SCP Issue Number Two SCP Magazine SCP Head Office September 2011 135–139 Curtain Road London EC2A 3BX Lead Writer/Editor: Duncan Riches

SCP Issue Number Two SCP Magazine SCP Head Office September 2011 135–139 Curtain Road London EC2A 3BX Lead Writer/Editor: Duncan Riches. T +44 (0) 20 7739 1869 Additional writing: Lucy James and F +44 (0) 20 7729 4224 Hannah Beesley. [email protected] Design and art direction: Farrow. [email protected] Photography: Pelle Crépin and John Ross. [email protected] Additional photography: Sandy Suffield, Gareth [email protected] Hacker, Duncan Riches, Sheridan Coakley, Jonathan Duncan, Peter Marloe, Lee Kirkbride, SCP Stores Tim Cox, Designers’ own, Customers’ own. SCP East Printed at The Guardian Print Centre, 135–139 Curtain Road Rick Roberts Way, London, E15 2GN London EC2A 3BX T +44 (0) 20 7739 1869 F +44 (0) 20 7729 4224 [email protected]

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SCP Issue Number Two Contents Welcome to SCP Issue Number Two, a newspaper to accompany our 2011 events. We hope it will provide a useful insight into SCP at a SCP Products: time that has seen real change in both the things we make and how we make those things. Sustainable Upholstery 2 What you will find inside is a mixture of features about our products, our manufacturing Furniture 8 processes, our designers, the retailers we work with and a view of SCP products by the most Accessories and Lighting 14 important people of all, our customers. It has been an exciting few years for us, with Textiles and Rugs 18 the development of new sustainable upholstery pieces, an expansion of our range of smaller Presenting SCP’s most recent collection with studio photography designs and the move to make entirely new from John Ross and location photography by Pelle Crépin, styled product typologies: textiles, rugs and lighting. by Despina Curtis. During recent times, we have had to draw on all our experience as a manufacturer, exporter and retailer to help us become more rigorous, 25 Years in the Making 16 exacting and efficient than ever before. We are a very proud British manufacturer Make sure you know your Balzac from your Bora Da. This centrefold who have been launching new product designs poster features all the SCP products currently available. for over a quarter of a century. We always work closely and collaboratively with our designers. To get their ideas from conception to Make Advances 20 production takes a great many talented and dedicated people. From our in-house staff, the We pride ourselves on the variety and complexity involved in makers at our specialist upholstery factory in making SCP products. Read the story of SCP manufacturing and Norfolk, to all the exceptionally talented find out more about some of our processes; sustainable craftsmen and women from all across Britain, upholstery in Norfolk, England, advanced wood manufacturing Europe and India. SCP Issue Number Two is a in Slovenia, textile weaving in Wales, hand-made ceramics in celebration of them all. Stoke-on-Trent and rug making in India. SCP was founded with a modernist spirit of adventure and ambition and with a desire to nurture new design talent. Nothing has Above All 24 changed and long may it continue. We hope you enjoy SCP Issue Number Two. Sometimes it can be good to look at things from a new angle. This specially commissioned photoshoot, art directed by Mark Farrow Sheridan Coakley and shot by John Ross, shows our Rug Collection in a new light. Founder/Owner, SCP Ltd. Around the World 28 We have profiled a selection of our worldwide stockists. We take a look inside their stores and hear some views on trends for 2011. One Size Fits All 30 Introducing the SCP Boxed Products. Ahead of the Curve 31 Here we look at the secret life of a very comfortable and curvaceous chair. The Designers 32 SCP works closely with a range of different designers, we asked them to send in photos of how they relax at home with their designs. The Homecoming 33 We always wonder what happens to our products once they leave us. We asked customers to send us images of their purchases at home and found out how they were getting along. 2 Sustainable Upholstery 3 2 3 Sustainable, designed and hand-made with the SCP Products utmost care, our upholstery meets exacting modern standards by utilising time-honoured techniques. We blend talent with tradition to produce elegant pieces that live well and live long.

1 Oscar / Matthew Hilton 2 Eadie / Donna Wilson 1 3 Lansdowne / Terence Woodgate

1 4 1 Munro / Donna Wilson 2 Motley / Donna Wilson 2 5

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1 Balzac / Matthew Hilton 2 Frank, Ernest and Henry / Donna Wilson 3 Mabel / Donna Wilson 4 Elsie / Russell Pinch 5 Coltrane / Terence Woodgate

3 8 Furniture 2 9 Created by deft design and drafting, highly-skilled makers and the application of advanced manufacturing techniques, SCP furniture is modern, lasting and timeless.

1 Coltrane / Terence Woodgate 2 Otto / Kay+Stemmer 3 Calvo / Lee Kirkbride 4 Wilma / Donna Wilson 5 Pelutho / Lee Kirkbride

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4 5 10 1 Ulrik / Alex Hellum 2 Compass / Matthew Hilton 1 11 3 Joyce / Gareth Neal 4 Peggy / PearsonLloyd 5 Maude / Kay+Stemmer

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1 Edith & Agnes / Kay+Stemmer 2 2 Tam Tam and Tom Tom / Konstantin Grcic 3 SUM / Peter Marigold 4 Molly / Donna Wilson 5 Cedric / Kay+Stemmer 6 Peggy / PearsonLloyd

3 6 14 Accessories and 3 4 15 Lighting We make smaller, more accessible designs that can be used all around the home. SCP pair the right designers with the right type of product briefs and use high-calibre European factories to produce anything from coat-racks to clocks. Subtle, refined and quietly confident, this expanding collection is about humble design for real life.

