Graham & Brown is the UK’s leading wallpaper manufacturer, supplying innovative wallpaper designs to some of the largest and best known retailers in the world. Based in Blackburn, Graham & Brown celebrates its 65th anniversary this year – and still with a family member on the board. The company has a strong design heritage, developing partnerships with licensed designers, collaborating with ‘undiscovered’ young talent to bring exciting, affordable designs to the consumer. The brand also offers design-savvy shoppers both paint and wall art for a complementary look. New launches for 2012 include a fabulous wallpaper collection with Julien Macdonald, a designer paint range with Kelly Hoppen MBE, and celebratory wallpaper and wall art designs for the Diamond Jubilee.
www.grahambrown.comOn the 17th May 2011, Francis Sultana has debuted with his first collection of furniture in the elegant setting of Claridge’s French Room. Taking inspiration from the great couture houses of Paris, he will now show two collections a year, as well as continuing to create unique pieces to commission. ‘Homage to the Art Deco’ is a carefully edited body of work that is rooted in the classic aesthetic which translates in the richness of materials, attention to luxurious detailing and harnessing the increasingly rare skills of dedicated craftspeople. Francis Sultana’s recent projects include a London mansion, a Greek island retreat as well as two Manhattan properties – an Upper East Side pied-a-terre and a grand-scale SoHo apartment.
www.francissultana.comChelsea Textiles began twenty years ago with a desire to faithfully recreate rare antique fabric designs from the seventeenth century, using authentic materials, hand-worked by master craftsmen. Since then, the company has expanded its range to include mid-century modern fabric designs and a variety of furniture, under the Chelsea Editions brand name, which works comfortably within traditional and contemporary interiors. This year the company has collaborated with international interior designer Alidad, on his second fabric collection, and Neisha Crosland who has taken designs from her archive and translated them into hand-embroidered fabrics.
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