On July 18th The Independent ran a feature on the 10 best men's t-shirts and featured a folk t-shirt as the best luxury buy. Meanwhile their sister shoe brand shöfolk have had shoes featured in a fashion story in the current issue of Clash magazine.
On the subject of t-shirts . . . Gordon Langley may be upping the anti by launching his own t-shirts through his website. Go to the 'shop' section of his website for more information. He has also uploaded some of his animated films to his site.
Lizzie and Tim of Fromental wallpaper are exhibiting at 100% Design at Earl's Court this year from September 21st - 24th. There work can also be seen in the current issue of Grand Designs magazine - see piece to the left.
After canvassing opinion Open Studios will be on December 2nd & 3rd this year. We are trying to secure sponsorship and press interest at the moment.
Jo Ratcliffe of studio 6 was featured in a recent Evening Standard magazine piece about the rise in illustration. The article featured Natasha Law, Annie Morris and Daisy De Villeneuve alongside Jo.
The Ben Uri Gallery in St John's Wood is mid way through a fortnight of daily artists shows. Two GWS artists are showing over the two weeksd; Laura Green's show was on August 11th and Laura Jacobs is showing her work on August 16th. Laura Green has also just finished an exhibition of her work in Nimes. See here, and image below.
Now based in the US, Gabriela Trzebinski has a show in September at the George Adams Gallery in New York.
Zakee Shariff is relaunching her redesigned website on September 18th. The new website will show the breadth of Zakee's work; how she has moved from being solely involved in fashion to now applying that same flair and sensibility to other design projects.
Those of you who are inveterate magazine readers will already be aware that Dan Hopwood writes a regular column for Grand Designs magazine. He has recently completed a hotel design project, hotel 55, and is redesigning some suites at the Berkeley hotel. He has also just been featured in the new Channel 4 mag, 4homes.
Sophie Smallhorn has recently completed two commissioned installations; one in a private house in Notting Hill and the other in the foyer of a building on Pall Mall. See image below.
Rachel Schwalm was snapped up by Beaux Arts who visited her at the summer Open Studios and they are exhibiting their first pieces of her work in their current show which runs until September 2nd.
The next updated news bulletine will go 'live' in mid September.
