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Dieter Rams, recognised as one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century, has blown up the balloons, baked a big cake in the shape of an eight and zero to celebrate his 80th birthday today. Dieter Rams at Vitsœ by Anne Brassier Dieter Rams is known as somewhat of a God amongst [...] > read more

Another Country at Clerkenwell Design Week

Published on 2012-05-10 04:00:00

Surprisingly I have not written about the fantastic Another Country before on ATELIER TALLY. How can this be? If you like veneers and laminates, look away now as I’m going to show you show solid wood furniture. *Gasp* Another Country launched in 2010 to much acclaim in the industry. The brainchild of Paul De Zwart, [...] > read more

Fiat 500 by Gucci

Published on 2012-04-17 04:00:00

Originally launched in 1957, the latest iteration of the doe-eyed classic Fiat 500 has been specially customised by Gucci’s Creative Director Frida Giannini, who enhanced the Fiat 500’s distinguishing traits and added the fashion house’s signature detailing via a signature red-green web down the side and the unmistakable “Guccissima” leather print on the seats. Invited [...] > read more

Mid-Century love-in with Hopper and Space

Published on 2012-04-10 04:00:00

Mid-Century is, in that horrid term, very ‘on trend’ right now. The 1950s changed the landscape for design thanks to new ideas coming out of the US and Scandinavia and to a certain extent, the UK. New production techniques made it all that better as we started to see plastics arrive in multi-colours and shapes [...] > read more

Kinfolk magazine: issue 3

Published on 2012-03-28 04:00:00

I’m in love. With a magazine. How did this happen? Kinfolk started as an online but moved to print and iPad extremely quickly. I know myself from running an online magazine that these are not simple projects. They require heart and soul to get it off the ground. I’m pleased to say though that my [...] > read more

Palm Springs Modernism Week

Published on 2012-02-24 03:00:00

Thanks to the wonderful Vintage Seekers, I was introduced to Palm Springs Modernism Week which is actually 80 events crammed in to 11 days and ends on Sunday. In the winter of 2006 a few local design and architecture aficionados created Modernism Week to showcase Palm Springs’ world-renowned mid-century modern architecture. Modernism Week is an [...] > read more

Do you mysqueeze?

Published on 2012-02-21 03:00:00

When Roland Kreiter won the ‘Pure Creativity’ competition by mydeco.com in 2009 with his design for a juicer that could be manufactured using 3D rapid-protoyping, judge Philippe Starck immediately saw the design’s potential. Not only did Starck give Kreiter a prestigious internship working at the designer’s Paris studio, he also picked up the phone to [...] > read more

Florinda chairs by DePadova

Published on 2012-02-16 03:00:00

Monica Förster has created some fantastic contemporary products for companies such as Modus, Poltrona Frau, Cappellini and De Padova. Based in Stockholm her work has a strong sense of pure form mixed with a never-ending curiosity for new materials and technology. The Florinda chair, designed in 2011, is a mixture of beech wood and plastic [...] > read more

Confessions of a design geek

Published on 2012-02-14 03:00:00

“Katie is a genuine new voice in design writing. She does Q&A in a fresh and unaffected fashion, allowing her subjects the space (both literally and metaphorically) to develop ideas and points of view. Deceptively reverential, she poses unaggressive yet astute questions that extract new insights.” Barbara Chandler, design writer for the London Evening Standard [...] > read more

26 typewriters

Published on 2012-02-02 03:00:00

“Wrongful practicing of xylophone music tortures every larger dwarf” or “Falsches Üben von Xylophonmusik quält jeden größeren Zwerg” as it should be, is a sentence with the 26 letters of the alphabet – in German natch as clearly it is missing ‘bjkqz’ in English. This was the perfect way to test the functioning of every [...] > read more

Behind the brand: Google

Published on 2012-01-31 03:00:00

Back in September I read an article by Peter Salisbury about Google that made me think a little differently about the web. I had always known in the back of my mind that have a paper-free environment and no office meant that I was reducing my carbon emissions but by using Cloud Services for my [...] > read more