1 Timberly / Rich Brilliant Willing 2 Ruler for Measuring the Growth of Human Beings / 2 Rob Ryan 3 Josiah / Terence Woodgate 4 Coatrack / Gareth Neal 5 Finetime, Notime & Nightime / Farrow Design 6 Sprig / Donna Wilson 7 Jeeves / Kay+Stemmer

6 7 Cedric desk Pelutho low table Motley ottoman Reading armchair Bora Da cushions Kay + Stemmer Lee Kirkbride Donna Wilson Matthew Hilton Donna Wilson & SCP Accessories W 125 x H 75 x D 55 cm W 116.5 x H 40 x D 50 cm W 112 x H 40 x D 120 cm W 67.5 x H 74 x D 73.5 cm W 45 x H 45cm Solid walnut with a dark brown leather top Solid ash table top and base Solid beech frame covered with multi density Solid oak frame with multi-density foam W 30 x H 60cm and lined drawers. foam and deep-buttoned. Upholstered in pads. Available in natural or dark stained Made in the EU 100% British wool, double cloth, woven in multi-coloured knitted wool. Oak. Available as a two seat sofa. Jeeves coat rack Made in the EU Wales. Feather pad. Kay + Stemmer Made in the UK Made in the UK Made in the UK

W 80 x H 64 x D 15 cm Solid and veneered oak. Polished edged rectangular mirror on veneered backboard. Forest Forest reverse Made in the EU Coltrane low table Sax coffee table Frank, Ernest, Henry pouffes Sax three seat sofa Terence Woodgate Terence Woodgate Donna Wilson Terence Woodgate

W 120 x H 35 x D 60 cm W 120 x H 35 x D 60 cm Frank: Dia 80 x H 40 cm W 206 x H 66 x D 86 cm Ernest: Dia 60 x H 30 cm Toughened glass top, ash veneered shelf Chrome plated steel legs with a 12mm Solid beech frame with steel springs and Henry: Dia 45 x H 45 cm with solid ash lipping, solid ash legs. toughened clear glass top and shelf. elasticated webbing covered in multi-density Calico bags filled with 100% recycled foam with chrome plated steel legs. Coatrack Made in the EU Made in the EU polyester fibre. Upholstered in knitted wool or Made in the UK Gareth Neal double cloth woven panels.

W 16.6 x H 28 x D 10.3 cm Made in the UK Nos Da Four turned oak hooks on a mild steel frame with a moss green powder-coated finish. Made in the UK Compass table Tam Tam and Tom Tom side tables Wing armchair Matthew Hilton Konstantin Grcic Matthew Hilton Peach Peach reverse Smartie Smartie

W 180 x H 63/84 x D 90 cm Tam Tam: W 44 x H 47.5/74 x D44 cm W 71 x H 110 x D 83 cm Tom Tom: Dia 45 x H 47.5/74 cm Solid beech, adjustable trestle bases in Solid beech frame covered in multi-density natural or black. Available with a toughened Mild steel base with a chocolate brown foam. Flat fronted arms and brushed glass or laminate top (black or white) in powdercoated finish, solid beech columns stainless steel legs or domed arms and various sizes. finished in matt lacquer and an MDF top turned beech legs. powder coated purple (Tam Tam) or light Made in the EU Made in the UK green (Tom Tom). Made in the EU Zig Zag Treecloud

Ruler for Measuring the Growth Compass trestles Twothreefour table system Haggerston three seat sofa of Human Beings Matthew Hilton Terence Woodgate Matthew Hilton Rob Ryan W 38 x H 63/84 x D 73 cm Dia 100 x H 72 cm W 228 x H 67 x D 94 cm Pink Slate Pink Slate reverse Willow Willow reverse W 19 x H 214 x D 1.8 cm Solid beech. Polished chrome, mild steel column bases Solid beech frame with elasticated webbing with three or four legs. Available with a variety covered in multidensity foam. Sprung foam Screen printed birch plywood with split Available in natural or black. batons for wall mounting. of top sizes and finishes. Available as a dining seat cushions with two feather arm cushions Woodgate sofa system Bora Da throws Made in the EU or coffee table. and turned aluminium legs. Available as a two Available in centimetres or inches. seat sofa. Terence Woodgate Donna Wilson & SCP Made in the EU Made in the UK Made in the UK W 232 x H 70 x D 292 cm W 150 x L 180 cm Solid beech frame with multi-density foam. 100% British wool, double cloth, Foam and feather cushions and stainless steel woven in Wales. legs. Available in various combinations. Edith and Agnes shelves Ulrik stools Landsdown sofa system Made in the UK Kay + Stemmer Alex Hellum Terence Woodgate Made in the UK

Edith: W 80 x H 103 x D 34 cm Stool: Dia 35 x H 43 cm W 232 x H 64 x D 292 cm Agnes: W 80 x H 175 x D 40 cm Bar stool: W 35 x H 70 x D 35 cm Solid beech frame with elasticated webbing, Solid oak or walnut. Solid ash legs and seat. covered in multi-density foam, with buttoned upholstery and stainless steel legs. Available Josiah pendant lights Made in the EU Made in the EU Woodgate three seat sofa Terence Woodgate in various combinations. Terence Woodgate Made in the UK Small: Dia 9 x H 6 cm W 232 x H 70 x D 85 cm Medium: Dia 13 x H 16 cm Solid beech frame covered in multi-density Large: Dia 14 x H 24 cm foam. Foam and feather cushions and Bone china shade, suspended by a braided Wilma bench Landsdown three seat sofa stainless steel legs. Available as a two and textile cable. Cable available in white, grey four seat sofa. and red. Donna Wilson Terence Woodgate Made in the UK Made in the UK W 85 x H 38 x D 48 cm W 232 x H 64 x D 85 cm Edith in Oak Agnes in Walnut Forest Peach Smartie Upholstered seat using rubberised coconut Solid beech frame with elasticated webbing, hair and wool. Solid beech frame and turned covered in multi-density foam, with buttoned Maude shelves legs. upholstery and stainless steel legs. Kay + Stemmer Made in the UK Made in the UK Textiles W 160 x H 68 x D 31 cm Solid oak or walnut Made in the EU Notime, Nightime, Finetime clocks Mabel sofa Fairisle rug Farrow Donna Wilson Donna Wilson & SCP Upholstery Dia 30 x D 5 cm W 214 x H 83 x D 86 cm W 140 x L 200 cm W 170 x L 240 cm Anodised aluminium case and a screen Solid beech frame with jute webbing, hessian printed aluminium face. Battery quartz straps and covered with a mix of natural Hand loomed, yarn 20mm dia, plie height movement with sweeping second hand. Flipper coffee table Balzac armchair and ottoman fibres, animal hair and wool. The seat and 40mm. 100% New Zealand wool. back cushions are all feather and legs are Pink Slate Willow Made in the UK Matthew Hilton Matthew Hilton turned beech. Peacock/Orange (top) Natural/Brown (bottom) Made in the UK W 115 x H 30 x D 77 cm Armchair: W 85 x H 80 x D 102 cm Made in India Nos Da cushions Notime Ottoman: W 72 x H 39 x D 55 cm Polished die-cast aluminium legs with a Donna Wilson & SCP 12mm toughened glass top. Solid beech frame covered in multi-density foam. Foam and feather cushions and Made in the EU Munro three seat chesterfield sofa 50 x 50 cm American oak legs. Donna Wilson 100% wool, heavy weight double cloth, woven Made in the UK in Wales. Feather pad. W 222 x H 74 X D 85 cm Made in the UK European hardwood frame, zig zag springs. Upholstered in natural fibres, animal hair and Joyce extending table Balzac three seat sofa wool with a feather seat cushion. Deep buttoned and hand-pleated. Turned beech Gareth Neal Matthew Hilton legs with brass plated wheels.

