Wintry London Design Week

It started last Sunday, London Design Week at Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, where many gather to view the new collections of prints and weaves, new lights and furniture. Always love the new designs.


 This year I was delighted to see my favorite supplier of trimmings; tassels, beads, pom poms, ribbons and more, Samuel and Sons from New York has a showroom here in London. A true delight because they have one of the most amazing collections of passementerie with the most amazing selection of colors.

 There was a strong influence from Asia in many of the patterns and motifs.

 

And then a fresh and graphic geometric from Jonathan Adler at Kravet.

Designers Guild had broad brush stokes of florals.

 Osborne and Little had a mixture of many patterns and motifs, a very charming one

of Penguin book covers, they could have raided my library...

Sample Boards

I was delighted yesterday while searching for fabric samples at Chelsea Harbour Design Center to come across this sample board at Marvic Textiles with a hand drawing of chairs and a window. "Who did the drawing?" I asked. Terri Pomeroy said she did as we fell into a conversation about drawing, the drawing board and how we were taught: on the drawing board.

Knowing how important computer drawing is, particularly for alterations and on large projects it is necessary. But a hand drawing reminds me how it  can evoke a scene with as much imagination and a touch of what?  heart, soul.

A lovely drawing and a lovely sample board at Marvic Textiles by Terri.