Anatomy of a Mashup: Definitive Daft Punk visualised

Published on 2012-01-26 03:00:00

You all know Daft Punk, right? But have you seen the anatomy of the a Daft Punk mashup? A little side project for Sydney-based web technologist Cameron Adams to give the general public a better understanding of the minute details and nuances that go into constructing a complex mashup from tiny pieces of songs. Using [...] > read more

Still + Co for Sit and Read

Published on 2012-01-24 09:13:40

I wrote about Sit and Read in February last year and have kept a close eye ever since. I love their latest project, working with Still + Co to create a collection of rugs, hand-dyed in Brooklyn. Mike Strout of the burgeoning Still + Co made a series of overdyed rugs that went on display [...] > read more

Crane.tv Curates: One Room, Three Global Names

Published on 2012-01-19 03:00:00

Culture lovers are in for a treat this month as Crane.tv go offline with a pop-up at the glamourous St Martins Lane (don’t use an apostrophe or call it a hotel, whatever you do). Crane.tv, the leading digital video-magazine for contemporary culture, will exhibit a selection of their favourite objects created by their most loved [...] > read more

Damien Hirst, The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011

Published on 2012-01-13 03:00:00

“I was always a colourist, I’ve always had a phenomenal love of colour… I mean, I just move colour around on its own. So that’s where the spot paintings came from – to create that structure to do those colours, and do nothing. I suddenly got what I wanted. It was just a way of [...] > read more

#the50 things every creative should know

Published on 2012-01-10 03:00:00

I love Twitter. It allows people to be really creative with the information that fills their heads. Not only can you share links but, and a nice big but, people have created specific ‘tweetable’ websites. How good an idea is this? #the50 is the first fully-Tweetable primer for graduating creatives. London-based Designer Jamie Wieck decided [...] > read more

29 ways to stay creative [video]

Published on 2012-01-06 03:00:00

It’s not easy to stay creative when you are doing it day in, day out. We all fall in to the same patterns and traps. There is a myth that all creative people can turn it on every morning at 10am and come up with the newt big thing every single time. Even the greatest [...] > read more

Side tables by Curtis Popp

Published on 2011-07-05 05:00:00

I am a real sucker for wood furniture. I just love the way that wood is crafted into all shapes, sometimes steamed and bent, sometimes very rigid and solid, either way solid wood furniture is a great addition to a room. “Furniture is a natural prog > read more

Oh, how Pinteresting!

Published on 2011-06-27 05:00:00

So, I have come away for a week to North Norfolk and having found a suitable WiFi connection I went exploring for a quick and easy post for today. A lot of you will know about Pinterest, but in case you have no idea what this fantastic website does, > read more

Fine Cell Work: handmade in prison

Published on 2011-06-24 05:00:00

‘As surprising as it may seem, in prisons all across the UK inmates are filling their hours embroidering highly-crafted cushions and quilts. Fine Cell Work‘s volunteer-led workshops teach the craft to prisoners and supply them with the ma > read more

Boxpark makes its mark

Published on 2011-06-22 05:00:00

Opening this August, Boxpark is planning to bring some shabby chic glamour to a wasteland patch in London’s Shoreditch. Housing creative types in a make-shift market opposite the Tea building just a short walk from the financial services at Liv > read more

Present Joys by Supermundane

Published on 2011-06-20 05:00:00

Present Joys is a project by Supermundane… the pseudonym of Rob Lowe, a multi-disciplined creative who works as a graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer, and art director in London, England. Selling a very-limited selection of print > read more

Long Live my Ercol studio couch

Published on 2011-06-17 05:00:00

I have owned my Ercol Studio Couch for about 5 years now and if I think of all of times spent sitting, lounging, sleeping, entertaining and working on that sofa, it has been a real workhorse. A little creaky when you sit down on it, which worries mos > read more

Kaj Franck

Published on 2011-06-15 05:00:00

Professor Kaj Franck was born in 1911 and grew up in a world were richly decorated, multiple-part porcelain dinner sets were the norm. At the other end of the spectrum were poor households, where all members of the family ate from the same stone dish > read more