W 160–240 x H 75 x D 90 cm W 218 x H 80 x D 102 cm Made in the UK Nightime Finetime Ash or walnut base with a white laminate, ash Solid beech frame covered in multi-density or walnut veneered top. foam. Foam and feather cushions and American oak legs. Available as a two seat Sprig bone china Made in the EU Munro two seat chesterfield sofa Purl hand loomed rugs Donna Wilson sofa. Donna Wilson Donna Wilson & SCP Made in the UK Blush Licorice Mint Teacup and saucer: Dia 14 x H 8 cm W 193 x H 74 x D 85 cm W 140 x L 200 cm Jug: Dia 10 x H 18 cm W 170 x L 240 cm Mug: Dia 8 x H 8.5 cm European hardwood frame, zig zag springs. Upholstered in natural fibres, animal hair and Hand loomed, yarn 20mm dia, pile height Salad bowl: Dia 20 x H 12 cm 40mm. 100% New Zealand wool. Part of the Side plate: Dia 18 cm Molly stools Coltrane three seat sofa wool with a feather seat cushion. Deep buttoned and hand-pleated. Turned beech Fairisle range. Available in red and mint, green and blue Donna Wilson Terence Woodgate legs with brass plated wheels. Dark Grey (top) Made in the UK Low stool: Dia 30 x H 33 cm W 240 x H 68 X D 91 cm Made in the UK Mustard (bottom left) Standard stool: Dia 32 x H 43 cm Natural (bottom right) Solid beech frame, jute webbing and zigzag Made in India Solid beech seat and legs. springs. Upholstered in natural fibres, animal hair, wool and Latex with feather filled pads SUM shelves Made in the EU Orford sofa system Blush reverse Licorice reverse Mint reverse Peter Marigold and solid ash feet. Available in other sizes. Matthew Hilton Made in the UK W 19/29/38 x H 21/31/42 x D 13 cm W 253 x H 64 x D 208 cm Solid cherry or walnut with brass fixings. Solid beech frame with elasticated webbing covered in multi-density foam and anodised Made in the EU Otto side table Eadie armchair aluminium legs. Available in various Kay + Stemmer Donna Wilson combinations. Made in the UK Dia 47 x H 58 cm W 76 x H 87/45 x D 90 cm Solid oak top, base and drawer Solid beech and plywood frame, jute Moss Blue Moon Coral Almond Made in the EU webbing and zigzag springs. Upholstered in Timberly hall rack natural fibres, animal hair and wool with a Orford three seat sofa Mountain Spot kilim Rich Brilliant Willing feather filled cushion and oak legs. Matthew Hilton Donna Wilson & SCP Made in the UK W 60 x H 20 x D 8.5 cm W 265 x H 64 x D 104 cm W 120 x L 180 cm W 170 x L 240 cm Solid ash or walnut backboard with Solid beech frame with elasticated webbing 2 black steel, 3 aluminium and 3 brass covered in multi-density foam and anodised Flat weave kilim, 80% New Zealand wool / moveable pegs. Peggy dining table Elsie large sofa aluminium legs. Available as an armchair and 20% cotton (2 ply). 2 seat sofa. Made in the EU PearsonLloyd Russell Pinch Grey (top) Made in the UK Blue (bottom) W 200 x H 72 x D 90 cm Coral Almond W 214 x H 82 x D 106 cm Made in India Moss reverse Blue Moon reverse reverse Solid ash base. Ash veneered top with solid Solid beech frame with elasticated webbing, ash lipping. covered in multi-density foam on solid oak Made in the EU legs. Available as a two seat sofa. Oscar armchair Nos Da throws and blankets Made in the UK Matthew Hilton Donna Wilson & SCP Furniture W 101 x H74 x D 104 Throws: W 150 x L 180 cm Blankets: W 200 x L 230 cm Solid beech frame, jute webbing and zigzag springs. Upholstered in natural fibres, animal 100% wool, heavy weight double cloth, woven Calvo side table Peggy table system Elsie compact two seat sofa hair and wool with a feather filled cushion. in Wales. Lee Kirkbride PearsonLloyd Russell Pinch Walnut stained, turned beech legs. Made in the UK Made in the UK Dia 42 x H 58 cm W 450 x H 72 x D 150 cm W 150 x H 86 x D 74.5 cm Solid ash or walnut Solid ash base with laminate top available in Solid beech frame with elasticated webbing, various shapes and sizes. Made in the EU covered in multi-density foam on solid oak Made in the EU legs. Available as a three seat sofa and Oscar sectional sofa Scope rug armchair. Matthew Hilton Donna Wilson & SCP Made in the UK W 219 x H74 x D 166 W 140 x L 200 cm Solid beech frame, jute webbing and zigzag W 170 x L 240 cm springs. Upholstered in natural fibres, animal Hand tufted, pile height 12mm, density 6500 hair and wool with a feather filled cushion. knots / m². 50% New Zealand/50% Chokla Walnut stained, turned beech legs. wool. Made in the UK Blue/Pink (top) Smoky Grey (bottom) Made in India Blush Licorice Mint Oscar three seat sofa Matthew Hilton

W 280 x H 74 x D 96 cm Solid beech frame, jute webbing and zigzag springs. Upholstered in natural fibres, animal hair and wool with a feather filled cushion. Walnut stained, turned beech legs. Available as a two or four seat sofa. Made in the UK The SCP Collection www.scp.co.uk Moss Blue Moon Coral Almond 18 Textiles 1 1 19 A passion for locally-made handcrafted products informs this collection. Our textiles are specially spun and dyed in England and then woven in Wales by a century old mill. We bring harmony of process, pattern and colour to the home.

