Summer Round Up: Say hello to blue skies – the arrival summer is never without exciting news. See what our talented studio holders have been up to…

Gluckman Smith

Gluckman Smith design carefully crafted buildings, which combine a passion for enduring quality and a contemporary response to the requirements of clients.

Monreal London

Monreal London the luxury high-end active-wear label, was launched last year by Stefani Grosse; an avid tennis player with a history working with Calvin Klein and Donna Karen.

News from our Studio Holders…

ilovegeorgous & Claire Coles

ilovegeorgous and Claire Coles collaborate The charming illustrations of Claire Coles and the lovely fabrics of the ilovegorgeous brand, have come together to form outfits which are hand cut and machine embroidered into place. Seen here on the perfectly poised model Olive

Studio Fernando Gutiérrez

In collaboration with Urban Salon Architects, Studio Fernando Gutiérrez, was commissioned to design the exhibition and graphics for The Glamour of Italian Fashion: 1945 – 2014 at the V&A.

Nico Warr Architects

Nico Warr Architects have been nominated for the RIBA 2013 prize in March for a property built within North Somerset. Currently they are in the midst of completing a new glass rooftop penthouse pavilion with panoramic views of Lake Geneva and the French and Italian Alps.

Tiipoi

Tiipoi are launching their first ever homeware collection with Design Junction this September. They will also be doing a special collaboration with restaurant Dishoom.

designjunction 2014 show, 18th – 21st Sept

The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed show returns to London in the magnificent 1960s Sorting Office on New Oxford Street.

Spanning across 120,000 sq ft of industrial space, the show presents a powerful line-up of more than 180 brands promoting design, retail, and innovation – as well as 25 design-led pop-up shops, large-scale installations, and a dedicated ‘lightjunction’ show.

Hosted by designjunction, this show is London’s leading design destination.

More info at:

www.thedesignjunction.co.uk

Orlebar Brown X Tommy Penton

The latest release in their ‘OB Collection’ series sees Orlebar Brown launch a shorts collection with fellow studio holder Tommy Penton.

Exploring a retro-modern aesthetic of the Urban Jungle, Tommy has created a series of illustrations of inner-city skylines exclusively for Orlebar Brown: London, Paris and New York, using his unique narrative style that is both graphic and decorative. The three iconic cities provide the ultimate backdrop to those perfect urban days.

More information:

www.tommypenton.com

Bethan Gray collaborates with Yoo Home

Bethan Gray is delighted to announce her collaboration with YOO Home, which opened in a dedicated space at Harrods recently. As well as providing key pieces from her Boutique collection, Bethan has designed an exclusive coffee table version of her Stud table. Delicate studded detailing in brass adorns the rim of the tabletop, reminiscent of the ornamental decoration found in the Asian and Arabic worlds, adding a luxurious quality.

More info at:

www.bethangray.com

Spring Round Up: We say hello to new members and share the latest news from around the studios

Morse Studio – Studio 210

Morse Studio is a branding and design consultancy specialising in brand identity, art direction, and graphic design for print, web and environments.

Our work is informed by research and analysis and inspired by the outlook and values of the people we work with. We provide insightful visual direction and design that is considered, expressive and engaging. We believe that effective design solutions are driven by purity of concept and a sensitive balance of restraint and expression – although solutions for each project are bespoke, this ideology is a constant.

Notable clients include Falcon Enamelware, Lorraine Pascale, The British Library, M&S and McDonald’s Europe.

News from our Studio Holders…

CLEO B

CLEO B, the luxury shoe and accessory brand is excited to introduce their Spring/Summer collection 2014, Sea of Monsters.

Catherine Parkinson

Come and learn how to make mosaics! Daytime, evening and weekend courses are available. Student numbers are limited to five, and both beginners and more experienced students are welcome.

www.catherineparkinson.com

Afroditi Krassa

Afroditi Krassa has been working on a project with Curzon Cinemas on their cinematic design scheme for their flagship new site in London Victoria.

Suky Best

Wild Interior, Suky Best’s solo show will feature several short looping films about our relationship to nature as well as printed works. Showing at Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, 23rd May – 15th June 2014.

Bonnie Roccelli re-brand

Bonchi Interiors are almost ready to launch their new website with a re-brand and a new company name Bonnie Roccellio.

Here is a sneak peak at the new business cards and letterheads designed by Two Times Elliott in studio 112.

Winter Round Up: We say hello to new members and share the latest news from around the studios

Pencil

Pencil helps brands tell their stories in creative, meaningful and compelling ways. The pencil team curate the dream team of photographers, stylists, art directors, illustrators, editors, copy writers and beyond to fit your brief, providing a nimble alternative to the ‘big agency approach’.

Selina Blow

Selina Blow is well known for her use of textiles and her unabashed approach of clashing colours and fabrics. All of the pieces are hand made by experienced UK based tailors.

News from our Studio Holders…

Steve Stacey

Steve Stacey art directed and designed the campaign for the debut album from James Arthur. The project consisted of album and single design as well as an extensive outdoor marketing campaign.

Sophie Smallhorn

Sophie Smallhorn recently completed a commission for the Fourth Floor Hair Salon. The piece is made up of hundreds of coloured discs suspended from the ceiling of the salon.

Claire Coles

Claire Coles launched a new range of decorative wall panels late 2013.

Combining a range of textures and materials with the use of stitch, Claire has developed an innovative textile process. Her unique and luxurious embroideries transform walls into works of art.

Photography by Ruth Ward (Studio 46)

Jimmy Turrell

All brand new work for Nike, Fiat, The New York Times, The NME, The Guardian, The Observer, Wallpaper, Totality, New York Magazine,  Bloomberg Business week, Pedestrian Records and The New Scientist on Jimmy’s website now.

Emma Cooper Key  – Studio Sale

Beautiful original paintings by Emma Cooper Key will be on sale in her Studio on Wednesday 29th Jan. Come along and treat yourself to something beautiful.

Totality – Portraits on the Hill
15th January until 19th February

This exhibition at St John’s Church shows local film-maker and photographer Jon Stevens’s series of iconic images of the people who give Notting Hill its unique sense of place and epitomise the area we love. The exhibition is in aid of the charity Friends of IBBA Girls School (FIGS) which is building a new girls’ school in Ibba county South Sudan in order to give these young women a place to call home.

Threefold RIBA London Forgotten Spaces Competition 2013

Threefold have been shortlisted for the RIBA London Forgotten Spaces Competition 2013. ‘Hidden Light’: An urban flare that acts as a lambent  manifestation of the latent energy and lost victorian technology, propelled by  venting sewer gas that runs beneath our feet, a beacon for sites of lost  industry.