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I will be showing my work at the Ferres Gallery in the Domistic Bliss exhibition, a exhibition showing the best in British Designers for home interiors!

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London Calling.

I had a brilliant weekend in London including a trip to Selfridges and Co. I love this department store, especially their shop windows, this trip proved to be no different with a number of windows by Kyle Bean. 
Kyle is a Brighton based designer specializing in hand crafted models, prop styling and art direction.

New Living Magazine featuring Lorna Syson Textiles

Also remember to please vote for me in the National Shell Live Wire Awards, just register on the right hand side of the page and vote for my video! Voting ends next Friday so only 6 days left

Lorna Syson featured in Best of British article

Thank you the Emma from furnish.co.uk for featuring me in the Magazine's Best of British article, about designers who strongly believe in designing and manufacturing in the U.K to support local business and British economy. I am feature along with other designers including Miss Print, a wonderful print designer who I was next to showing our work at ICFF, New York this year with the BEDG, Claire Coles Design and MARK Product

Win over £500 worth of beautiful British Hand-made items

Check out this amazing competition currently running by Woman and Home magazine. They are offering one lucky reader over £500 worth of British Hand-made designer goods all sold through the amazing Swanky Maison website.
You can win one of my Teal Dahlia cushions, 50x50 cm worth £62 along with other designer items, one of my favourites is the Small single hole decorative bowl by Sarah Hillman.
All you need to do to win is go onto the woman and home magazine website and answer the competition question about Swanky Maison.

Best of Luck

Fresh Exhibition

I will be dropping my work of at the Beetroot Gallery in Derby tomorrow in time for the new Design Factory associate exhibition.

This exhibition shows new and emerging designer maker talent. I will be showing my interior and fashion accessory collection along with other associate designer makers in what is set to be a very exciting exhibition.

If your in the area make sure you go and check it out, and if not its still worth a visit. Draycot in Derbyshire and the area around it is beautiful.

I will be exhibiting some new pieces, which shows the inspiration behind the wall flowers as well as one of my very large pieces, all made by hand using a variety of different techniques including fabric manipulation, laser cutting and hand stitching.

The large piece named Morrocan Wall is directly influenced by my trip to Morocco and looks at pattern on pattern, it’s an amalgamation of natural organic forms layered with manmade geometric shapes. The main inspiration came from a trip to Morocco where I looked at schools and mosques in the old city. One school in particular had an area covered with beautiful and colourful geometric mosaics but had been left and plants had started to grow over the wall. This is my interpretation of this wall.

The pieces used the geometric structured forms and juxtaposed these next to the organic floral patterns. The work I have created, echo’s the on going battle between the organic, uncontrolled, wildness of nature compared to the measured rigidness of manmade geometric patterns which represents that no matter how beautiful the man made pattern is, nature and will always take back the space. 

Dame Kelly Holmes

Last night I was lucky enough to meet Dame Kelly Holmes. She is the double olympic gold medal winner who has now set up a health and fitness program with The Village Hotel Gyms.

It was a great night hearing her inspirational talk about her ups and downs during her carrier and it was something I really needed to hear after having a bad day. I was delighted at how personable Kelly was and at the end of the evening went over and said hi and showed her some of my work.



My business was set up with help form the Princes Trust and Kelly works closely with the Trust supporting all their brilliant work. She was interested in what I had been doing since I received my development loan and was especially impressed when I said I had shown my work at the ICFF in New York and the Interior Lifestyle show in Tokyo.

This is the card she signed for me saying congratulations and keep up the great work. This is now being pinned up in my studio next to the mood board for the new Eco-friendly range being launched at 100% Design this September.

I got the chance to say a massive thank you to Kelly this morning while I was doing my morning workout and said I was now off to have a productive day. She said, "when things are a struggle it just makes you more determined to try harder and prove to everyone you have what it takes."..... and that is what I will do.

Thank you again to Kelly

Shell Live Wire Awards voting has started!

Lorna Syson Textiles - Elevator pitch for Shell Live wire award from Robert Hull on Vimeo.



Check out my video I created with help from Rob Hull for the Shell Live Wire Awards. I would use the money to move my new Eco-friendly interior range forward, which is being launched at 100% design this September!

Please vote for me by going onto this link www.shell-livewire.org/my-business-kit, registered on the right of the screen, simple name etc and then you will be forwarded to the page to vote for my video! Only one vote per person

Lorna Syson in DDI editors pics

Check out this feature by American Magazine DDI, a visual merchandising magazine looking at store design, Architecture, Branding, Visual Merchandising and Marketing.

The Blue/purple double sided dahlia wall flower which retails at £195 has been chosen as one of the standouts from ICFF New York.

Other exhibitors featured are Shine Labs, Levy Lighiting, Designartist, Straight Line Design Inc and Iconic Revolution

Thank you Alison for featuring Lorna Syson Textiles!

Lorna Syson short listed for the June/july grand Ideas Awards

I have been short listed for the Grand Idea's Awards, very exciting and nerve racking. Just making my video at the moment which will be ready to view on Friday. Please vote for me this award is very important to me and my business.

News | 8 shortlisted for the June/July Grand Ideas Awards

Congratulations to the following 8 young entrepreneurs who have been shortlisted for the monthly £1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards.

Lisa Bean (LMBT Solutions), LondonLMBT Solutions is a consultancy firm specialising in student and graduate development and networking. Under the registered trademark of Gradvert the company has been established to provide students and graduates with the tools, training, development and networking opportunities needed to achieve success in business.

Luke Boulton-Major (Karma Active), BristolKarma Active currently provide alternative sports programmes to school children, and would like to develop an instructor pack which is purchased by potential instructors and trains them in how to deliver the Martial Arts Pack for their schools and community groups.