1 Bora Da / Donna Wilson & SCP 2 Nos Da / Donna Wilson & SCP

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1 20 SCP has been Sustainable upholstery, 21 Make manufacturing design Norfolk product for over a Coakley & Cox Ltd, SCP’s own specialist upholstery factory, is nestled in the flatlands of quarter of a century, it Norfolk. It’s made up of a small dedicated team of pattern cutters, seamstresses, upholsterers, has been a wonderful product developers and designers. They all Advances work closely together to create each individual journey, we hope these piece of furniture that leaves the factory. The process of making upholstery is quite a precise pages can tell a little of art. Once designs are completed, a frame is made. This frame has a lifetime guarantee, it is our story. traditionally glued and screwed together using FSC approved European hardwood. Once this is made, zig-zig springs are applied and the frame is upholstered by hand with natural fibres, We began producing things in the mid-80’s, In recent years, our own specialist upholstery animal hair and wool. The factory uses using specialist craftspeople to make pieces in factory in Norfolk, England, has made great traditional techniques in this process, little small batches. After our designs started to gain advances, all the new pieces it makes are now having changed in hundreds of years, except an attention and then started to sell, we had to sustainable. We use FSC approved hardwood improvement in the tools. Finally, fabric is think about how to grow. Gradually, we began frames and natural replacements to applied and, depending on the piece, feather to expand our manufacturing capacity, always petrochemical based foams in the upholstery cushions are made. Some of the SCP designs seeking innovative and cost effective ways to itself. The factory has also recently expanded, need to be button upholstered, or hand pleated, make high-end products. One of our first major creating an in-house frame-making facility. or both. They require extra attention and time. steps was to open our own upholstery factory in Running our own factory has helped us All of this endeavor results in a very lovingly Norfolk. This gave us far better control over understand the manufacturing process more made piece of furniture, one that is fully product development and taught us much else fully and it would be fair to say we are now sustainable, in both the materials used to make besides. When not making upholstery at the more rigorous, exacting and efficient than we it and in the retention of the skills required to factory, we were sourcing components for our ever have been. Challenging times demand it. do so. You find a real family atmosphere at the other designs all across the UK, creating a On these pages, we present an overview of factory, it’s a place where expertise and network of production partners. Around a how we make things, you may be surprised by knowledge are shared and designs are made decade ago we began to outsource our wood the complexity and variety of the work SCP do. collectively. production to mainland Europe, finding There is hand-made upholstery in Norfolk, excellent partners in Slovenia with the skills and advanced wood-making in the Slovenian capacity to match our ambition. Finding the forests, hand-glazing in Stoke-on-Trent, best skills to make specific products has traditional weaving in Wales and rug making informed our approach to manufacturing. on looms in India. We are delighted to present a We create partners and ensure they maintain glimpse of the many processes that have SCP standards in terms of good practice and the allowed us to quite literally, make advances. sustainable use of materials, that is really important to us. We are very proud to be a British manufacturer, one who launches new products year after year. So many great people have helped us along the way, and we take real pleasure working with wonderfully talented craftsmen and women, from all across Britain, in Europe and now also in India. Advanced wood Hand-made ceramics, furniture Stoke-On-Trent manufacturing, SCP now produce two different product ranges in ceramics, one of lighting and one Slovenia of tableware. These ceramics are made in Stoke-on-Trent, the area known locally as ‘The All of the SCP designs made in wood are Staffordshire Potteries’, or just ‘The Potteries’. manufactured in Slovenia. Bordering Italy, Pottery production here dates back to at least Slovenia has a long furniture making tradition the 17th Century. The abundance of clay, salt and very good access to locally sourced and lead for glazing, and coal to fire the kilns sustainable wood. Their factories have the best all contributed to its founding as an industry in skills, the most advanced machinery and a real the area. Josiah Wedgwood played a key role in dedication to quality. Their locality within industrialising the region in the 18th Century. Europe also means SCP keep shipping to a SCP use two factories to make their designs minimum. To make the SCP products, a and are pleased to work with a part of British mixture of hand skills like sanding, lacquering industry that was once at the very forefront of and pressing are combined with advanced CNC the Industrial Revolution. machine tooling techniques. All the designs are made in small batches and most are fully pre-assembled and tested on site. SCP have made excellent partners in Slovenia. With their expertise the SCP product development team has been able to push the boundaries of what can be designed and made in wood. A material so flexible, so durable, so enduring, it’s impossible to imagine a world without it.

Textile weaving, Wales Rug making, India In recent years, SCP has moved into the world of SCP’s long-time love of production methods weaving. Sheridan Coakley has worked closely led Sheridan Coakley and Donna Wilson to with textile designer Donna Wilson to produce India to make the new Rug collection. Working two collections of textiles, Nos Da and Bora Da. with a well-established factory who employ The cloth is used for cushions, blankets, throws very talented craftsmen and women, they and upholstery. To make the collections, SCP make a range of rugs that use three different have worked with a traditional mill in Wales, techniques: flat-weaving, hand-looming and one that has been in the same family for over hand-tufting. The factory is a place of time- a century. The textile industry originally grew honoured techniques, with each stage of the in Wales because of the availability of water production process taking place under one roof. to power the mills and the locality of sheep This collaboration has seen SCP broaden their farming for the wool. SCP have their own yarn scope of manufacture, learn much about how specially spun and dyed in Yorkshire, England, to work in a culturally sensitive way and has this is sent to Wales where it is woven, using enabled them to design and create a new kind the same double-cloth technique that has been of product for the brand. passed down through many generations. 24 A desire to experiment, the spirit of adventure 25 Above All and a fascination with production techniques have all contributed to the development of the SCP and Donna Wilson Rug Collection.

