics, we have made African wax prints tops and 70s interior fabric tops to launch at the show. We still use custom milled American black walnuts with hand turned legs then hand finish each table by hand in London.

We are at stand F21. please visit us at the show.

02/09/2010

Exmouth Soiree



Party at Exmouth Market!
we are London Design festival partner as whole street.
come down to Exmouth Market on the evening of 21st of September. Clerkenwell/Hoxton is design festival focused area on that evening, there are many events happening on 21st. participating business on Exmouth Market will open late, offer special discounts, BBQ, cocktail deals etc!

new jewellery!




these are new jewellery I have been working on. wax print fabric from Ghana laminated within Perspex. just got shapes back from laser cutter. I got idea of juxtaposing West African fabric with 30s streamline design from our local high street of "Dalston". It's odd sight that all these 30s architecture and crazy market which is essentially West Africa central!
We will be exhibiting at TENT at Trumans brewery on Brick Lane between 23rd-26th September during London design festival. I will remind you about this later on.

10/08/2010

trend bible via V&A



my butterfly brooch and necklace has been featured in "trend bible" blog.
I have been working with V&A shop this summer season and I got found there.

working on new range of jewellery for design week at the moment. I can show some images in few weeks time...

31/05/2010

NY-LONDON






My first New York experience was overall “amazing”. At the beginning, scale difference was so overwhelming but soon after my sole was gripping the ground properly and distracted by the thrill of being away from home! It was literally “lost in translation” experience, not sleeping much, spending some time alone and mostly having lots of fun.

12/05/2010

snap from shop

we had this young lady, Georgia, sporting this blue vintage fabric owl matching her hair clip!!

off to NYC


I'm off to New York tomorrow.
participating "design mart" run by design boom (on line design mag).
it's an event within a ICFF (aka international contemporary furniture fair...)
so it is a big deal for me to be there and also leaving family for more than a week.

online shop will be open during the time but all the shipping will be held till my return on 24th of May. apologize for any inconvenience and wish me luck!

19/04/2010

virus and 1Q84


time has been flying by as they do...

I manage to catch a bug and forced to stop and stay in bed before Easter.
apart from being poorly it was quite good to spend time alone at home and managed to read through "1Q84", it's Murakami's new novel which hasn't been translated into English yet.
it was only available on hard cover and i nearly gave up bringing them over from Japan but I gave in at the airport book shop. I better not to mention anything about the contents. all my friends over here are very jealous that they have to wait for their English copy. I'm sure it will be a hype when they do.

we had lovely Easter, hunting for eggs and IKEA shopping (had to be done). we are back in business in normal hours now. I have been making few more bits, such as these random necklaces.

24/02/2010

zoo and biscuits


we have visited London Zoo recently. I always thought zoo is a sad place that all these animals are locked and depressed...but it has been all changed, animals live in large new builds with all the mod cons, they all looked very chilled (not the temperature in this context, they all had heatings too), no need to hunt or climb up the tree for food. good diet is guaranteed there. we went down the tunnel and popped our heads out from this perspex dome to observe meerkats family.


today, we hosted a biscuit making activity. it's gone back to cold again...we need to come up with fun indoor activity all the time.

31/01/2010

paddington bear 1974


Thank you, John & Yuko who gave us this Paddington bear!
This was a great charity shop find. I gave good wash to his famous hat and duffle coat, I noticed his label on the back said 1974. He's been around 35 years! I'm sure he will have great time at ours at least another 1o years or more.

26/01/2010

HAPPY (BELATED) NEW YEAR!






hope everyone had lovely holiday over the new year.
we have spent 2 weeks in Yamaguchi Japan, picking shiitake mushrooms etc...
it's seems like long long time ago now.
we've pulled back into reality (in a vibrant way) enjoying the buzz again.

all the very best wishes to 2010! X