I’m not normally a fan of celebrity endorsed furniture ranges; call me a cynic, but they tend to involve tacky Ikea style disposable pieces that last about as long as an episode of their latest reality TV show.
There has been a bit of googly bowled down the cricket pitch of furniture life by cookbook [...]
Well, it seems that my posts on Grandfather Clocks have sunken in with some people in the know - Ikea are now doing a grandfather clock of their own. Not only that, but it’s heavily influenced by art deco! I never realised that I was such a leader in fashion!
Their clock is only £129 [...]
In part two of our art deco discovery post we are going to look at some modern designers and their take on the art deco genre.
Barbara Barry has recently created a collection of art deco designs that epitomise the juxtaposition of refinement and opulence that art deco is famous for. Her chairs are resplendent [...]
Art Deco was a short-lived period of furniture design, but it left its mark in a big way. In this two part blog post we will be exploring what makes art deco so special, why its original life was cut short and how modern designers have suddenly grasped its inspiration for a renascence.
Inspired by [...]