The rugs are hand-made in India by Here, we present a birds-eye view of the exceptional craftsmen and women who Rug Collection, in a specially commissioned use flat-weaving, hand-looming and shoot photographed by John Ross, with art hand-tufting techniques. Tactile and direction from Farrow. technically-accompished, this colourful collection expresses a character all its own.

Purl Scope Mountain Spot Fairisle 28 Le Bon Marche Rive Gauche is an iconic focal Cimmermann is a family run business Hpix La Fabrika Here are a selection of point of the Left Bank of the Seine. Aristide based in Harrogate. The store has a beautiful Seoul, Korea Brussels, Belgium 29 Buocicaut was working in Paris as a draper’s heritage shopfront and a particularly successful our worldwide stockists assistant when he realised there was a need ecommerce site. Husband and wife partnership Around the World for a new kind of store, selling a vast range of Matt and Helen launched in 2004 to help fill and some of their items with no obligation to buy. He, with his the void of design-led stores in the North East of wife Marguerite, began with a market stall in England, before moving to a bigger and better thoughts on this year’s 1852; Le Bon Marche has since evolved into the showroom in 2007 to expand their furniture distinctly Parisian, upmarket store we know and lighting ranges. Cimmermann showcase emerging trends. today. Now under the LVMH umbrella, the design products that are made to last and store boasts an art gallery, a renowned food believe furniture should bring ‘happiness and hall, personal stylists and advertising campaigns excitement’ to your life. produced by leading photographers.

