Soft, comfortable and cosy is definitely a key trend for these recessionary times, and warm winter blankets were everywhere. Grey is clearly still a big colour too – or maybe I just see it everywhere because I love it!
- Selection of three grey blankets from Foxford
- Bronte blankets
- Donna Wilson’s new blankets for SCP
- Zeena bird motif blanket (I spotted Zeena’s work at Craft Central a few weeks back, so it was great to see her here too.)
Bright, happy colours and things designed to make you smile were prominent too – perhaps also in reaction to all the doom and gloom out there in the real world. For now, I’m more than happy to inhabit this little world instead!
- Rainbow brights from Koziol – and you can’t argue with a strap line like “better design, bigger smile”
- Another new product from Donna Wilson; launched at the show. With an invitation like that, who could refuse to help with the drying up?
- More lovely products from Zeena
- And you couldn’t have a ‘colourful and happy’ selection without including Jonathan Adler – on fine form as always.
There was also a lot of retro glassware around and these products from iittala and wireworks particularly caught my eye. I hadn’t come across wireworks before, and their products seem really well thought through in terms of functionality and aesthetic, so definitely worth a look.
- iittala glass bowls (stocked at Skandium)
- wireworks glass domes with wood or metal base
- wireworks storage jars that can be opened with one hand – genius!
- More iittala glass bowls, viewed from above (stocked at Skandium)
Finally in no particular order, I also loved…
- Rob Ryan’s height chart for SCP “the village grew into a town and the town grew into a whole city…”
- wireworks again, this time with a gorgeous Scandinavian-inspired bathroom accessories set – I love the combination of wood, grey and white used here
- More Scandinavian style, this time from Design Stockholm House, stocked at Skandium
- And just a little bit more from Donna Wilson – sorry! But it was my favourite stand, and I do love her work.
Overall I was very impressed with Home and look forward to it becoming a regular event on the design calendar.