Spazio Rossana Orlandi

Published on 2011-06-13 05:00:00

Spazio Rossana Orlandi opened in 2002 in a former tie factory in Milan, Italy. La spazio winds around a green courtyard, divided between the two-floor store, where you can discover contemporary and vintage furniture and the wonderfully eclectic galle > read more

Fiskars scissors get an update

Published on 2011-06-10 05:00:00

Those of you who know me well, or have read the blog for a little while now will know how much of a fondness I have for practical, utilitarian products, in fact I have briefly mentioned these scissors in a prior post about a certain iitalla vase. I h > read more

Milton Glaser signed posters for Fab.com

Published on 2011-06-08 05:00:00

Milton Glaser is no stranger to ATELIER TALLY. I have written about his super-famous I ♥ NY logo before but now I have cause to talk about him once more as Fab.com design writer Bradford Shellhammer took some time out with Mr Glaser to discuss > read more

Shingle house, Dungeness

Published on 2011-06-06 05:00:00

“Dungeness in Kent is one of the largest expanses of shingle in the world. It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and birdlife. This is recognised and protected through its conse > read more

St Leonards leather goods

Published on 2011-06-03 05:00:00

I was tweeted the other day by a company called St Leonards who were agreeing with my overall philosophy to follow the slow movement and take the time to do something properly, to buy good quality goods that do not need replacing and are timeless. Ho > read more

Gardeners’ sofa & table by Eva Schildt

Published on 2011-06-01 05:00:00

Having just moved in to a garden flat, I am now in the market for decorating a room I have never had to consider before… the garden. Luckily, I stumbled across Design House Stockholm’s gardeners’ sofa & table. Whilst not a big > read more

Wren bicycles

Published on 2011-05-30 05:00:00

Brompton lover? BMX bandit? Sit-up-and-beg? Whatever your type, if you ride a bicycle then you will know that there are many choices for the discerning cyclist. Although, there is a gap for the city-dweller to get to-and-from their destination and fo > read more

You are beautiful. Thank you.

Published on 2011-05-27 05:00:00

I stumbled across a fab project t’other day. If you are ever feeling blue, or really want to send an affirmation to somebody, then this could be just the project for you. Thank You Too is a business-card-sized booklet with 30 cards, 5 post card > read more

Pile up at Pino

Published on 2011-05-26 05:00:00

Pino is a market place for unique, functional and innovative design objects. The idea for the concept came from the name of the shop, Pino, which means a ‘pile’ or ‘stack’ in Finnish. Pino took this quite literally when designing their logo a > read more

How to make a Fritz Hansen’s Series 7 chair

Published on 2011-05-24 05:00:00

I have posted about chairs many times over but it is the defining moment for most designers… to try their hand to such a challenging object. It is not as simple as a vase which needs to perform but stay in shape, or a lamp which has to look bea > read more

Brooklyn’s Finest… enormouschampion

Published on 2011-05-20 05:00:00

enormouschampion are Brooklyn-based printmakers, “drawing inspiration from childhood memories, nature, three lovely cats, ephemera, the places we go and the people we meet”. Each item crafted is thoughtfully considered in terms of the mar > read more

FLUX Stoke-on-Trent

Published on 2011-05-18 05:00:00

With its roots in the MA Ceramic Design course at Staffordshire University, FLUX was established as a company in late 2010 and draws on the historical heritage of the ceramic potteries. It offers new and yet undiscovered designers the opportunity to > read more

I ♥ Heart Home

Published on 2011-05-16 06:02:52

So, you’re looking for some inspiration for your home… you’ve bought your copies of Elle Decoration and Livingetc, pinned images to Pinterest and made a moodboard at mydeco.com but that is still not quite enough. Thankfully Heart Ho > read more

Air chair by Jasper Morrison

Published on 2011-05-11 05:00:00

When asked why he had selected the Air chair for the Design Museum’s 25/25 exhibition a few years back, Dieter Rams replied “I like it. Plain and simple.” In these few precise words, Rams, who has been at the forefront of industrial > read more

Grenson 1866 ‘Brogue Bar’