Aschebergsgatan 24 LUV Interiors Hamburg Sweden Korean store Hpix is situated in Seoul and has a A true product of the digital age, La Fabrika Germany marked point of difference in bringing design- started as an online outlet in 2009 and only led European products to the Korean market. recently opened their first showroom in the They have an excellent ecommerce site, and lively Dansaert district of central Brussels. The Founded in Hong Kong in 1850, Lane Crawford offer furniture, lighting, accessories, fabric and area is well known for its stylish and modern is Asia’s leading speciality store offering the even jewellery from designers such as Dominic fashion and design boutiques. La Fabrika largest assortment of designer brands in Greater Wilcox, Donna Wilson and Ed Carpenter. Since provides a handpicked selection of classic and China. Throughout its stores in Hong Kong opening in 2007, they have attracted a lot of contemporary pieces by established designers and Beijing, Lane Crawford presents a unique positive press attention in Korea and further as well as exciting new design talent. Their edit of premium clothing, accessories, home afield. aim is to be selective yet distinctive, and this is and lifestyle products from around the world. clear in their range of furniture, lighting and It has always held a prominent place in society accessories. and the brand has evolved from its 1899 slogan GOODD ‘The Place To Buy Anything From A Pin To Aschebergsgatan 24 Interior is a small design Glasgow An Anchor’, to represent real innovation and shop selling personally selected favourites for Rania’s Corner quality. the home. The store opened in autumn 2009 Cairo, Egypt and is accompanied by a charming blog which ‘In Hong Kong key trends for this year are is updated frequently with their favourite Scandinavian and modernist retro, particularly Luv is an innovative concept store creating products and news. In store they sell a range the 50s and 60s. A bit ‘Mad Men’ style.’ furnishings and interior space for living and of products from international design brands work. The store is located in an old blacksmith‘s alongside a carefully curated collection of hard- shop, one of the oldest buildings in the heart to-find designs. The Future Perfect of Hamburg’s Schanzen district. From curious New York and Brooklyn design highlights and accessiories through to ‘The emerging trend I can feel in my shop is functional writing desks and swivel chairs, untreated wood.’ the concept of LUV Interior Hamburg adresses business as well as private customers who require an individual and design-orientated Hay standard for their interior design. Besides an Denmark & Norway extraordinary showroom, LUV also offers a room planning service which caters for both Rania’s Corner is Cairo’s premiere concept business and residential properties. boutique and lifestyle store. It is relatively new on the scene having opened in October 2010, ‘Our customers range from students to and is first and foremost a personal project grandfathers looking for special pieces for for its owner Rania Al Sharif. Their range is their individual lifestyle.’ colourful, original and luxurious with a focus on one of a kind pieces. The store is meant to feel like your stylish best friend’s home or The Future Perfect is a store, shop, gallery Cimmermann GOODD is an independent shop, exhibition closet. They run regular events and try to create and mecca who showcase talent from New Harrogate space and design company based in Glasgow. a sense of community while offering clients York and around the world. With the idea of The shop not only stocks an insightful mix of new opportunities to shop from jewellery and bringing design of real and lasting beauty to furniture and accessories, but also doubles as an fashion trunk shows, attend beauty tutorials SCP stock a full collection of own brand Strand West America, Dave Alhadeff opened their first store Hay is a Danish design company who nurture exhibition space. GOODD are keen to support or learn how to make cocktails. The buying products at our two London stores. In addition The Netherlands in Brooklyn in 2003 with a party to celebrate new talent, produce inspiring products and emerging talent and their programme of philosophy at Rania’s Corner is ‘Would we wear to this, we distribute our products to an local products and furniture. In 2009 a second have established themselves as a premium exhibitions provides a perfect showcase for this, that? Would we put that in our home?’ and ever-growing network of retailers across the store opened in Manhattan. The Future Perfect Scandinavian retailer. Established in 2002 as does their blog, which works as a platform it is this personal yet exclusive approach that globe, from large department stores to small is a celebratory kind of store, full of unique and by Rolf and Mette Hay, the brand ambition to further promote up and coming artists customers find so appealing. independent retailers, we currently have over charming objects. They offer brilliant has been to create contemporary design that and designers they support. GOODD pride 120 stockists throughout the UK, Europe, off-the-shelf designs as well as a number of matches the innovation and quality of 1950’s themselves on providing a high level of design ‘The market in Cairo is pretty difficult to North America, the Far East, Australia and most exclusive products. and 1960’s Danish design. Hay produce high- inspiration, advice and expertise. predict with the political unrest, but we know recently Africa. A wealth of different kinds of quality, accessible design at affordable prices. our clients always love innovative design and stores find SCP products to suit their particular They have four beautiful stores in Denmark ‘We’ve noticed the increasing role that appreciate true craftsmanship. They want retail environment, from design stores, fashion Design Within Reach and Norway, which stock their own products collaboration, or more specifically storytelling something a little funky. Our customers are stores and museum shops to the more selective USA alongside a number of other internationally is playing in the development of new products fun, independent, have a sense of humor and boutiques. All of our stockists handpick the Narata, Spanish for ‘narrative’, is a new respected design brands. at the moment.’ appreciate challenging design and art.’ SCP products that are right for their store from industrial yet bohemian concept store in Bilbao, our full range of upholstery, furniture, textiles, Spain. Owned and run by two cousins, Berta rugs, accessories and lighting. Be it an Oscar sofa and Ainara, they opened their doors in July or a Nos Da cushion, Josiah lighting or a hand- 2010 after realising a gap in the market in Bilbao loomed Fairisle rug, SCP make products to suit for various designs and products they loved all needs. from abroad. The store has a contemporary, SCP Stockists relaxed feel; they pay close attention to detail and champion well-made and interesting A–Z Heal’s pieces. Full of passion, this intimate space London showcases a concise range of furniture, Strand West is a modern, four-storey store accessories, lighting and clothing. • Australia Les Comptoirs de Moulin, Arvert Sommer, Ludwigsburg Strand West, Utrecht Kitchener/Kitchener PlusBerne The Conran Shop, London www.comptoirsdumoulin.com www.sommer-einrichtungen.de www.strandwest.nl www.kitchener.ch www.conranshop.co.uk in the ancient castle town of Utrecht in Hub, Melbourne and Sydney the Netherlands. They stock a variety of ‘We are seeing an emerging trend for strong, www.hubfurniture.com.au Portobello, Paris UnternehmenForm, Stuttgart Studio Erik Gutter, Blaricum Meubles Cie, Geneva • USA www.portobello-decoration.fr www.unternehmenform.de www.studioerikgutter.nl www.meubles-cie.ch contemporary furniture and accessories from bold, vibrant colours this year. Natural textures Design Within Reach is a source for the best • Belgium At Work Design, Forest Park Silvera Mobilier, Paris • Hong Kong • Norway Ordin Disordine, Locarno www.atworkdesign.com both established and upcoming designers and materials will also be popular, especially in quality, modern design. They have over La Fabrika, Brussels www.silvera.fr www.ordindisordine.ch and also have an online store and blog. The wood, and combinations of both steel and 50 stores across the US and sell clean and www.lafabrika.be Lane Crawford, Hong Kong Hay, Oslo A plus R Store, Venice The Conran Shop, Paris www.lanecrawford.com www.hayshop.no • UK www.aplusrstore.com store offers a unique and idiosyncratic view wood. Also look out for thin, thin chairs and simple furniture and accessories from iconic • Canada www.conranshop.fr • Italy Kvist, Oslo Atomic, Nottingham Design Within Reach, New York of the current Dutch design climate as well as tables, and painted tubular steel.’ mid-century works to innovative modern Ministry of the Interior, Toronto Pure Deco, Toulouse www.kvist-visdal.no www.atomicinteriors.co.uk www.dwr.com featuring designs from abroad. Strand West is day designs. The DWR story began in 1999 www.ministryoftheinterior.net Arredamento Contemporaneo, www.pure-deco.com Rome • Romania Central, Oxford Gretal Home online shop an inspiring shopping experience for the whole when founder Rob Forbes tried to furnish his • China • Germany www.arconroma.it www.central-furniture.co.uk www.gretelhome.com Intro Design, Bucharest house. Lane Crawford US apartment and missed the simple classic Lane Crawford, Beijing Blanket Store, Frankfurt Eurema Interni, Venice www.introdesign.ro Cimmermann, Harrogate Hemingway and Pickett, Greater China pieces he had come to appreciate in London. www.lanecrawford.com www.blanketstore.de www.cimmermann.co.uk Los Angeles MIA, Rome • Spain ‘There are now more and more blogs talking Since then the brand has gone from strength • Denmark hemingwayandpickett.com Casa Nova, Wiesbaden www.miaviadiripetta.com Designshop, Edinburgh Domestico Shop about design and sharing pictures of real to strength, offering authenticity without the Casa Shop, Copenhagen www.casa-nova-wiesbaden.de www.designshopuk.com Horne Online Shop Rossana Orlandi, Milan www.domesticoshop.com homes. This has a big influence on how people elitism. Design is indeed within reach. www.casashop.dk www.shophome.com Clic, Hamburg www.rossanaorlandi.com GOODD, Glasgow Narata, Bilbao think about design. It’s much more honest and Hay House, Copenhagen www.clicboxx.de www.good-d.com Kasala, Seattle • Japan www.naratashop.blogspot.com close to personal styles.’ www.hay.dk www.kasala.com Dopo Domani, Berlin Heals The Conran Shop • Sweden Le Bon Marche Louisiana, Humlebaek www.dopodomani.de www.heals.co.uk Lawson-Fenning, Los Angeles www.conran.ne.jp www.louisiana.dk Nordiska Galleriet, Stockholm lawsonfenning.com Paris, France Funktion, Darmstadt Liberty, London • Korea www.nordiskagalleriet.se Heal’s design and produce a range of modern, Narata • Egypt www.funktiondesignstore.com www.liberty.co.uk Magpie & Rye, California Hpix, Seoul Aschebergsgatan 24 Interiör, www.magpieandrye.com designer and contemporary furniture. Bilbao, Spain Rania’s Corner, Giza Garnter GmbH, Hamburg Moleta Munro, Edinburgh www.hpix.co.kr Göteborg Established in 1810, they now have six stores www.ranias-corner.com www.gaertnermoebel.de www.moletamunro.com The Conran Shop, New York www.aschebergsgatan24.blogspot. • Netherlands www.conranusa.com across the UK and a comprehensive online • Eire Hornbostel Contemporary, Berlin com Rume, Hove www.ho-co.de DOTShop, Amsterdam www.rume.co.uk The Future Perfect, New York store. Sir Ambrose Heal joined the company in The Conran Shop, Dublin David Design, Malmo www.dot-shop.nl www.thefutureperfect.com 1893 and established a standard for working www.conranshop.co.uk Luv Interior Hamburg, Hamburg www.daviddesign.se Smith and Stephenson, Isle of Wight www.luv-hamburg.com Friday Next, Amsterdam www.smithandstephenson.co.uk The Mint Store, California with the most skilled craftsmen and designers • France Home Company, Karlkrona www.fridaynext.nl www.themintstore.com of the day to create quality furniture. Since Magazin www.homecompany.se So. Furniture, Bournemouth Home Autour du Monde, Paris www.magazin.com Frozen Fountain, Amsterdam www.sofurniture.co.uk Velocity Art and Design, Seattle then, they have worked with many influential www.autourdumonde.com Iris, Stockholm www.frozenfountain.nl www.velocityartanddesign.com Marron, Berlin Tangram, Edinburgh designers, from Mies Van De Rohe to Lucienne In Home, Vaux Sur Mer Tapetorama, Malmo www.marronberlin.de Hal 2, Eindhoven www.tangramfurnishers.co.uk Woonwinkle, Oregon and Robin Day. Today, Heal’s is home to a wide www.tapetorama.se Le Bon Marché, Paris www.hal-2.nl www.woonwinkelhome.com Rar e.K., Hamburg Tinsmiths, Herefordshire range of homewares, accessories, lighting and www.lebonmarche.fr • Switzerland www.rar-hamburg.de Royal Tichelaar Makkum, Makkum www.tinsmiths.co.uk gifts from a variety of leading designers and www.tichelaar.nl Detail, 16, Geneva brands. 30 Introducing the Here we look at the 31 One Size Fits All SCP Boxed Products. Ahead of the Curve secret life of a very comfortable and curvaceous chair.

