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24 Jun 2008

New residents at Deckchair…

New residents? No, not new employees, or unwanted mice, but 3 new ‘jungle’ plants for the office – a Yucca and two Dracaenas (Dragon plants). As part of our overall mission to brighten and add inspiration to the Deckchair office we visited the local garden centre to purchase our new office foliage.
As Andrew Shanahan wrote [...]

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14 Nov 2007

Introducing the work of James Starr

 
Every now and then I come across the work of a talented artist, designer or photographer, and it’s always a great inspiration. James Starr was exhibiting at Room 212 in Bristol a few weeks ago and I have to say he is one of the more impressive artists I have seen there.
James is a painter, [...]

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24 Oct 2007

Photographing the Dead – ‘The devil’s in the details’

 
This is a fascinating yet possibly controversial series of photographs depicting the process of cremating a human body. Although the usual purpose of this blog is to talk about design, I felt it was an opportunity to highlight what I find to be an interesting topic for discussion and give you a sneak peek at [...]

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17 Oct 2007

What a nice guy!

Last night, when I got home from work, all hell had broken loose, my daughter (aged 3), had stuck her hand onto a hot light bulb and was screaming the place down. After putting her hand under the tap for 5 minutes I rushed at top speed to the chemist round the corner.
The pharmacist recommended [...]

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07 Aug 2007

Ollie got hitched!

I had the great pleasure of attending Ollie and Sophie’s wedding on Saturday, it was a beautiful celebration and much fun was had by all. Here are a few photos from the happy event…Congratulations Ollie and Sophie, have a fantastic honeymoon!! (Ollie is Deckchair’s Creative Director).

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