HOW ARE YOU are a Swedish design company started in 2011 by Tobias Johansson and Emelie Ronnebro. Their new collection 'Making hard things soft' comprises a series of nine cushion cover designs depicting surfaces like concrete, plywood, ice, OSB (oriented strand...
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Tread Carpet by Martín Azúa
Spanish designer Martín Azúa's Tread Carpet is made of esparto and has a pattern that is formed of footprints. Esparto is a grass that is traditionally used in the making of the soles of the sandals like espadrilles. The carpet is made by women artisans from the...
Krishna Madana
Textile designer and illustrator Balakrishna Madana has launched his first textile collection under the name Krishna Madana. Brought up in a south Indian village he was influenced by the bright colour and beautiful patterns of the silks and cottons being produced and...
Big Wonkys by Vanja Bazdulj
These felt and resin pots by Vanja Bazdulj are based on her original Wonky pot series done earlier this year and shown at the London Design Festival. Big Wonkys were commissioned by Keith Johnson of Anthropologie and are much larger then the originals at 80-100cm high...
Funkle Design
Funkle Design are a Norwegian design company that produces soft furnishing for the home - blankets, cushions, bed linen etc. The company's colour palette is really light, bright and refreshing while the designs they describe as "storytelling through textiles"....
Meltdown Chair by Tom Price
The colourful and whacky PE stripe meltdown chair by British designer Tom Price demonstrates his use of unconventional materials and methods – Price invented a heated metal chair-shaped tool to press into a stack of colourful woven plastic rugs on a solid stainless...
Donna Wilson 2011/12
After graduating from the Royal College of Art Donna Wilson set up her business in 2003 selling interior products like blankets and pillows, strange knitted toys and many other quirky items. Her new range for 2011/2012 has just been released and includes some nautical...
Celia Birtwell Returns to Decorex in 2011
English designer Celia Birtwell who became well known in the 1960s for her distinctive bold, romantic and feminine fabrics is returning to Decorex in 2011. For the event Birtwell will reveal new designs and relaunch older ones, including Punchinella Grand, which was...
Judy Ross Fall 2011
Here are just a selection of pillow designs by Judy Ross from her Fall 2011 collection. The new designs will be showing at the New York International Gift Fair (14-18 August 2011).