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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.
Madeleine Boulesteix
Madeleine is based in South London and South Devon
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.
TOG Knives
Glenside, Oxleaze Lane, Dundry, Bristol, BS41 8LA
TOG’s range of innovative kitchen knives are forged in Seki, the Samurai sword capital of the world, using methods evolved from 800 years of swordmaking tradition. TOG blades are forged from layers of highest quality stainless steels and copper, which gives them strength as well as their incredible edge retention. The antimicrobial copper alloy layers give the blades their unique stripes and make them the most hygienic on the market.
There are now six kitchen knives to cover all food prep needs, as well as a collection of beautiful black walnut chopping boards. TOG also offers accessories including a knife block in collaboration with Billy Tannery, a honing rod and whetstones to keep your blades razor sharp, and new for 2020, a range of super useful higonokami pocket knives.
Littleworks Creative
Littleworks Creative offers little works of art by Tamara Williams. She makes her unique pieces using plaster to cast both intaglio and relief plates. Each cast is unique, since no two castings are the same. Even colours can change due to the plaster baking the surface and altering the stability of the inks..Tamara's exquisite artworks always start with a drawing - and much of her inspiration comes from plants. Each plaster tile is air-dried, mounted and framed, and frames are hand-painted. Works are made to order and colours can be specified. Prices from £65
Frome Reclamation
Frome Reclamation Limited, Station Approach, Frome, Somerset BA11 1RE
Frome Reclamation is the largest stockist of architectural salvage and genuine reclaimed materials in the south west. Founded in the '80s, Frome Reclamation buys and sells traditional building materials and architectural antique items. The in-depth knowledge within the family-run business delivers a quality service with best value pricing across the full range of antiques and reclaimed materials.
The company has a large salvage yard and attracts clients from across the country. So if you're looking for stained glass doors, statuary, reclaimed wood, interesting artefacts, do pay us a visit.
AntikBar
404 Kings Road, London, SW10 0LJ
AntikBar is the London gallery specialising in original vintage posters covering a wide variety of subjects - travel, advertising, sport, cinema, war, propaganda - from around the world, available to view at their gallery and online, with worldwide delivery.
AntikBar holds regular original vintage poster auctions and offers professional linen backing and poster restoration services. They provide collection advice and consultancy services and can source posters for collectors, individual clients, interior designers, museums and other institutions.
Original vintage posters are a true form of art with a purpose, designed to deliver a particular message through striking designs and created to grab the attention of passers-by, presenting artists with the challenge of condensing the message or concept into a precise, short visual and written form in a single artwork. They are important items of social history that capture the essence of the time they were printed.
The variety of sizes, subjects and styles in poster design make them perfect as a gift and adaptable to any interior design, from contemporary to traditional. As original antique and vintage items, they are also eco-friendly. Original vintage posters are recognised as a sound art investment that can be enjoyed every day.
Ada & Ina Ltd
Unit 8, Cotton Road, Wincheap Industrial Estate, Canterbury, CT1 3RB
Linen is one of the most eco friendly textiles. It comes from flax, which grows abundantly in Europe and it doesn't need special irrigation or pesticide treatments, unlike conventional cotton which requires huge volumes of water and pesticides. Linen looks beautiful, it drapes so nicely and it comes in different weights. Heavy linen is fabulous for curtains, blinds, upholstery, while finer linen is used for clothing. Here at Ada & Ina, you'll find a huge choice of linens, from plains to patterns and in different weights. So make your interiors eco friendly by using linen for your soft furnishings.
Jungle Culture
Unit 14, Hurn Road, Royson Way, Dereham NR19 1WD
Jungle Culture is a UK-based supplier of all things eco and ethical! Our team spent two years in Vietnam sourcing directly from small family-run farms and talented artisan craftspeople and our products are all 100 per cent vegan-friendly and cruelty-free. Our range includes an array of colourful safety razors, natural soaps, coconut bowls, bamboo cutlery and plenty more super useful, environmentally-friendly products for the home.
Jungle Culture also offers wholesale services to shops, events, bars and restaurants around the world. We can even customise some of our products with your brand name or logo, so that you can show off your organisation’s green credentials.
And Jungle Culture is an accredited member of the 1% For The Planet Foundation, giving away 1 per cent of every sale to environmental charities and organisations around the world. Visit our website to find out more about this great organisation and how it helps us all to give back.
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.
