June 2013

RHS Chelsea Flower Show – The Stand

We announced our participation with friend Lucy Smith earlier this year, and we can now share images of our award-winning stand.

The combined stand is designed by Tord Boontje as a
gallery / garden concept. The space is constructed with low plinths in a geometrical arrangement to showcase their objects. The whole space and plinths are covered with a lush green printed pattern, resembling the green layering of a garden.

Having survived the sun and rain, the materials from the stand were donated to be used in community projects across London.

See more on the stand here

May 2013

Shadow fabric and Wednesday Light at Bud to Bloom

Shadow fabric for Kvadrat and Wednesday Light are included in Bud to Bloom, a Crafts Council Collection Exhibition, developed in partnership with Forty Hall & Estate, Enfield Council.
Opening on 4 May at Forty Hall & Estate, it will run until 7 July 2013.

Bud to Bloom presents contemporary craft works inspired by the natural world and life cycle of plants, selected from the Crafts Council Collection. The shapes, patterning, colours and materials of the works in Bud to Bloom have been influenced by plants, flowers and fruit, in playful, creative and experimental ways. Works include delicate textiles, intricate sculptural objects and beautiful ceramics from leading UK makers and artists.

April 2013

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 21 – 25 May

We are happy to announce that Lucy Smith and Tord Boontje will be creating a stand together at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

Lucy and Tord share a passion for nature's beauty, flowers and creatures. By collaborating at the show this year, it will bring together their complementary bodies of work which include motifs from flora and fauna with a contemporary form language and clarity.

Lucy is a regular exhibitor at the Flower Show with her outdoor sculpture, wall panels and fountains. This year she will be introducing her new range of sculpture in cold cast bronze. As Tord's first year at the show, he will showcase his garden furniture, tableware and vases to a new audience.

Come and see us at stand number PW25 from 21 to 25 May 2013 at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London SW3 4SL.

April 2013

Stellar Doma – New chandelier for Swarovski

Launched earlier this month during Euroluce in Milan, Stellar Doma is our new chandelier for Swarovski. Featuring the Stardust pattern, made up of more than 2,000 crystals and our classic Blossom pattern, each crystal is set by hand inside the dome shell.

For more shots of Stellar Doma at Euroluce see our facebook page
Otherwise see more about the collection here

April 2013

Fold series of door fittings

Recently launched by Formani during Internationale BouwBeurs, a fair for the construction sector in The Netherlands, the main product in the Fold series is the innovative door handle, which has done away with the rosette (the plate affixed to the door to disperse the pressure) and ‘neck’ of a conventional door handle.

Also consisting of locks and other handles, see more on the series here

March 2013

Flute Tree Installation

For the launch of the The Enchanting Tree, we worked with Atelier de Forge Robert & Robert, with whom we collaborated with for our Fig Leaf wardrobe, to develop the large scale Flute Tree. Presented in March at the Saatchi Gallery, London, guests were invited to take a glass of Perrier-Jouët champagne from the branches of the tree.

See more on the Flute Tree installation here

March 2013

The Enchanting Tree for Perrier-Jouët

Presenting our collaboration with Perrier-Jouët, which launched at a prestigious event at Saatchi Gallery, London, at the start of Spring, The Enchanting Tree reinvents the gesture of champagne in which each participant plucks a flute from the tree.

See more on The Enchanting Tree here

March 2013

Shipwrecked - New collection

We started to look around our island and discovered new resources: wood to make tables, chairs and cabinets, shells and pearls to make lamps and jewellery.

Titled Shipwrecked our second biannual studio produced collection includes Shell Light, Pearl Light, Garden Party Plates, Stitched Furniture, Shipwrecked Tables and Clear Waters Scarves. Now on show at our shop until Autumn.

March 2013

Benefique for Shiseido

For the relaunch of the Benefique range of cosmetics in Japan, Shiseido asked us to develop artwork using elements from nature, which was applied to both the product and the outer packaging.

See the Benefique website here where you can download screensavers and wallpaper – Japanese only!

More on the range here

February 2013

New commission at The Royal London Hospital

We’re just completing the final touches of a new commission for Vital Arts, who deliver arts programmes at Barts Health NHS Trust.

Located in the critical children's care unit at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, walls have been decorated with motifs filled with flowers and playful animals waiting to be discovered.

More to come on the project soon!