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Lauren Barfoot 10 Holland street textile designer Royal College of art 2012

Day 43. What studying at the Royal College of Art taught me.

9 year’s ago this summer I was half way through my two year MA course in textile design at the RCA. Having started my textile design education in 2006, by...
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10 Holland street design flowers wisteria

Day 41. Gardener’s World. Our guilty pleasure during lockdown!

Day 41. Chris and I have a new guilty pleasure 🙈. It’s @bbc #GardenersWorld! We watched three episodes last night and haven’t stopped talking about it! It’s not surprising that...
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10 Holland street recipe cake raspberry and apple sponge easy baking in isolation covid 19

Apple and Raspberry Pudding

  Despite the pretty fluted flan dish, it did look like it was straight out of a school dinner canteen, especially with the dollop of custard on top.. but it...
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Kate spade 10 Holland street yellow positive thinking lockdown

Day 40. Positive Thinking and The Power of Yellow

POSITIVE THINKING and the power of yellow 💛💛💛. #Day40. This morning didn’t start the way I was expecting. It was a cloudy, grey sky. From the days of beautiful uplifting...
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Yves klein 10 Holland street artist colour blue

Day 39. Yves Klein Blue

Have you ever wondered about who gives colours their names? I’m talking about the designers of great brands that come up creative monikers for paint charts (@farrowandball or @dulux). I...
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10 Holland street citrus garden life’s a picnic Schumacher fabric

Day 38. Oranges and Lemons

One of my favourite textile designs of all time. #citrusgarden from @schumacher1889. Fresh, vibrant and reminiscent of holidays. My new print ‘Life a Picnic’ has taken some inspiration from this...
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10 Holland street vogue orange trend fashion beachwear interiors

Day 33. Satsuma?

The colour orange. Brave and bold but oh so uplifting.   It’s not a colour I feel confident with wearing or choosing for a feature wall in my home but...
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10 Holland Street Alexander McQueen Intern 2008 ss09

Day 31. Throwback to my Alexander McQueen days

Waayy back in Summer 2008 when I was a naive 21 year old design student, I was lucky enough to be offered an internship at Alexander McQueen in the print...
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10 Holland street chipped paint textiles interiors

Day 30. Chipped Paint

I’m convinced that you can spot pattern anywhere you look. You just have to be aware of it and 💥boom, there it will be. Chris has been sanding down my...
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10 Holland street Kings Road Designers Guild Tricia Guild

Day 29. My top podcasts for beating the lockdown blues..

Who doesn't love a podcast? In an age of constant information overload it is refreshing to find those few consistant media channels to get gripped on, subscribe to and 'follow',...
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Day 28. Stripe is my neutral.

Day 28. Stripe is my neutral.

Stripes (and usually of the black and white variety) are my so called ‘neutral’ print. They go with everything and offer creativity and flare with personality and coolness. It all...
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on the road to theory Peter Knapp 10 Holland Street Textile Design

Day 27. HOPPY EASTER

On the road to Thoiry (1970) was taken by the Swiss photographer Peter Knapp (b.1931)  for the French fashion house Courrèges. The empty road and open landscape evoke a feeling...
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10 Holland street Natalie lacroix textile design graphical tropical

Day26. Escapism

Day26. It’s Easter weekend, and it’s beautiful weather. I’m dreading when grey days come and grey moods with it. The sun is certainly being kind to us. I saw this...
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10 holland street colour pallete gouache textile design painting self care in covid 19

Day 25. Gouache

Yesterday I sat in the garden painting. It was lush. The sun was out and the baby was asleep, I love a bit of #selfcare through creativity. Hoping for a...
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10 holland street relaxation tips calm in covid 19

Day 24. The Little Book of Calm

‘Feeling a bit wobbly?’ (Jelly emoji needed here!) . This fitting headline is taken from a recent issue of @stylistmagazine and pretty on point to how many of us are...
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Day 23. How to make TRAINERS

Day 23. How to make TRAINERS

After posting an insta story earlier about an @iPlayer programme I watched about #trainers I thought I might base my blog post today on the textiles of these staple wardrobe...
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10 holland street devol kitchen textile designer Loughborough Rachel khoo

Day 22. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be choosing a new kitchen for our first house. I must admit I had champagne taste on a beer...
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Erdem 10 Holland street print florals textile designers rca

Day 21. Spring Florals?!

‘Florals? For Spring? .. Groundbreaking! ‘ Amanda Priestly’s infamous quote from cult fashion film Devil Wears Prada always makes be giggle but at the same time I feel a sense...
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