Pleased to be included in another Elle Decoration article on the 20 Best Modern Armchairs. The Oxbow Lounge Chair for Dare Studio is featured, and is listed alongside some of the most renowned designers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
I am delighted to be included in Elle Decoration’s feature on The Best Bespoke Furniture Makers In The UK. Originally published in November 2020, the article is now available to read online and meets the craftspeople creating custom pieces to treasure forever, from made-to-measure storage to one-off designs.
We are launching the Cùram Collection this month! I will be at the London Design Fair next week along with other members of Blue Patch, a social enterprise championing British design, produce and services. Every penny they make supports their business members, renewable energy, conservation and community programmes. I am really excited to be a part of this great collaborative business network; putting wellbeing, community and the environment first.
Come and see me and the other Blue Patch members at Stand 10.22, Old Truman Brewery from the 19th to the 22nd September.
Working on some new pieces for this years Design Exhibition Scotland, definitely worth a visit whilst it’s on! 28th June - 2nd July Free and open to all, Lyon & Turnbull, Broughton Place, Edinburgh EH1 3RR.
Design Exhibition Scotland celebrates exceptional objects for the everyday. A pioneering project, DES is powered by a desire to champion design excellence and exploration in contemporary furniture and functional objects.
Launched in 2018, DES 2019 will again bring together brilliant practitioners and energetic thinkers, to explore a range of materials and processes, to create exceptional objects for the everyday.
Absolutely delighted to announce that the Oxbow Lounge Chair received a Design Guild Mark. Good friend Peter Holmes of Be Seated and I collected our award and met the other winners during Clerkenwell Design week. An absolute honour to be receiving recognition from some of the leaders of our industry. Very proud indeed!
My wife Emily and I had a really informative and exciting visit to Lanarkshire Hardwoods a few weeks ago to talk all things Scottish Ash with Patrick Baxter, the owner of The Wood Place. We have been working on a new project which we hope will involve using native Ash which has been felled due to Dieback. A beautifully coloured timber with real character which would otherwise be used as firewood. We share a passion with Patrick for Scottish wood, and were wholeheartedly impressed with the consideration he puts into every aspect of his business. He offers woodworking workshops, rents workshop space, sells perfectly dried timber and also designs and makes to commission - a busy man!
Peter Holmes of Be Seated and I are delighted to travel down to London and present to The Furniture Makers’ Company in a few weeks. The Oxbow Lounge Chair has been shortlisted in the final round of Design Guild Mark judging! We will both be nervous wrecks but very exciting to take our collaboration to the big smoke! Watch this space!
I made this piece a few years back and just came across a great little animation that my photographer put together for me, good one Stuart McClay!
A whisky cabinet designed to house a clients selection of single malts. This piece was very special to design and make; a rare and beautiful palate of materials sourced from around Scotland including walnut, oak, sycamore, laburnum and marble.
Design magazine Vanguards featured a brilliant illustration of the Oxbow Chair within an article showcasing their favourite Scottish design brands and products. Really worth grabbing a copy to see @ryutomiyake illustrating some other craft businesses as well as a good read! (issue 02)
I am honoured to have been asked to include the Oxbow Armchair in a new and updated version of a book I have used many times throughout my career: The Encyclopedia of Woodworking Techniques by Jeremy Broun. The book is an essential benchtop reference for woodworking techniques. The Oxbow Armchair features alongside many examples of handcrafted contemporary furniture. Mention is made to the combination of solid and laminated oak as well as the routed keyhole profiles which hold the swedish leather slings.
