story + deli

story has always been one of our favourite places - it's such a beautiful space and ann shores styling is perfect. we went to the story deli for pizza twice while we were exhibiting at Origin - if you haven't already been, we think you should.




story {website}

assemblage 1 by studio toogood

studio toogood can do no wrong in our eyes - we were so gutted to have missed the debut during the london design festival of their 1st collection of objects (the project called super natural was on at the same time as we were exhibiting at Origin, so we couldn't go).

the collection, titled assemblage 1, features furniture, lighting & textiles of simple geometric forms from wood, stone & brass. we think the collection is beautiful and, as always with studio toogood, the styling of the project is perfect. our favourite pieces are element table, element light in stone, mobile and diagonal textile 1.






to see more: assemblage 1 {here} & super natural {here}


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studio toogood {website}

stuff we liked at origin 2010

as promised, a little selection of more stuff we liked at this years Origin. if you missed our other post of things we were looking forward to seeing - click {here}.



derek wilson's stunning ceramics {website}




laura bennett's lovely fragile jewellery {website}




kaori tatebayashi's beautiful teapots {website}




claire loder's cool & always so perfectly titled ceramic heads {website}




gary allson's beautiful tactile plates & bowls {website}
p.s. don't forget to vote for gary's work at the british design awards {here}

thanks for visiting us at origin

thankyou to everyone that came to see us at Origin. we met some really lovely people and had such nice comments about our work. alot of people said that they thought our work was honest and real which is exactly what we wanted to get across to people. there is this misconception that if something looks very simple then it must have been simple to design - it was nice to talk to people about our work and explain how we spend such a long time getting proportions just right and that simplicity in a design doesn't mean it wasn't a complicated process. alot of people got it which is cool.




we sold our rust console table that went to a lovely house in Cambridge and our beautiful off-set slate mirror has gone to a house in Bosham on the south coast. our sushi serving plates were really popular - we sold all the sets we had made for the show.




we had lovely neighbours at the show too and saw so many lovely things that we wanted to buy - we are going to do a couple more posts about some of the other artists who's work we loved. it was nice to catch up with a few friends and to meet a few of you who read this blog too!





thanks again to everyone that visited us & keep an eye on our events & news page and this blog for info about our next shows, exhibitions and open studios.



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images: our stand at Origin 2010 by pachadesign copyright © pachadesign 2010

home

we are home from Origin and the big smoke ..... it's so nice to be next to the sea again, feels like we have been gone for such a long time. our heads are still in a blur and we have lots of catching up to do, but we will post about the show very soon. we are off to set up our solo exhibition at Makers Gallery today (more about that later too). enjoy your monday.




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image: home by pachadesign copyright © pachadesign 2010

origin 2010

we are off to Origin tomorrow to set up our stand - wish us luck! and if any of you are in the area, pop in and say hi. details for the show below.
we don't think we'll get time to post while we are at the show but we'll let you know all about it after next week. keep an eye on our twitter though {here}

pachadesign - stand J43

origin - the london craft fair
23-29 sept '10
old spitalfields market, london, e1 6ew
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origin 2010 part 2: come & see us

only 1 week to go now before Origin - we still have lots to do but it's all coming together (despite a few set backs). we'll be showing a selection of pieces including furniture and large sculptural mirrors, and a few smaller accessories too. we hope to see some of you there.

we will be at stand J43 and if you want to book your tickets for Origin, you can book online {here}.

come & see us.




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pachadesign {website}

Origin - The London Craft Fair {website}
23-29 september 2010
old spitalfields market, london, e1 6ew

images: pachadesign furniture & accessories copyright © pachadesign 2010

origin 2010 part 1: makers

as you know, we are exhibiting at Origin next week, so we thought we'd put together a little selection of makers work that we are looking forward to seeing, as part 1 of our posts about the show. there will be 220 designer makers at the show, exhibiting & selling their work over the week at lovely Old Spitalfields Market in the east end of London.
we are really looking forward to the show and will hopefully get time to check out some of the other things that are going on as part of the London Design Festival too.

we will post part 2 later this week, but for now we hope you enjoy our little selection - credits & links below.

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top: hannah james, corrie williamson, abigail brown
middle: wycliffe stutchbury, james & tilla waters, louise greenfield
bottom: louise francis-evans, lubna chowdhary, lowri davies

Origin - The London Craft Fair {website}
23-29 september 2010
old spitalfields market, london, e1 6ew

wednesday already

hope you all had a good weekend .... and a good monday & tuesday .... and most of wednesday now too. we have been pretty busy making work for Origin, which is in less than 2 weeks! some things are going to plan, others absolutely not, and we keep changing our minds about things too, but it's all fine (she typed calmly).
we finished some of our beautiful reclaimed oak & slate lamps today so they will be coming to Origin with us. we will be doing a post very soon letting you know a bit more the show and what other exhibitors we are looking forward to seeing.

enjoy the rest of wednesday.


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lamp: reclaimed oak with reclaimed cornish slate inset by us - click {here} for details
pachadesign {website}

image: oak & slate lamp by pachadesign copyright © pachadesign 2010

origin 2010

we decided to apply for Origin this year and we got accepted - we're pretty excited and really pleased that the show is in Spitalfields now .... one of our favourite places. we'll tell you lots more about the show later on - it's not until late september but we are planning our stand already.

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