Published on 2011-05-06 05:00:00

Grenson are shoemakers, born in 1866 in the heart of Northamptonshire, the shoe making capital of England, apparently. Who knew? Founded in 1866 by William Green and Sons (the name was shortened to Grenson during the 1930s when it was more fashionabl > read more

Whistling kettle by Richard Sapper

Published on 2011-04-29 05:00:00

Designed in 1983 by German designer Richard Sapper for Alessi, the ‘Whistling Kettle’ has become iconic in a time when products were moving away from mechanical ideas to more electrical manufacturing. James Dyson wrote about the product&# > read more

Milan report: ESTD collection

Published on 2011-04-28 05:00:51

Thanks to a report from Seymourpowell, one of the world’s leading design and innovation companies, I was able to get a great insight into the news flowing out of Milan Furniture Fair 2011. Wining and miniature dining me through their key trends > read more

Mini savoy

Published on 2011-04-25 05:00:00

Savoy, the home of sweet romance Savoy, it wins you at a glance Savoy, gives happy feet a chance, to dance. I have written about my favourite vase before, but now I have another reason to be in awe of its beauty… a miniature version. 75 years a > read more

Jens Risom by Benchmark and Rocket

Published on 2011-04-18 05:00:00

One of the first designers to bring the traditional Scandinavian values of function and craftsmanship to the United States was designer Jens Risom. As part of a new vanguard that helped establish post-war America’s leadership role in the world > read more

Frank Stella

Published on 2011-04-13 05:00:00

Frank Stella first came onto my radar whilst I was studying at university. I had experimented a lot with graphic arts and was certainly drawn to abstract work and bold images. During one critique, my tutor recommended that I took a closer look at the > read more

Fiell publishing… one year on

Published on 2011-04-11 05:00:00

Charlotte and Peter Fiell have been making waves in the publishing industry for many years, since they were in charge of the design books for Taschen, creating some of the most memorable books of our generation. One year ago at the London Book Fair, > read more

Poul Kjærholm’s PK22™

Published on 2011-04-08 05:00:00

Poul Kjærholm was a trained carpenter who continued his studies at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts. He had a particular interest in different construction materials; especially steel which he considered a natural material with the same artistic > read more

300×65 Ampersands

Published on 2011-04-06 05:00:00

I am a big fan of ampersands. There are few characters in the English language which allow for such an elaborate design to express its meaning. A character to mean ‘et’ or ‘and’ if translated from Latin, many people choose to > read more

Constructing Eames

Published on 2011-04-05 05:00:00

I heart handmade. There, I said it. Well, not a big surprise really after appearing on the Etsy blog a few months back. So, on my usual browse of the Etsy blog for their delicious imagery and well-researched stories I stumbled across a story on ̵ > read more

10 commandments of Jonathan Adler

Published on 2011-04-04 05:00:00

Minimalism is a concept that we are all familiar with: reducing down to the most fundamental features. We’re all used to John Pawson interiors and Jasper Morrison products and I certainly do prefer this ideaology, but when Jonathan Adler, king > read more

Rob Ryan

Published on 2011-04-01 05:00:00

If you don’t know who Rob Ryan is then where the hell have you been for the last few years? His work is now so well known that the prices for his incredible hand-cut pieces of artwork have become super expensive. Crane.tv recently visited the a > read more

My favourite pendant: Semi by Gubi

Published on 2011-03-30 05:00:00

GUBI is an innovative design company making high-end furniture and lighting. So says their website and who am I to argue. I actually only think of them for one thing, the Semi pendant light by Claus Bonderup and Torsten Thorup. I have one of these la > read more

Mathias Hahn for Marset

Published on 2011-03-29 05:00:00

Marset lamps are tangible products that are designed to be long lasting. Marset are convinced they make more than just lamps. Taking care of light in its different nuances and effects to create atmospheres with character, helping to improve people’ > read more

Matias Aguayo

Published on 2011-03-28 05:00:00

Chilean DJ Matias Aguayo caught my eye this week with his music video for ‘Ritmo Juarez’, so I wanted to share a couple of great tracks from him and some really nice visuals… Born in 1973, Matias is one of the few artist that can no > read more