At SCP, we understand change. Whether it’s Every year since 1985, SCP have been designing people, work, lifestyles or even product and making new products. As most companies typologies, we always embrace the idea that the who create design will know, sometimes you world is turning. In fact, we would argue that make a piece that for one reason or other 1 being flexible, dynamic and able to embrace becomes the standard bearer for your brand. change are factors that have been crucial to our For SCP, that piece is the Balzac armchair by success. Matthew Hilton. Designed and launched in In recent years, we saw a need for a range 1991, this year we celebrate twenty years of the of smaller more accessible designs in the SCP Balzac in production. product portfolio and specifically briefed some Launched six years after SCP began life, the of our designers to create these products. The Balzac was one of SCP’s first forays into result is a collection of clever utilitarian upholstery making. The idea came from a desire products that are easy to use, package, transport to make an armchair that was both beautiful to and live with. One size fits all. look at and comfortable to sit in, a contemporary version of the classic English club chair. Working with a factory in Norfolk that SCP would later take over, getting the first prototype correct was a very lengthy process. Matthew Hilton’s design is full of curves and 2 3 getting the details correct on the arms took nearly two years of development. This was done by using a decorative stitching detail, known as a saddle stitch, which is duplicated twice on each arm. Once this was done, the Balzac went into production, and twenty years on, little if anything has changed in how it’s made. One of the ironies of the Balzac is that when it 4 was launched, no-one really liked it. The press were unimpressed and our customers seemed fairly non-plussed as well. That’s the odd thing about new design, sometimes it’s ahead of the curve. However, after a few years in production the Balzac gradually began to take off. It was widely featured in the press, the then Labour communications supremo Peter Mandelson was photographed reclining on one at home and within a short time it somehow became a kind of cultural icon, representative of a moment in British design. It was included in the Geffrye Museum’s permanent collection, the well-known chair bible Taschen’s “1000 Chairs”, used for numerous advertising 5 campaigns and has since been sat on and loved by many a SCP customer. We are very proud to have been making the Balzac for so many years, long may it continue. A French name for such a British product? Well the truth is it was named after SCP’s owner 4 Sheridan Coakley’s French sheep dog, also called Balzac.

