STORE SNAPS - heals bedlinen

todays store snaps are all from the fabulous bedlinen department in heals on tottenham court road in london. heals stock brands such as orla kiely and designers guild as well as kas australia. new this year is a collection from uk designer lisa stickley. here are my pattern picks from heals bedding displays.

STORE SNAPS - habitat

when we heard a couple of weeks ago that habitat were going into administration i thought i had better get down there and get some storesnaps. 30 of the chains 33 stores are closing although not the the tottenham court road branch where these pics were taken. but trading from 3 shops will surely be different from 33. will they be able to create so many bespoke and exclusive products when their

STORESNAPS - islington

im rounding of this weeks store snaps with a few bits and pieces spotted in islington last week while attending 'new designers'. i popped into a couple of shops on upper street including oliver bonas where i spotted sean simms fantastic playtime cards by nineteen seventy three.below a lovely typographic window blind spotted in pret a vivre. the letters are bold and large but have been filled with

HEALS - aldo londi ceramics

spotted at the heals show last week -the rimimi blue collection which was designed in the 1950's by aldo londi, the former art director of bitossi ceramics in italy. the patterns and textures are hand embossed into the clay and perfectly capture the current mood for mid century design. see the full series of shapes and objects available at heals online here.