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Wales & Wales
Wales & Wales are furniture designers with over 30 years experience. Working with manufacturers, retailers, architects and individual private clients internationally, they aspire to produce...
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Long Live my Ercol studio couch
I have owned my Ercol Studio Couch for about 5 years now and if I think of all of times spent sitting, lounging, sleeping, entertaining and working on that sofa, it has been a real workhorse. A little...
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Fine Cell Work: handmade in prison
‘As surprising as it may seem, in prisons all across the UK inmates are filling their hours embroidering highly-crafted cushions and quilts. Fine Cell Work‘s volunteer-led workshops teach the craft to...
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Benchmark furniture
Benchmark has a passion for craftsmanship, design and a commitment to sustainability. Established by Terence Conran and Sean Sutcliffe, it is one of the most technologically advanced workshops in the...
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Easy Street or the Road to Ruin?
I have been meaning to blog about the illustrator James Brown for a while and I know for sure that I will blog more regularly about him, but for now I wanted to introduce you to one of his latest...
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Knit me with your rhythm stick
Textile designer Claire-Anne O’Brien is a specialist in knitting, making furniture that makes a feature out of the soft textures of lamb and sheeps wool. Originally from Ireland she graduated from the...
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Designing Heart Home
For the past seven months I have been working on a project with fellow bloggers Carole King and Arianna Trapani to create Britain’s first digital interiors magazine, Heart Home. As Art editor, my role...
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Jonah by James Harrison
I can’t pretend that this is the most ground-breaking piece of furniture on the market, but I am struck by three things of the Jonah sofa by Elle Decoration award-winner James Harrison. Firstly, this...
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Terence Conran at 80
I recently wrote this article for my other project Heart Home magazine… I wanted to share it with you all. Read the article in the magazine on page 88. On the eve of his 80th birthday, Sir Terence...
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Halstock cabinet makers
Halstock design, manufacture and install bespoke interiors for homes. Working closely with architects and interior designers, Halstock’s designers and cabinet makers are experts in their field and are...
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“What design means to me”
For more than 50 years the Prince Philip Designers Prize has celebrated how designers improve daily life by solving problems and turning ideas into commercially successful reality. 2011 saw the final...
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Another Country at Clerkenwell Design Week
Surprisingly I have not written about the fantastic Another Country before on ATELIER TALLY. How can this be? If you like veneers and laminates, look away now as I’m going to show you show solid wood...
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Another Country at Home
British furniture brand Another Country continue to grow their collections, helpfully named Series One and Series Two, in case you lost track. Sporting a fantastic stand at the Home show this past...
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Good design should make you happy. Casa Estudio’s Merida Rug for Made.com
The eleventh principle of good design? Perhaps not, but certainly an important consideration with design for most of us… does it make me smile, does it make me happy? Casa Estudio, combining exhibition...
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David Irwin’s TOR chair for Dare Studio
There are certain characteristics in design which help us to place when and where a chair, table or lamp was designed. As our knowledge and experience of design develops the global influences filter in...
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Button & Sprung’s British-Made Mattresses
I was invited to visit the new showroom for Button & Sprung and see their beds and mattresses up close. Beds and mattresses are starting to become a regular theme for me, as there are a lot of...
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