Revolution Viv - I love you!

"The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious"

love the strikingly bright colours

slouchy light and comfy

beautiful and sparkly

A VERY belated Clerkenwell Design Show shout out!

One of my favourite shows to go to is at the Farmiloe Building in Clerkenwell, its just such a fabulous building! Unfortunately I didnt have my partner in crime Polly Granville this time......boooo! so I didnt ponder and pontificate over extremely moderrrn furniture design that seems usually slightly too high brow for me, which was a shame as actually these guys know what they are talking about, have such skill and are hugely passionate about shape and form, structure and sculpture of their latest newby.
Clerkenwell Design Show is by far one of the more intriguing shows I've been to in my career and being fairly new and getting better for innovation every time, is a real buzz for me! 

So, ahem, a couple of gems came my way that I'd like to tell you about! 
Tom Housden at Hand and Eye Studios......such beautiful lighting! a really well curated and presented stand - with many different finishes, I particularly liked the terracotta with the organic dipping into the glaze.........

Think I just fell in love with the simple shapes yet potent colour palette and beautiful architecture of style - me thinks a project with them would suit cuvcuv - watch this space!

           
The other stand-out for me was a bunny chair and reindeer chair in the Detention Centre - I know, so great! Merve Kahraman 

Funny how researching her she studied Industrial design when wow! I thought she was some mad anachist who played around with humour and satire - or maybe I'm missing the point! either way she captured my imagination and made me wonder why! 

And finally, Sampling is a company from Latvia and fuse contrasting fabrics to create very simple and beautiful products. I just absolutely love the knitted woolly element with the wood, so soft and in very muted colours of grey and blue...CUTE!  

Thank you Miss Moss for the introduction of this brand, Samuji, not only do I love the style of the simple fashion pieces, and the fantastic model but wow! check out the amazing use of  splodgy paint graphics .......totally awesome and makes the photography look so elegant!! teehee! did, I just write 'awesome'??!! 

I think I am slightly delirious..........and the reason being is that upon the 7 o'clock chime of Lambeth Town Hall bells this evening, the monster mission was accomplished! I have finally finished my Business Plan for cuvcuv, the brand, and I now cant wait to approach the right people for investment......I feel so ready - armed with passion, commitment and a whole lot of determination! I just need to print and proof read and bind by Friday! Its been a hellova journey......and by no means over yet...

Which means I'm back into the swing of relaying lots more news and chewing the cultural cud and hope you continue to travel with me on my quest to get cuvcuv up and running this Autumn! 

Relax, sit back and enjoy a celebratory ditty from Steve Miller Band xx