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London retailer Heal’s has released its first own-brand collection of textiles in four decades (+ slideshow).

Heal’s has collaborated with both well-known and upcoming designers to create the range of fabric prints exclusive to the brand.

“We wanted to inject fun and excitement into our Heal’s fabric design once again, by working with established as well as emerging designers – in the same way we did in the 1950s and 1960s,” said Heal’s head of fabric and design Pia Benham.

British designer Zandra Rhodes‘ Top Brass 2 is based on a print she first created for the brand in 1963 while studying at the Royal College of Art.

Influenced by the work of British artist David Hockney, the Pop Art-style print has been recreated in pink – the same colour as the designer’s hair.

A repeated jelly and cake motif by the late designer Diana Bloomfield has also been reproduced.

Other designs include Ottilie Stevenson’s pattern based on Art Deco jewellery and Emily Patrick‘s cloud-like print taken from her own abstract painting of the sky.

Paul Vogel used the bright colours in the photography of Miles Aldridge and the illustrations of David McKee as the basis for his stripy designs.

Flora formed the starting point for fabrics by Malika Favre, Cressida Bell, Hvass & Hannibal and Petra Börner.

The designs have been used to create a range of accessories included aprons, cushion covers and notebook sleeves, as well as the prints on trays. The fabrics will be available at Heal’s from 1 March.

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When we last caught up with Spanish industrial designer Cristian Reyes he had just introduced the Giros Table, a beautiful example of purpose-driven design. And now, we see another aesthetically fun and functional piece for the…

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Stockholm 2014: Danish furniture brand Normann Copenhagen has launched an armchair and two-seater version of the padded Swell sofa created by Swedish designer Jonas Wagell to resemble risen bread.

“[Bread] is a good and descriptive way to communicate the form,” Wagell told Dezeen. “The words and the name paints pictures before people have even seen the product.”

Each piece in the Swell range features bulky armrests and curved padded seats, plus stitching divides the seats and back of the sofa.

Both the sofas and the armchair are raised off the ground on small steel feet.

The bulbous shape is created by a wooden structure covered in polyether foam, which is then upholstered. There are 21 colours to choose from.

The extended collection was launched at the Stockholm Design Fair, which took place earlier this month. The three-seater sofa first debuted during Milan design week last year.

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Leica a annoncé la commercialisation d’une édition limitée de l’appareil photographique X2 « The Paper Skin » de Fedrigoni, changeant la bande de cuir en papier spécialement traité pour l’occasion et appelé Constellation Jade, offrant une résistance plus forte que le cuir. Un appareil produit à 25 exemplaires.

Stockholm 2014: Swedish designer Anya Sebton has created a storage system that doubles as display units for magazines and plants.

The basis of the Add storage system, which Sebton designed for Swedish furniture brand Lammhults, is a thin rectangular steel frame.

Additions such as plastic boxes can be slotted inside the frames to store and display different items.

Sebton said that she aimed to design “one frame that could include different functions and still be a part of the decoration in the room.”

Plastic boxes have been designed specifically to display plants and perforated iron boxes were created to hold magazines, books or brochures. Closed iron boxes can also be added for hiding contents away.

By fixing on an aluminium rail and hooks, the frame becomes an open clothes rack. An umbrella stand can also be clipped to the outside.

Sebton suggested that Add could be used to improve a workspace. She mentioned that the clothes on the rack could function as a sound absorber, while foliage might improve oxygen levels in the room.

Each frame sits on a circular cast-iron foot plate, with the option for a swivel version. The frames can be linked together to form room dividers or stand alone.

Available in two sizes, one wide and one narrow, the designs come powder-coated or finished in chrome.

Add was launched during Stockholm Design Week earlier this month, where Lammhults also presented sofas and armchairs that balance chunky upholstered seats on thin tubular steel frames.

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