Rocking the look
The Stingray’s futuristic design will fit easily into a contemporary home, but it works well in more traditional settings too…
Art & design
On the map
A first solo show in three decades proves Sam Ainsley is still one of the leading lights in contemporary Scottish art…
Feel the force
An iconic design from that place in space, first introduced to us in the 1970s, has been reimagined for the modern home…
Art Words by Benjamin Sullivan
A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Sullivan’s work can be found in many public and private collections, including the National Portrait Gallery. This…
Mightier than the sword
The pen of Vin Deighan, aka artist Frank Quitely, is triumphing in the resurgent world of superheroes and comics at this summer’s exhibition of his work in…
I love this: Tower Mill Heart of Hawick
Tower Mill, formerly a spinning mill, once served the flourishing textile industry of Hawick. It was the river system that powered the industry, the Slitrig…
Behind closed doors: Wedgwood
Traditional craftsmanship combines with cutting-edge design in the china manufacturer’s collaboration with Lee Broom Hipsters everywhere are proud to profess…
By joining forces and pooling resources, the four women behind Collect Scotland have put printed textiles – and their talented makers – firmly centre stage
The textiles scene in Scotland is big business. We may no longer manufacture on anything like the same scale as in the past, but that hasn’t stopped…
Design Archives: Lucienne Day 1917-2010
Lucienne Day, one of the greatest talents of 20th-century textile design is being celebrated throughout 2017, the centenary of her birth For Robin and Lucienne…
Art Words by Stephen Bird
My maternal grandmother, Margaret Rose Magness, lived in a beautiful ivy-clad, red-brick cottage just off the main road that connects the market town of Stone…