Loving this beautiful cargo labels by friend and artist Amelia Critchlow, they are hand-created with collage, they are one off original pieces of art. Every time I browse her site I find new pieces of art I want to bring home...She is taking part in the Wandsworth Artists Open House, which I am hoping to visit this weekend before I go to Spain.

Part 1– Highlights of the London Design Festival

This year's London Design Festival was big, massive, spread all over London and with lot of new pop up shops and events, (a concept that is becoming very popular in the city), and exhibitions all over, making impossible to visit them all, so I made my list of 'must visit' places, wore comfortable shoes, drunk plenty of water and tea and made my way to the various events.

Here are my picks of the Festival...This year I was particularly impressed by Studio Toogood's project called 'SUPER NATURAL', they created this amazing space, where they displayed a collection of furniture, lighting and textiles focusing on English-sourced materials and English craftsmanship, they converted a simple back yard in a fantasy world, with a delicious cafe, inspired by the wild and natural life of the English countryside, and a magic displayed of wild mushroom by New Forest forager Mrs Tee, I felt like I was in a dream, I was totally taken by the space, it is difficul to tell the story through my photos, I strongly recomend a visit to their website for more information and photos about the project.

STUDIO TOOGOOD

You were welcome by this amazing display of wild mushrooms and cafe.

MINT SHOP

Mint never never stop surprising me, they had the most clever and eclectic selection of new products and designers of the whole festival, always worth a visit...

100% DESIGN

This year's 100% Design edition was a great improvement from previous years, the show had the right mix of well established companies such as Anglepoise, which I totally love, representations from foreign countries such as Czech Republic, Spain and Nordic countries, and most important and relevant to me a good selection of designers/makers based in the UK doing fantastic work, a good example was the stand of Hidden Art, (where you could buy the products on displayed).

One of my favorites were this ceramics from SCUSI and the dailylife clock.

dailylifeclock

part 2 coming soon...

NEW eco tote bags on sale!!

Hello dear all, things have been quite hectic in London and my studio, making, designing visiting shows etc...Things are getting back to normal, The London Design Festival is finished and I am back in my studio, preparing for my next show, just a quick post to let you know about the NEW tote bags which are now available in my shop, they are made of organic cotton and are prefect to carry around that extra shopping. I will be adding new designs soon, I hope you like them!!