Robin Day’s polystool

Published on 2011-03-25 05:00:00

Designed in 1972 by Robin Day for the education market, the e-series polypropylene range of chairs and stools uses the same principles as his classic polypropylene chair; a low cost, mass production piece of furniture. It shows extreme strength and d > read more

Wales & Wales

Published on 2011-03-24 05:00:00

Wales & Wales are furniture designers with over 30 years experience. Working with manufacturers, retailers, architects and individual private clients internationally, they aspire to produce timeless, intelligent design, principally, though far f > read more

Uniform Wares turns it down a notch

Published on 2011-03-23 05:00:00

Inspired by the simplicity and utilitarian functionality of Art Deco and Mid-century clocks made by British manufacturers such as Smiths Sectric, the General Post Office and Gents of Leicester, British watch-makers Uniform Wares keep going from stren > read more

Mrs Lilien Styling House

Published on 2011-03-22 05:00:00

Kelley Lilien, aka The Mrs, has made a career out of styling and graphic design… and this shows on her website mrslilien.com. She’s daring, dashing and somewhat dangerous or so says her website which introduces her mouth-watering images t > read more

Kate Spade’s year of color

Published on 2011-03-21 05:00:00

I have to admit that I never thought I would ever find a way to blog about Kate Spade… I am not a typical customer, but this morning I followed a few links and discovered a film for Kate Spade’s Year of Color and was instantly hooked on t > read more

Josef Frank and his technicolour designs for Svenskt Tenn

Published on 2011-03-18 05:00:00

Svenskt Tenn in Stockholm, Sweden was founded in 1924 by Estrid Ericson, who recruited the architect and designer Josef Frank to the company 10 years later. Together they created the elegant and boldly patterned style that continues to pervade the co > read more

Leon Ransmeier for DBA

Published on 2011-03-17 05:00:00

Born in New York in 1979, Leon Ransmeier graduated in 2001 from the Rhode Island School of Design. Several of his products were recently exhibited in the 2010 Design Triennial, Why Design Now? at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, where his wo > read more

Someday I’ll wish upon a star…

Published on 2011-03-16 05:00:00

So I took a leap and changed the title of this blog post from “James Joyce, Illustrator” to something a little less SEO-friendly and a little more smile-friendly. I cannot help but smile when I see the colours that James Joyce uses in his > read more

Pong 1972

Published on 2011-03-15 05:00:00

At 39 years old, this arcade game has really stood the test of time for engagement. Despite being ridiculously simple in design and even quite a limited gaming experience, Pong was the first home video game developed into a console that plugged into > read more

Sam Hecht at Margaret Howell

Published on 2011-03-14 05:00:00

Today I took a trip to the mecca of British clothing, Margaret Howell, to discover a great new addition to the menswear range… a shirt by Industrial Facility designer Sam Hecht. I have long been a fan of Hecht and the work that is produced by t > read more

Typoretum

Published on 2011-03-11 04:00:00

Anyone who knows me knows how much of a sucker I am for a nice hand-printed type poster. I cover this kind of work frequently at ATELIER TALLY… letterpress or screen-print, I am happy with a bit of bold type. So, imagine my happiness when I dis > read more

Design for dementia

Published on 2011-03-10 04:00:00

I originally came across Gregor Timlin and Nic Rysenbry’s work on the fantastic Confessions of a Design Geek who interviewed Nic on this work he had worked on in association with Helen Hamlyn Centre and Bupa to improve the quality of dining for > read more

Turnbull & Asser

Published on 2011-03-09 04:00:00

Founded in 1885 by Reginald Turnbull and Ernest Asser, tailors Turnbull & Asser have long been a mecca for tailored shirt-lovers. Famous for their dress shirts, Turnbull & Asser have had a varied existence beginning as hosiers and even serv > read more

Axor Bouroullec

Published on 2011-03-08 04:00:00

Axor Bouroullec, by design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, is as parent company Hansgrohe calls ‘a collection that gives freedom to your individual ideas of composition’. I am not sure I would describe it in the same way, but I do very mu > read more

