Milan Furniture Fair update
Milan furniture fair was incredible, with Salone Internazionale del Mobile big enough to easily take up a week alone. I did a whistle stop…
deVOL and Smeg at the Ideal Home Show 2013
Smeg has a large stand, as well as a show house packed with the latest appliances, at this years Ideal Home Show. This years…
Scandinavian style and goose feathers – all in a lampshade!
Another exciting addition to the things we sell at deVOL, Vita feather lights. We first saw these lampshades when we exhibited at 100% design’…
The Optimist Toaster
One of my favourite projects is a series of toasters by London group The Agency of Design. ‘Design Out Waste’ from 2010 examines how…
The ‘Shaker’ showroom at ‘Cotes Mill’
We are still getting used to life at the Mill and have been doing some photo-shoots over the last few days so you can see what…
The Pharaoh by Hulger
The Pharaoh is a new shade for the world’s first designer energy saving light bulb, Plumen. Since winning the Brit Insurance ‘Design of the Year’ in…
Jens Risom
Jens Risom was one of the first designers to bring Scandinavian design to the United States. He was born in Copenhagen which has had a clear influence on…
Gravity light
In my lunch break I try and make time to look at various design blogs, this intriguing idea came from a link on Itsnicethat.com…
What will design look like in 2013?
Featuring in this months Grand Designs magazine our Air range has been listed as a ‘trend setting’ design that will be big in 2013….
Now selling Smeg appliances
While you can buy other brands of appliances with our kitchens we now sell Smeg appliances with and without a deVOL kitchen. We have…
A spare £3,500?
Marc Newson, one of designs biggest names, has launched a new book. At £3,500 it is a 610 page journey through his design work…
Chair design & The deVOL Chair
There is nothing quite like the chair to beautifully encapsulate the movement of design, and design principles, though-out history. The chair is the love child of…