All Things Considered

Mr Cinghiale
Posted by Simon Lewin

St. Jude's favourite, Christopher Brown, has just produced this wild boar illustration for Carluccio's. For a limited time you can purchase a copy of a poster of the image online from the Carluccio's store.

A selection of Chris' limited prints are available from our online print store.

Posted by Simon Lewin on February 28th, 2010

St. Jude’s Homewares
Posted by Simon Lewin

We've just taken delivery of our first St. Jude's tea towels, designed by Angie Lewin. They're approximately 76cm x 47cm, screen printed in the UK on 100% organic cotton.

And we'll shortly announce details of a range of ceramic mugs.

We'll post details here with links to online stockists for both - but if you have a favourite store that might like to stock our homewares, do ask them to get in touch via our website.

Posted by Simon Lewin on February 27th, 2010

Piet Hein Eek
Posted by Kate Sullivan

Piet Hein Eek, Dutch designer and architect is best known for his beautifully made scrap wood furniture. Fellow Dutchman and musical entertainer Hans Liberg commissioned Eek to design a recording studio in his garden.

As with much of Eek's work, the log cabin/wood pile is mostly constructed from salvaged material. The steel frame was sourced from a builders yard and the wood facade is simply thin cross sections of tree trunks carefully arranged over the exterior. The structure is also built on wheels which eradicates building regulation issues and also allows the view from the cabin to change.

You can view a selection of images of the finished project on photographer Thomas Mayer's website or find out more about Piet Hein Eek's work.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on February 17th, 2010

The Monroe Transfer
Posted by Simon Lewin

I came across The Monroe Transfer via Nick Gill who works at Hand & Eye Letterpress.

Nick's a member of The Monroe Transfer, a 7-piece instrumental group making “sad, angry, melancholy, triumphant instrumental music”. I'd recommend their 2008 release "I dreamt I was a hammer & everything was glass".

Although it's not out for a little while, the artwork for their forthcoming album "Trials" has just been been featured as one of the records sleeves of the month over at Creative Review.

I've yet to see a copy but it looks like a lovingly created piece of print, designed, screen and letterpress printed the TMT's Nick Gill and Daley Walton. Read the CR blog in full.

For up to date news re. the album's release and forthcoming gigs, keep an eye on The Monroe Transfer's website.

Posted by Simon Lewin on February 14th, 2010

Rob Ryan’s Valentine’s Day
Posted by Simon Lewin

UPDATE: We've now sold out of this print. If you'd like to know if we receive further copies of the edition either sign up for our e-mail newsletter or keep an eye on our Facebook page. We do still have some copies of Chris Brown's "With Love" linocut print - exclusive to St. Jude's for Valentine's Day 2010. More

Here's a sneak preview of Rob Ryan's Valentine's Day print/card for 2010.

It's screen-printed and laser cut, in an edition of 250 copies.

Posted by Simon Lewin on January 28th, 2010

David Shrigley
Posted by Simon Lewin

Glasgow based artist David Shrigley recently produced this animation for knitwear producer Pringle. Enjoy!

Posted by Simon Lewin on January 21st, 2010

Kate Jenkins
Posted by Angie Lewin

My attempts at crochet still haven't progressed beyond wobbly scarves and grand plans for granny squares but I was inspired by catching sight of Kate Jenkins' crocheted caviar tin in the Rebecca Hossack Gallery window. Looking on her website I love this Tate & Lyle lion too.

Posted by Angie Lewin on January 15th, 2010

New St. Jude’s fabrics
Posted by Simon Lewin

We're delighted to announce the launch of two new St. Jude's fabrics, designed by Angie Lewin and Mark Hearld.

Angie Lewin's Hedgerow is a three-colour design screenprinted onto a heavyweight linen union.

Mark Hearld's Bird Garden is also printed onto linen union in two colourways, with a third colourway on a natural linen.

We're busy working on new designs from Old Town, Jonny Hannah and Emily Sutton. If you'd like to receive details of these as soon as they're launched, you could sign up for our e-mail newsletter or visit our Facebook page.

Posted by Simon Lewin on January 8th, 2010

Dualchas
Posted by Simon Lewin

We've been working with Mary Arnold-Forster of architectural practice Dualchas on the renovation of some old agricultural outbuildings in the Highlands. More on that in the Spring when we're done (though it's looking very, very good).

In the meantime, Dualchas have just had another of their properties featured on the Wallpaper website. This small but perfectly formed black corrugated house is way up on the west coast of Scotland. Further details and photographs on the Dualchas website.

Posted by Simon Lewin on January 5th, 2010

Dieter Rams
Posted by Simon Lewin

We're hoping to get along to the Dieter Rams exhibition at the Design Museum in the next few days. First became aware of his work through Vitsoe (we've developed a bit of an addiction for his shelving system) though as a kid I remember Dad having one of his Braun alarm clocks.

Particularly like Dieter Rams' Ten Principles of good design:

Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.

The exhibition runs at the Design Museum until March 2010 (if you visit before the end of January you'll also be able to see the show about the work of architect David Chipperfield). Here's a film about Rams' work for Vitsoe:

Posted by Simon Lewin on December 30th, 2009