Shiny und Neu: Juwel stapler

Published on 2011-03-07 04:00:00

Stapler lovers amongst us will be excited by today’s product. It’s the magnificent Juwel stapler by Elastic amongst other companies. Viewed from the side, the Juwel stapler looks like a sperm-whale whose upper jaw bites away at paper as r > read more

Mason Cash mixing bowl

Published on 2011-03-03 04:00:00

Who was Mason Cash? No, he was not the English brother of Johnny. Nor a Mason. The name actually comes from master potter ‘Bossy’ Mason, who took over the pottery at Church Gresley toward the end of the 19th century. Tom Cash acquired the > read more

The Lusk Sofa by Orla Kiely

Published on 2011-03-02 04:00:00

There are not many products that catch my eye, and I’m really not a fan of Orla Kiely… her prints are ubiquitous and there are many more print-makers that I would rather spend my cash on. But whilst browsing my favourite online retailer, > read more

S(hort) M(essage) S(ervice)

Published on 2011-03-01 04:00:00

I love the smell of geekery in the morning, don’t you? Think back to the early 1990s when we had to call each other. Or even further back when you had to arrange to meet outside Our Price or the Wimpy Bar. How did we manage it? The first text m > read more

Sit and Read

Published on 2011-02-28 04:00:00

“As a kid growing up on Long Island, I hated old furniture. My dad dragged me to yard sales every weekend when I wanted to be playing basketball with my friends instead of digging around piles of rusty tools and broken guitars. But he must have > read more

Five daily essentials

Published on 2011-02-25 04:00:00

I was tagged by Carole from Dear Designer to blog my five daily essentials, along with four other great bloggers… Ellie from In Pursuit of Loveliness, Anna from Around My Table, Ms Pink at The Pink and Blue Blog and Stacey Sheppard. It was a lo > read more

This ad was not a Lemon

Published on 2011-02-24 04:00:00

Mad Men lovers amongst us will no doubt know a great deal about this advert by Volkswagen, created for them by NY ad agency Doyle Dane Bernbach. DDB have long since merged with two other companies forming Omnicom but now under the name DDB Needham. A > read more

William Lamb’s Conduit

Published on 2011-02-23 04:00:00

Lamb’s Conduit Street in central London is home to many unique, individual shops. Along with some rather surprisingly bad shops selling not very much lurks some of London’s finest treasures. Located in Bloomsbury on the west end of the ci > read more

Mark Hearld, print-maker

Published on 2011-02-22 04:00:00

Who loves Mark Hearld? Who hasn’t heard of Mark Hearld? I don’t know why I haven’t blogged about him before… his work has been on my radar for about 3 years now but I guess there are always so many things to talk about that he > read more

Good morning Mr Porter

Published on 2011-02-21 04:00:00

With a successful move from their last building under their belt, Net a Porter settled into their new home at, ahem, Westfield (it’s not as bad as it sounds). After a recent rebrand of The Outnet and now the recent launch of Mr Porter, is this > read more

Fashion! Turn to the leftover paper clothes.

Published on 2011-02-18 04:00:00

Something happened in the 1960s. Fashion really pushed boundaries… Mary Quant’s mini-skirts, go-go boots and PVC clothing. But there was another fashion craze that swept, well almost, the nation: paper clothes. Even Andy Warhol was not sa > read more

Wallpaper… not just a magazine

Published on 2011-02-17 04:00:00

Wall coverings and paper emerged during 16th century Renaissance Europe amongst the upper-classes as a way to bring colour into their homes. Traditionally, the gentry would use tapestry to achieve bright colours in an otherwise usually dark room, but > read more

Smythson Featherweight

Published on 2011-02-16 04:00:00

I thought long and hard before deciding to talk about Smythson… I am a fan for sure and my wedding stationery came from this Bond Street mecca but it is almost ubiquitous amongst stationery articles. But this is probably because they cannot be > read more

Mieke ten Have presents “The Paper Diary”

Published on 2011-02-15 04:00:00

Paper lover and associate style editor at ELLE DECOR, Mieke ten Have, joins me this week to tells us all about a fantastic exhibition in New York. Diaries of Paul Horgan (1903–1994), 1972–74. Gift of the author, 1979. I often think that in our ag > read more

Saint Valentine’s day

Published on 2011-02-14 04:00:00

Today is Valentine’s day and I am yet to meet the person who enjoy’s this day as it is supposed to be enjoyed. If you are single, it is a depressing reminder of that situation even for those who for the other days of the year are perfectl > read more

Mise en place

Published on 2011-02-11 04:00:00

I wanted to leave you for the weekend with something anally retentive. After all, we all secretly love to have everything in place, or Mise en place even. Okay, maybe that is just me. Well I was out with a friend at a design event recently and she in > read more

Britain Can Make It, can’t it?

