Directory listing
Woven Image
(UK) The Collective Agency
Woven Image is an Australian company that manufactures innovative surface coverings and textiles. One of its key products is its award-winning EchoPanel, a versatile eco-friendly acoustic material made from 60 per post consumer recycled plastic bottles and 40 per cent virgin PET, and which is 100 per cent recyclable.
Available in different thicknesses (7,12 and 24mm) and lots of designs and colours, EchoPanel is a fun, modern material can be used in myriad ways in residential, office and contract interiors - as wall cladding, space dividers, decorative designs, desk dividers or indeed as artwork. It has the added bonus of being able to absorb sound, so in spaces that are noisy or echoey, it creates what's called acoustic comfort for people.
EchoPanel demonstrates upcycling at its best because it's taking a waste material and creating a high quality new product from it. It comes in panel form, ready-made freestanding screens, ceiling suspended space dividers and in packs of peel-and-stick tiles - which are great fun to use.
So if want to update your interiors and have acoustic benefit too, check out EchoPanel - available to order in the UK through The Collective Agency.
Greenfibres
99 High Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5PF
nanimarquina
Església, 10 3º D, 08024 Barcelona
Nani Marquina makes beautiful contemporary carpets and rugs designed by Nani herself and top independent designers. Rugs are made from wool and other sustainable fibres including jute. A lot of our rugs are made in India, where we work with the Care&Fair organisation to improve education for the children of the people who make our rugs, as well as facilities and amenities for workers in the textile industry. We believe products should be recyclable or biodegradable and our carpets are both. Find us online at Nest (.co.uk)
Elizabeth Macgregor Nursery
Ellenbank, Tongland Road, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4UU
Elizabeth Macgregor Nursery is a small nursery and garden run by Elizabeth and Alasdair MacGregor, and their son John, in Galloway, south-west Scotland. We sell plants by mail order, at some flower shows and of course from the nursery. We produce a new catalogue each autumn, when we know what we have propagated and should have available for the following spring. We usually send plants in spring, March to early May. After this we will try to fulfill orders until the end of May, though taller plants will have to be cut back to fit a box. No autumn deliveries.
Elizabeth specialises in cultivating violas and she has won prestigious awards for her plants, including the Wild Swan anemone
You can select and order plants through our online shop. When you have selected your plants the system sends me an email with your order, I will then confirm with an email, usually within a few hours.
Martín Azúa
Verdi, 169 22, 08012, Barcelona
Top designer Martín Azúa's contemporary Numbered collection of homewares comprises furniture, products for the kitchen and decorative accessories made by artisans in and around Barcelona.
Products are idiosyncratic but functional and a pleasure to use. They're made by hand, using sustainable/recyclable materials, such as clay, grasses and wood.
Pictured above are Kantir water bottles that keep water cool without the need for a fridge.
Project Maya Seedball
54 Tetherdown, London, N10 1NG
A mix of native wildflower seeds, peat-free compost, clay and chilli rolled into a ball, ‘SEEDBALL’ gives your garden a biodiversity boost.
This easy and effective route to a mini meadow is incredibly simple – scatter your seedballs on a bare soil patch (or in a pot) and the balls provide the care and attention seeds need. Choose from six varieties, inc ‘Bee Mix’ & ‘Butterfly Mix’. 100% British made - even the tin.
Dee McLean Art
London NW5
Dee is an artist inspired by nature, be it her local Hampstead Heath, Louisiana or Canada - the latter two are important to her because she lived in the former and her daughter now lives in the latter. Dee has a background in medical drawings but in recent years has returned to painting the natural world using watercolours predominantly. She captures the detail of vegetation while her paintings transmit the relaxed nonchalence of the natural world. Dee is very committed to communicating how climate change is affecting the planet and her art depicts a changing world. You can buy giclee prints of Dee's original works, or commission a painting.
Bronte By Moon
Netherfield Mills, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 9PA
Bronte by Moon is a British manufacturer of beautiful woollen gift and home accessories. Established in 1837, we have been producing fine woollen products for over 175 years and are now the last fully vertical mill left in England. Every process to turn raw wool fibre into beautiful fabrics is performed at our mill, right on the doorstep of the Yorkshire Dales. We are proud of our balance between innovative design, traditional craft and heritage.
Surf Mirrors
Hawthorn Farm Buildings, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 7AB
For the teenage surf nut, a surfboard mirror by Dorset designer-maker Wayne Willetts is the perfect bedroom accessory. It will have your youngster grooming their hair and checking their look more frequently than they check their phones..
Wayne uses FSC (non tropical) woods to make his beautiful surfboard mirrors, which show an extraordinary level of craftsmanship. He offers a range of designs and sizes and clients are welcome to discuss any characters they would like in their design, such as a windsurfer, kite surfer or paddleboarder.
Mueller Mobel
Bockhorn, North Germany
Mueller Mobel makes fantastically useful, high quality furniture for small space living. Its pieces are ideal for anyone working at home in a flat, with very slim desks and shelving systems that have integrated cabling and lighting. We make our furniture in our company's state of the art factory, and we like to use birch ply whenever possible because it's such a sustainable material. Mueller Mobel furniture is modern, elegant and designed to give you all the functionaltiy you need without taking up much space. So if it's desks, shelves, coat racks, beds or storage you need, check us out. We ship across Europe.
