sustainability

Austerity interiors: To serve us all our days

1940s homeware is back in fashion. And it'll last forever..

" old things are built to last; unlike modern pieces they were designed to be repaired, not just tossed in the bin, so they are much better from a recycling point of view."

Full story at http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/interiors/austerity-interiors-to-serve-us-all-our-days-984040.html

why glamour matters

The old saying “first impressions count” has never been truer in our image driven society. Our senses are under constant attack, from adverts, the media, and the sheer amount of cultural noise around us.

In order for us to take notice, this cacophony will have to be drowned out by something literally out of the ordinary.

Glamour, that hard to define quality that makes you stop in your tracks to take a second look, or decide to really ring back the morning after, will always do the trick.

royal opinion

“We are consuming the resources of our planet at such a rate that we are, in effect, living off credit and living on borrowed time”

HRH Prince Charles

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  • Encourage and publicise the work of designers and manufacturers who reuse industrial and consumer waste.
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