Published on 2011-02-10 03:00:00

How much do you know about British Manufacturing and export? Nor me. But it is in decline. It wasn’t always like this… ‘Britain Can Make It’ was an exhibition held in 1946 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. It was orga > read more

Fruity computers… Rob Janoff’s iconic logo

Published on 2011-02-09 02:30:00

Back in 1976, a man named Steve Jobs had an idea for a computer company. He was often visiting and working on apple plantages at a small farm which friends of his owned. It was a hippie commune where Jobs spent a few months of the year. It was later > read more

Edwin Lutyens and Middleton Park

Published on 2011-02-08 02:24:00

I was very lucky to have spent a lot of my summers during the 80s in a little town called Middleton Stoney, staying with my Great-grandmother at Middleton Park. I was always fascinated by the imposing building and vast flat woodlands. I never questio > read more

Chesterfields 1780

Published on 2011-02-07 04:00:00

I love Chesterfield sofas. When I was growing up we had two blue fabric sofas in our living room. I always liked them, especially how large they were and that I could lounge out very comfortably. I do recall we had matching cushions which were a litt > read more

Le Klint, le lampe

Published on 2011-02-04 05:24:48

Hands up if you have heard of Le Klint? Good, you should do, but I’m not embarrassed to say that I knew next to nothing about this company. PV Jensen Klint was an architect who had designed a stoneware oil lamp which needed an appropriate shade > read more

Le Klint, le lampe

Published on 2011-02-04 05:24:48

I <3 Milton Glaser’s New York logo

Published on 2011-02-03 05:38:38

Milton Glaser is among the most celebrated graphic designers in the United States. He has the distinction of one-man-shows at the Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Pompidou. In 2004 he received the lifetime achievement award from the Cooper-Hewitt, > read more

I <3 Milton Glaser’s New York logo

Published on 2011-02-03 05:38:38

Duralex Picardie: the glass for everyday

Published on 2011-02-02 05:44:07

These little cafe glasses were nearly the things of history that we quickly forget but are never truly replaced. So it came with much delight when I discovered that these everyday classics were back in production and available once more to the consum > read more

Duralex Picardie: the glass for everyday

Published on 2011-02-02 05:44:07

Buckminster Fuller: futurist philosopher

Published on 2011-02-01 04:00:00

Buckminster Fuller was born on July 12, 1895, in Milton, Massachusetts. By 1928, Fuller was living in Greenwich Village, Manhattan and spending much of his time at the popular café Romany Marie’s. Isamu Noguchi arrived during 1929 and Noguchi > read more

Buckminster Fuller: futurist philosopher

Published on 2011-02-01 04:00:00

Huxley Clothing

Published on 2011-01-31 04:00:00

Huxley clothing set out to produce high-quality, brightly coloured, British-made knitwear. The provenance of the factories that make their clothing is of the utmost importance to Huxley. I want to get myself a red tomato cardigan. Just in case you we > read more

Huxley Clothing

Published on 2011-01-31 04:00:00

VW+BS shell chair for Decode London

Published on 2011-01-28 04:00:00

I try not to post very often about products. It’s a bit of a mission of mine to have a good mixture of product, graphic, architecture, style and so on but really easy to fall into the product posting cycle. Well, with so many great products ava > read more

VW+BS shell chair for Decode London

Published on 2011-01-28 04:00:00

The Paris Review

Published on 2011-01-27 05:00:00

Image courtesy It’s Nice That Founded in Paris by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton in 1953, The Paris Review began with a simple editorial mission: “Dear reader,” William Styron wrote in a letter in the inaugural issu > read more