Fred Clough (Scholify.com), LondonScholify com is a website designed to promote collaborative learning. Dedicated to all things student Scholify allows students to create work spaces to work on group projects and also discuss ideas related to their studies with the wider community. Scholify provides a free platform for young people to interact and collaborate on academic and educational themed topics.

Ijeoma Iwuoha (myTaskAngel), Newcastle upon TynemyTaskAngel is a online service that enables people overwhelmed with their daily to-do lists find qualified and eligible "angels" within their neighbourhood or community to complete these tasks for them. This service works by allowing you post a task you need completed, specify your budget and then relax and wait for the response of willing angels within our trusted network who are keen on completing these tasks for you.

Natalie Pierce-Jones (Fairypants), ChesterFairypants is a complete range of dresses, corsets, fairy tutus, jewellery and accessories, all handmade by me. I offer a bespoke service from start to finish, along with a large selection of 'off the peg' items. For example, my customers can see a dress that I have designed and made, then they can alter it to suit their purpose. This is perfect for customers who want a bespoke dress, but have no idea where to start when designing it themselves.

Alexander Robinson (Trendring), SouthamptonMy business is a personalised review website, connecting social networking and ecommerce. People’s confidence to make shopping decisions is strongly influenced by their friends and family, who often accompany them to the shops. However, when buying online there is usually no opportunity to discuss prospective purchases with friends, as they are not present.

Lorna Syson, CoventryCreates hand-made sculptural textiles for home soft furnishings from my Midlands based studio. Also works on larger scale installations for hotels, shop decor and interior designers, offering a completely unique and bespoke service.

Conrad Thornton (Green Street Media), SheffieldGreen Street Media is a green, eco-friendly marketing company offering pavement advertising across every city in the UK. We etch adverts into any hard stone or concrete surface from pavements to walls. The only cleaning fluid we use is H2O – pure clean water. Adverts leave a clean ‘green’ impression wherever customers want it.

* 1 minute elevator pitch videos from each of the 8 candidates will be posted soon in the 'My Business Kit' section of this site so that Shell LiveWIRE members can vote for their favourite.

Think you've got a Grand Idea for a new business or project? Apply online for the chance to win £1,000 at www.shell-livewire.org/awards

One award each month is sponsored by NCGE (National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship) as part of their FlyingStart programme for graduates.

Lorna Syson Spotted by Urban Sherp at ICFF 2010

A big thank you to Urban Sherp for featuring me in their blog. I met Rebecca in New York at ICFF and had a lovely chat with her about how Lorna Syson Textiles is going Eco-friendly, and yes we have managed to achieve this goal a lot quicker than first thought! We are now bringing out a new complementary collection which is completely Eco-friendly!

Check out Urban Sherp's Blog entry below and make sure you check the site, its full of gorgeous Eco-friendly finds from across the world

Lorna Syson’s Stunning Sculptural Textiles

Written by Urban Sherp on July 9th, 2010

Who: Lorna Syson Textiles – UK

What: Wall Flowers

Where: Lorna Syson – £100 – £3999, in a variety of colors & sizes.

Why We Love It: These ‘Wall Flowers’ by textile artist Lorna Syson are anything but. We fell in love with the rich colors, the vibrancy and complete originality of these sculptural wall hangings. They truly are stunning.

Made of 100% wool, sued and silk, the textiles are screen printed or digitally printed with patterns designed by Lorna or in solid colors.  The petals are then laser cut and meticulously hand woven to create the 3-D form. One piece can take up to a week to create.

At ICFF, Lorna mentioned that her goal was to source an entirely sustainable collection by 2015. She has far surpassed that target date and will be presenting a completely ‘ec0-friendly’ collection at 100% Design in London this September – can’t wait!

For a taste of Lorna’s stunning collection with a smaller sticker price, check out her collection of accessoriesand pillows – the pillows are filled with 100% recycled wool that’s naturally resistant to dust mites, so is great for people with allergies.

BIG BANG BOOM

I don't know if you are familiar with the work of BLU but they have created a number of animations which are great! Check out their new video

Design Centre, Chelsea Harbor

I took a visit to Chelsea Harbor last week and went around the Design Centre. I thought it place was amazing, my first visit and definitely not my last. There are some beautiful shops selling the most luxurious fabrics, I can see why it is an interior designers dream.

They have some enchanting sheep sculptures by illustrator/designer Nataile Ferstendik. They are made from rolled up pages of second hand books. I then had chance to look around the area at the Conran hotel and the harbor itself! Really nice area full of classic design pieces. I definitely recommend a good look!

Interior Lifestyle Show, Japan

I recently showed my work with BEDG in Japan at the Interior Lifestyle Show. The feedback I received has been brilliant and the Japanese are loving the flowers! Here is an image of the stand

Francesca Crow

I was going through blogs the other day and came across one set up by a friend of mine Frankie (Francesca Crow). We met in New york in Jan 2008 when we were both doing placements out there and living in the Webster apartments. I was working for DVF in the printed textile department and Frankie was working for Donna Karan in the knitwear.

She has put up examples of her photography, sketch books, drawings and garments she did for her final collection at London College of Fashion where she graduated with a 1st, even after having her appendix burst whilst she was working on her final collection!

To me Frankie's style really reflects her personality and her blog really did make me smile. From the images you are able to see the quality of craftsmanship in her work down to the finest detail and see the passion and enthusiasm Frankie has for all things couture fashion!

She is currently working with Mary Katrantzou who sells  her beautiful dresses at Browns

I have added a couple of my favorite images but make sure you check out her blog!