A few weeks ago I paid a visit to one of my favourite local spots, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, with fellow Duke Studios Residents, to have a little look at the works on display by Brooklyn-based Pop artist, KAWS. As stated on the YSP website, “This is the first UK museum exhibition of work by the renowned
The Weather Cafe is a 3 week art installation located on The Headrow just opposite the Leeds Art Gallery. Created by David Shearing, it is a wonderful, immersive space, not to be missed. As described in the booklet you receive on arrival, “Inspired by the day’s weather conditions, sound, light and wind inside the cafe
Being a bit of a John Lewis ‘Superfan’, earlier this month I paid a little visit to the newly opened flagship store at Grand Central in Birmingham. Having closely followed the development of Grand Central I couldn’t wait to see what John Lewis had come up with! When they opened the York store I was
As we are now in full festive season, the Leeds Christkindelmarkt has returned! Earlier this month, one Saturday morning I went for a wander, any excuse to have a little winter warmer in the morning! Millennium Square has once again been transformed in to a beautiful winter village filled with traditional wooden chalets and twinkly lights
Last Friday the 2015 Northern Design Awards took place at the Titanic in Liverpool, where the recently completed Friends of Ham project in Ilkley pick up an award for the Best Retail Environment. It’s a real honour to be recognised at the awards and we are so pleased to see Friends of Ham win! Congratulations
I finally got myself down to my new local coffee shop in Chapel Allerton – House of Koko. After seeing all of the mouthwatering instagrams every Saturday morning courtesy of regular customer @whipuntilfluffy, it’s been on my visit list for a while! So a little Sunday morning stroll was called for to try out their
A few months ago I wrote a little article for Leeds Indie Food which was featured in their Extended Festival Programme for #LIF15 (designed by the very talented Hungry Sandwich Club). If you didn’t manage to get a copy here it is! Plans are already underway for #LIF16 and I can’t wait to see what
As ‘Phygital’ retailing progresses and grows, there is a development in to the more subtle use of technology. This can be seen in Dalziel &Pow’s concept for The White Company through the use of integrated projections in to the retail environment, where there is shift away from more traditional technology and touchscreens in to more
The change of the high street is a hot topic! It has been for many years and will continue to be, as consumer habits constantly change as well as the way in which they interact with brands. It’s a subject that has a huge amount of opinion across all levels of the spectrum as to
Towards the end of last year, November saw the launch of Lambert’s Yard in Leeds, ‘an independent concept store and creative event space’. Unable to make the launch night due to a diary clash I made my way down to Lower Briggate soon after it’s opening to have a good look around to see what’s