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Graphenstone collaborates with Michelle Ogundehin

Graphenstone Purifying Paints, one of the most widely certified paint brands in the world has collaborated with Michelle Ogundehin, one of the most influential figures in British Interior Design on an edit of sixteen soothing paint shades. The new collection which launches in April, lovingly crafted by Michelle, is designed for wellbeing and selected for ease. It is a foundational palette for the entire home.

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Own your own piece of British Art History...

The Imperial War Museum has launched a capsule collection of limited edition products that have been handcrafted from the original stretcher wood from Stanley Spencer's iconic 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' series of paintings on display at its new Blavatnik art, film and photography gallery.

Handmade in the workshops of IWM London, each item in the range is signed by Stanley Spencer (a copy of which was provided by his grandson) and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

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LALIQUE launches the Lianes Feuilles Champs-Elysees

LIANES FEUILLES CHAMPS-ELYSEES

Using the iconic pattern of the CHAMPS-ELYSEES leaf, Lalique Interior Design offers a bespoke lighting fixture which brings a gentle and delicate light to any area. Each Champs-Elysées leaf is individually lit at their center, and their placement and angle can vary depending on the environment; As a vine like chain of crystal falling down from the ceiling, or as a dense foliage across the length of a table.

The Lianes concept of the Champs-Elysées can be spread out, or concentrated into small clouds, offering an ever-adapting product for any chosen space or environment. (The number of leaves and their placement, and drop can all be modified).

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KNOTS RUGS COLLABORATES WITH ARTIST NAT MAKS ON LIMITED EDITION ‘SUMINAGASHI’ COLLECTION

Knots Rugs is to launch a collaboration with Nat Maks, the Margate studio founded by artist Natascha Maksimovic, who works with the ancient Japanese technique of Suminagashi ‘ink floating’ Marbling. Eight original artworks in individual colourways have been painstakingly and sensitively reinterpreted by Knots Rugs and its fine artist founder, Bonnie Sutton.

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National Portrait Gallery launches capsule home accessories collection using the Gainsborough fabric from its new Gallery walls

The National Portrait Gallery, which reopened on 22 June 2023, will launch a celebratory capsule collection ‘Enfilade’ of ultra-limited-edition cushions, throws, quilts, and table runners using offcuts from the fabrics that line its new Gallery walls.

Designed as ‘collector’s items of the future,’ each piece in the range which spans large and medium sized throws, cushions and a table runner is limited in number and inspired by the bold colour combinations on the walls of the new third floor gallery spaces – an Enfilade – a visual feast for the visitor with multiple colorways to be viewed at once.

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Aiveen Daly collaborates with Belmond British Pullman for London Craft Week 2023

Contemporary British textile artist, Aiveen Daly will launch a new Spring Summer collection in a range of new colours by taking over a carriage on The Belmond British Pullman for London Craft Week. The Belmond British ‘Craft Train’ will house other British craft luminaries as part of an immersive and interactive ‘Craft Train’ journey from London that will last four hours in total over lunchtime on Thursday 11 May. Guests will be able to move through the carriages and speak to the makers who will be offering demonstrations and displays in an intimate and informal setting.

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