The Paris Review

Published on 2011-01-27 05:00:00

Hella Jongerius’s Unique vases

Published on 2011-01-26 04:00:00

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius worked with one of the oldest factories in the Netherlands Royal Tichelaar Makkum to create a special collection of 300 unique vases. As the film below says, this is more about “creating than designing”. The > read more

Hella Jongerius’s Unique vases

Published on 2011-01-26 04:00:00

Hand-Felted Metal Folding Chairs by Tanya Aguiniga

Published on 2011-01-25 05:25:32

The metal folding chair is a staple for small space living. How does one live without these hidden behind the sofa, or in that corner near the desk, I don’t know. I love to see a recognisable design taken to new places. Regular metal folding ch > read more

Hand-Felted Metal Folding Chairs by Tanya Aguiniga

Published on 2011-01-25 05:25:32

10 years of Wikipedia: have your say…

Published on 2011-01-24 04:00:00

I love video. And I love infographics. And I love Wikipedia. Enter, Jimmy Wales’s video to celebrate 10 years of a magnificent open-source Encyclopaedia – The State of Wikipedia. “The State of Wikipedia not only explores the rich hi > read more

How to tie a tie by Alexander Olch

Published on 2011-01-21 05:00:00

Alexander Olch is now at colette! (lowercase C) After his collaboration with Thomas Erber for the Cabinet of Curiosities, colette invites you to rediscover Alexander Olch, American director and designer of ties, bow ties, notebooks, wallets… in > read more

“Obsolescence is a crime” Massimo Vignelli

Published on 2011-01-20 08:06:00

Planned obsolescence is the design and manufacture of products that are deliberately intended to have a limited useful life. The result is that you are forced into an everlasting cycle of replacing, repurchasing and repeating. Designer Massimo Vignel > read more

Florian Pucher’s magic carpet ride

Published on 2011-01-19 10:47:46

Born in Austria in 1977, Florian Pucher is famous for his LandCarpet which won the ‘Elle Decoration International Design Award’ for best floorcovering in 2009. The LandCarpet is a ‘modern area rug, inspired by nature and farmed land > read more

Form Sweden With Love

Published on 2011-01-05 17:32:59

Stockholm-based design studio FORM US WITH LOVE have released a new collection for 2010 (okay, I am a little delayed in posting this) which really caught my eye. In particular, I was drawn to the Unfold lamp with it’s soft case that is safe fro > read more

You can stand under my umbrella

Published on 2011-01-03 04:54:08

I have fallen head-and-shoulders over heels for fashion accessory company, London Undercover. On one of my usual ‘clicking links’ journey’s I discovered this site and instantly became besotted. London Undercover was established by d > read more

Babooshka, Babooshka, Babooshka-ya-ya

Published on 2010-12-16 12:11:14

Photo courtesy angies “Once in Russia there lived a woman called Babooshka. Her house always looked beautiful because she was endlessly cleaning it. One night, a star appeared above her village. Everyone rushed outside to look at it, but > read more

Furniture fit for a King

Published on 2010-12-02 21:30:06

I have been writing this post on-and-off for about a year (oh my), but the research kept leading me on to different angles. It’s a tale of a little-known business that has spanned centuries called France & Banting. It all starts with Wi > read more

Lawrence Weiner, sculptor?

Published on 2010-11-28 07:55:37

Born in the Bronx, New York on 10 February 1942, Lawrence Weiner is one of the most important living American artists. A key member of the New York conceptual art world of the 1960s, for over forty years he has been using language as his primary ma > read more

Shelf Appeal presents “The one that I want”

Published on 2010-11-25 03:36:30

By way of celebrating AtelierTally’s second birthday, I asked Shelf Appeal to take over and write a post. I was obviously very pleased when she agreed as for those that read this blog a lot, I am clearly a big fan. So, without further ado I han > read more

Atelier Birthday 2.0

Published on 2010-11-22 02:30:40

And as if by magic, Atelier Tally turns two years old this month. It was on the 4 November 2008 that I finally set out to record and discuss design, the way that I saw it. My very first post was inspired by a trip to Japan that I took when working fo > read more

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