Arriving at The Dock yesterday, Tom Dixon’s canal-side shop on Ladbroke Grove, the first nice sight was the little red Merci car, which signalled the tiny, perfect pop up shop inside. That table stacked with tons of lovely glassware is by iconic Parisian design outfit ciguë. There is also some of the linen collection that the […]
My love of outdoor benches has already been documented on this blog in a Lisbon street report. So one of my highlights of the London Design Festival opening at the V&A last week was Bench Years, a collection of 10 outdoor seats which the LDF produced in collaboration with Established & Sons. I had to […]
Have you mooched around the Boundary Estate lately? It feels a lot like a swanky shopping district in Manhattan. Something it definitely didn’t resemble nine-or-so years ago when I lived nearby. It’s just the right place for lovely interiors shop Luna & Curious (and Ally Capellino across the road), which moved here from Brick Lane around […]
There’s an awkward bit in my house that is also the best place for a linen chest – something I needed after my previous one became a wardrobe for my daughter last year. It’s the upstairs landing, just outside the bathroom. I’ve tried to capture its shapely appeal here . Those angles. Finding a rug […]
I was out in Camberwell at the weekend, having a treat of drinks in the Hermit’s Cave and dinner at Caravaggio’s Italian. Both of these businesses feature in a series of photographs of the area by Tom Leighton, recently exhibited in the Hermit’s itself. Although it’s been ten years since I lived on Camberwell’s main […]