1 Compass trestles / Matthew Hilton 2 Timberly Hall coat rack / Rich Brilliant Willing 3 Jeeves hall rack and mirror / Kay+Stemmer 4 Ulrik stook / Alex Hellum 8 7 5 SUM shelves / Peter Marigold 6 Otto side table / Kay+Stemmer 7 Calvo side table / Lee Kirkbride 8 Molly stool / Donna Wilson 32 SCP has always We asked customers to 33 The Designers recognised and send us images of their The nurtured new design purchases at home and talent. We celebrate the found out how they individual, the radical were getting along. Homecoming and the imaginative. We asked our designers to send in pictures of themselves relaxing 1 Alex Hellum at home. SCP have two London stores, one in the East End Andy Smith 1 Every day, as part of daily life. 1 Lounging, reading the papers, basking in 2 Peter Marigold and one in the West End. Our flagship store, SCP By the sea in Hastings 2 We lived in London for a long time the sun when the long concertina window 3 Rob Ryan East in Shoreditch, has been open for business and regularly popped in and out of SCP is open. Ours cats perch on the backs of the 4 Lee Kirkbride since 1985. We are very lucky to have a loyal Shoreditch picking up pieces when we could sofas and watch the birds outside or bounce 5 Gareth Neal customer base who have followed the brand afford to. off them as they hare round the flat. 6 Matthew Hilton for years, many of them work in the creative 3 We like the work of certain designers which 2 We bought the smaller sofa in summer 1999, 7 Donna Wilson industries and all have a passion for design. we follow, admire and occasionally purchase. taking advantage of sale discounts on SCP 8 Rich Brilliant Willing More recently, the East End of London has seen 4 I think the look of our home kind of creates upholstery. It was a long planned purchase. 9 Michael Marriott’s newly born son Eduardo a real transformation, it has slowly but gradually itself. Every now and then we will move I’d admired furniture in mid century 10 Luke Pearson become a fashionable place to live and work. things around to accommodate pieces which houses we’d visited which had worn and 11 Terence Woodgate This has attracted a new audience to SCP. have gone or new items which come in. We mellowed with their owners. We wanted a 12 Tom Lloyd We often wonder what happens in the life of like to keep things simple. contemporary sofa which would be a future 13 Andrea Stemmer the SCP products our customers purchase. In 5 I’m not sure we have a prize possession as classic, and our judgement was the Woodgate an effort to find out, we asked our customers such. All the furniture and objects in our system was that. We chose the darkest most to send in pictures of their SCP products at home are used daily by ourselves and the chocolately leather we could find as a colour home and asked them five questions about their 1 We have a few pouffes, one in the kitchen kids, so we tend not to be too precious about we’d always love and for long term durability. lifestyles: diner and a couple in the living room, they things. The larger sofa was more of an impulse buy are great for lounging around or sitting by - I saw it on your website in last January’s 1 How/when do you use your SCP piece? the fire and reading on. sale and we bought it the same day - it’s the 2 How did you come to own it? 2 We bought them from the SCP website but Sara Underwood perfect complement to our original two 1 2 3 3 Where do you find inspiration for your home? had seen them in the store. South East London seater. 4 How do you create the look of your home? 3 I’m an illustrator and my work is fairly 3 Early/mid twentieth century modern homes 5 What is your prize possession and why? lighthearted, fun and lively and I guess that such as 2 Willow Road (where I was a continues in the look in our home. We’re volunteer for many years), The Homewood, Here we are pleased to publish some of our not really into design that takes itself too Corb’s Immeuble Molitor apartment flat favourite responses. seriously. and others we’ve visited with the Twentieth 4 Over the years I’ve built up a big collection Century Society. of prints and art objects that I’ve swapped 4 It hasn’t really been a conscious thing. Our Peter Howarth with other designers and artists. They set furniture is a combination of modern design, South London the tone and a lot of the furniture we have some classics still in production, such as the complements them. Also we have a Victorian Swan chair, and second hand vintage pieces. house in Hastings that has lots of original Inevitably, it’s been influenced by our interest features and a great inglenook fireplace and in C20 architecture and their interiors. modern design seems to work well with the 5 We were torn on this one. Visually it’s old character of the rooms. probably two Prunella Clough prints from 5 Our 20 year old Bang and Olufsen Beosound The Contemporary Art Society. From a Century stereo. It’s still going! tactile and practical point of view it might be our copper saute pan from E Dehillerin - a beautiful, heavy and versatile object. 4 5 6 Ben Lewin Berkhamsted Colin Austen Leafy East Finchley

1 All the time – it’s a sofa. 2 We were moving into a new house and needed a great sofa so I popped into SCP 1 Our Petals rug is the perfect thing to define which is near my office. the space in the living room, but our Henry 3 From books, magazines, galleries and Pouffe is all I need to end my day with my showrooms as well as from travelling feet up. around the world. I am a fan of modernist 2 I was pregnant with our son Max, and architecture and design, but also of less severe our sofa just didn’t cut it when it came to touches of decorative pieces and items picked relaxation, so Henry came to stay and very up on our travels. obligingly allowed me to sit back and work 4 By throwing together individual pieces we on finding my ankles again. like and then letting the kids trash them. 3 I follow many blogs that feed my need for There was also a Russian abstract painting in beauty. I’m always drawn by pattern and a book I have which I used as a reference for surface design, and like to keep my eye 7 8 9 10 the colour palette. on new designers emerging as well as the 5 My Triumph motorbike. classics, you can’t beat a visit to Liberty for inspiration. 4 I start with neutral walls - a colour my Peter Kapos partner likes to call ‘sludge’. But there’s a London, Highgate Newtown Phase 1 reason: I love to colour our home with 1 Sit on it, lie on it or roll it up and down the the pieces in it, so textiles are important, lounge like a giant Babybel. wallpaper in strategic places, prints and 2 From the lovely Iain at SCP Shoreditch. photos on the walls, even down to the jars 3 A u s t r a l i a . in my kitchen, there’s always room for more 4 Someone once told me to buy stuff for your pattern and colour if you’ve got a plain 1 Orford sofa system – would like to be never house that you ‘love’ first and worry about backdrop! off it, especially at the weekend, but still lots whether it ‘fits, matches or clashes’ later. 5 Not a single possession, but my collection of of work to do around the house, so it’s only We’ve followed this religiously and ended up cups, accumulated in my endeavour to find used in the evenings at the moment. Problem having to take the lounge windows out to get the perfect teacup (for tea is the elixir of life). is, it’s almost like a bed, so usually fall a Woodgate sofa in the house as it wouldn’t fit The current favourite is from an Australian asleep. It’s responsible for missing the ends round the corner in the hall. company called Mozi, it’s beautifully of countless films! TwoThreeFour Table – as 5 A 1950’s screw top boy scout compass given patterned, the perfect thickness of china, and much as possible, for entertaining. Circular to me by my Dad. It reminds me to stay on big enough to hold a swimming pool of tea. tables are so much more sociable, as you can 11 12 13 the right path. hear all the conversations going on around it, and butt in! My wife sometimes uses it as her 1 I am a dealer and collector of Dieter Rams Carolyn Parmeter office desk as well. designs. I use my Michael Marriott shelves Thomas Russell Highpoint, a modernist block in Highgate, 2 Perk of the job! to hold Braun SK 4 phonosuper radio/record Glasgow’s West End London 3 Architecture books/exhibitions, design players. They seem to fit quite nicely. magazines (Dwell, Grand Designs, Elle Deco 2 Purchased 5 or 6 years ago from SCP on etc.), personal taste and places we visit when Curtain Rd. travelling. 3 Dieter Rams. 4 Blood (thankfully little), sweat (a lot), 4 Much of the furnishings, shelving and objects arguments (some) and tears (only of joy). are also my stock, so things change as items 4 Don’t have a particular ‘prized’ possession are sold and new ones come in. I like to because, when you do a renovation you tend live with things for a while before passing to spend long periods in various states of them on. semi-squalor and disruption, so every time 5 A Dieter Rams designed Braun TS 45 you acquire something new, it gets you a step wall-mounted radio and speaker unit. closer to the finished article which makes Radio 3 has never looked so good. everything else special and appreciated again. www.scp.co.uk