Brazilian Design has a new home in London
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Brazilian Design has a new home in London

As Brazilian creativity continues to command global attention, JIG Studio offers London a vivid new lens through which to view the country’s bold, emotionally resonant design culture.

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Tamilla Collection - Francis Sultana for TCS - launches during London Design Festival
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Tamilla Collection - Francis Sultana for TCS - launches during London Design Festival

The Conran Shop launched their latest furniture collection, Tamilla designed by Francis Sultana during London Design Festival 2025 (13-21 September).

Inspired by the heritage of the Conran Shop and the aesthetic of its founder Sir Terence Conran, the full collection reflects a pared-back European sensibility.

The range includes an armchair, daybed, and two- seater, each crafted with a solid oak frame, natural rattan side panels, and Belgian linen upholstery in a choice of Oatmeal, Sage, or Dahlia. Complementing the seating is a pair of marble side tables, available in either Bulgari Red or Verde Marl tops, both set on coordinating oak bases.

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Paris Design Week 2025
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Paris Design Week 2025

The French capital kicks off the autumn design calendar, we look at the highlights from Paris Design Week 2025 (4-13 September)

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Celebrated ceramicist Arjan Dal for The Conran Shop: Family of Vases
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Celebrated ceramicist Arjan Dal for The Conran Shop: Family of Vases

The Conran Shop has collaborated with celebrated ceramicist Arjan Van Dal on an exclusive new collection, Family of Vases, inspired by an original series designed by Sir Terence Conran in the 1990s. This marks the first time the London-based potter has worked on a large-scale production, having previously focused on one-off pieces. The resulting collection spans 21 distinctive vases across nine complementary hues, each designed to be displayed individually or as a collected series.

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How to picnic ... Bentley Home unveils first ever picnic collection
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How to picnic ... Bentley Home unveils first ever picnic collection

Bentley Home has created its first ever picnic collection, Hyde, developed in direct response to customer demand. With each piece designed to provide a practical and elegant outdoor dining experience, the new collection features four new product designs and accessories including Murano champagne flutes and Italian linen napkins.

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How posh is your tea towel? Dry your dishes with an Emin
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How posh is your tea towel? Dry your dishes with an Emin

Tracey Emin has collaborated once again with the National Portrait Gallery Shop on a new range of tea towels, featuring three of Emin’s preparatory acrylics on paper drawings from the 2023 commission The Doors which cover the entrance doors to the Gallery.  Exclusive to the National Portrait Gallery Shop, they are available to pre-order from 19 May, each tea towel is made in the UK from organic cotton and priced at £15.00.

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A tribute to the essence of Earth in crystal  'Terramineral'
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A tribute to the essence of Earth in crystal 'Terramineral'

Launched at a gallery deep in the Marais during Paris Design Week in January, the new Spring Summer 2025 collections at Lalique have now hit the London stores. A bold and striking new collection that celebrates the earth in all its forms and imperfections - jewels for the home.

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English Heritage collaborates with Graphenstone Paints on 'The Colour Collection'
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English Heritage collaborates with Graphenstone Paints on 'The Colour Collection'

GRAPHENSTONE PAINTS COLLABORATES WITH ENGLISH HERITAGE ON ‘THE COLOUR COLLECTION,’ A STUNNING PALETTE OF 120 NEW COLOURS

  • Graphenstone was chosen for its natural, mineral-based paints, which are breathable, durable, and trace VOCs, combining sustainable materials and modern innovation.

  • Showcasing 24 stunning new shades included in the new 120 colour collection, inspired by some of English Heritage’s most iconic sites.

  • The curated colour collection was created following in-depth research into English Heritage furniture, wallpapers, fabrics and paints.

  • Graphenstone’s unique mineral formula combines traditional materials with graphene, delivering Class 1 durability.

  • Available to buy nationally at over 300 points of sale across the UK.

  • Featuring Graphenstone’s innovative new reusable Peel & Stick Colour samples – made with over 30% recycled material and fully recyclable.

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The Art of Spring .. Paris Design Week 205
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The Art of Spring .. Paris Design Week 205

Set in the sublime The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant, Lalique celebrated the Art of Spring with a beautifully curated selection of decorative objects, jewellery and fragrances.

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Artist Open Houses announces Kate Jenkins as cover artist with new body of work celebrating the British seaside
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Artist Open Houses announces Kate Jenkins as cover artist with new body of work celebrating the British seaside

Judy Stevens, Director Artists Open Houses said, “I am thrilled that Kate Jenkins will be the Artists Open Houses (AOH) brochure cover artist this Spring. Kate has been a valued participant in the AOH festival for many years and I have always hugely admired her work. Her exquisitely crocheted food art epitomes the spirit of Artist Open Houses; fun, visually engrossing and encouraging an engagement with high quality artwork"

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The National Portrait Gallery Shop X Regina Pyo - Edvard Munch Portraits
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The National Portrait Gallery Shop X Regina Pyo - Edvard Munch Portraits

Rejina Pyo

The National Portrait Gallery Shop will stock a capsule collection created by designer Rejina Pyo in collaboration with the MUNCH museum in Oslo.  To create the new product line, Pyo visited the museum’s archive as well as Munch’s Ekely studio in Oslo. The collection particularly draws on Munch’s innovative use of woodcut printing – a pioneering puzzle technique that allowed for striking contrasts and varied colour applications, giving his prints a layered, almost painterly effect that echoes the emotional intensity of his paintings. 

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The National Portrait Gallery Shop celebrates The Face Magazine: Culture Shift with a new collection of bespoke collaborations
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The National Portrait Gallery Shop celebrates The Face Magazine: Culture Shift with a new collection of bespoke collaborations

Opening on 20 February, The Face Magazine: Culture Shift is a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery that will bring together more than 200 prints by over 80 photographers, many of which have never been shown outside of the pages of the magazine.  

The exhibition will explore the impact of The Face on eighties, nineties and noughties culture in Britain and beyond, as well as its influence today. To celebrate, the NPG Shop will stock an exclusive graphic collection ranging from fashion to art prints.

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Art Deco turns 100 ... timeless in purity and elegance
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Art Deco turns 100 ... timeless in purity and elegance

It was the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris that popularised its elegant lines, gleaming curves, and glossy stylised patterns in monochrome tones.

Historians date Art Deco’s demise to the outbreak of World War II, but as anyone up to date with contemporary interiors knows, is that it’s still widely referenced today – and is still current.

One of the centrepieces of the original 1925 Exhibition was a striking fountain designed by René Lalique, built using caryatids (sculpted female figure pillars) in moulded glass, which lit up at night. In 1925, René Lalique was at the apotheosis of his career. The 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris marked the apogee of his glassmaking career and the triumph of the art deco movement.

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