We launched the black A Desk with John Lewis in Spring 2014 and it now features within the new design trend called SCANDI. Read more about creating the ‘look’ in this John Lewis guide: SCANDI Design Trend
Over the years many people have asked me what I mean by pure design. I don’t mean visual metaphors like white doves and candles! When I started out I sat down with a marketing consultant to work through some ideas around the plans for the company and how to articulate them. At that stage I only …
Type. I’ve been intrigued by type since my days at Art School. It’s an odd obsession that I can’t articulate very well. I think it’s the varying forms that most excite me; the tapered curves on a serif, liberating descenders, grid like ascenders and stone like counter spaces. For me there are many typefaces with …
Family holiday in Copenhagen August, the month of holidays for Europeans all over. So what about a family holiday in Copenhagen and Lyme Regis? This year we booked two contrasting trips: a weekend staying with friends in Denmark and a week in Devon on a farm. This is my guide to enjoying a family holiday …
This episode of Nigella Lawson’s new cooking show was aired recently and it was lovely to see a black A Stool next to a rugged old leather sofa in her London home. SHOP Black A Stool