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] SCP West 87–93 Westbourne Grove London W2 4UL T +44 (0) 20 7229 3612 F +44 (0) 20 7243 4821 [email protected] To sign up to the SCP mailing list, please visit the registration page on our website. www.scp.co.uk 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 1 4 1 Munro / Donna Wilson 2 Motley / Donna Wilson 2 5 1 1 6 2 4 7 1 1 Balzac / Matthew Hilton 2 Frank, Ernest and Henry / Donna Wilson 3 Mabel / Donna Wilson 4 Elsie / Russell Pinch 5 Coltrane / Terence Woodgate 5 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 1 3 4 5 10 1 Ulrik / Alex Hellum 2 Compass / Matthew Hilton 1 11 3 Joyce / Gareth Neal 4 Peggy / PearsonLloyd 5 Maude / Kay+Stemmer 4 2 5 3 12 1 4 5 13 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 1 5 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.