One to Watch: Lane
‘Lane is about making bold designs with beautiful colours inspired by the places we visit, the materials we find and the craftspeople we work with,’ says Joff Casciani, who with Ollie Wood set up the company in Nottingham in 2013.
Who
'Lane is about making bold designs with beautiful colours inspired by the places we visit, the materials we find and the craftspeople we work with,' says Joff Casciani, who with Ollie Wood set up the company in Nottingham in 2013. They have built the homewares' business with products such as prints and stationery as well as putting its design stamp on the humble paper lampshade with the Twin Tone system. Lane is involved in a collaboration with David Mellor Design to produce three limitededition screen prints celebrating the great British designer's work.
Why
Twin Tone represents a departure into something bigger while still retaining Lane's design vision to keep things made in Britain. Wood says: 'There has always had a great number of skilled craftspeople making high-quality products and materials in Britain. We believe in supporting these trades wherever we can.' Next Lane plans to work with Romo on a range of fabrics, bringing its brand of 'graphic design for the home' to yet more 3D surfaces. 'We make nice things out of nice stuff,' says Casciani .
What
Twin Tone Lampshades
The Twin Tone system uses GF Smith Paper for a cute contrast between the outside and inside of the colourful shades. Combinations include mint and burgundy, smoke grey and yellow, and red with stone. Individually they provide a buzz of brightness, but imagine several together - a real statement in contract interiors.
David Mellor Anniversary screen print set
Limited-edition (1,000) handpulled screen prints featuring three of Mellor's design classics: 700 Series Chair (1975), Embassy Teapot (1963), and Minimal Cutlery (2003). Each print is handscreen printed in Nottingham on to British-made textured paper.
Lane Notebooks
Sold as a pack of three pocket-sized notebooks - in light blue, claret and yellow - each book is manufactured using plain and unmarked British-made paper. Designed to be slim and light, each notebook has rounded corners on the trimmed edge of each book, so that they slip into a pocket easily. Words by Helen Parton
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