EMBRACE OWNERS CLUB

A great picture of embrace in situ here. Thanks to: www.great-british-designs.co.uk for sharing your happy customers picture.

LDF 2011

This year I have taken a break from my usual routine of launching new products at 100% design and instead I have chosen to get my head down and actually take some time over designing some new products for launch in 2012. That being said, I could not let a LDF go by without being present. So if you are in and around the London Design Festival over the next few weeks be sure to check out: Design Junction. Here i will part of a Pop-Up Shop with various other designers (listed above), at the Pop-Up Shop you will be able to buy Embrace, Pantone Wallstore and Standard (for the very first time since it's launch at 100% design last year).

The event is located at:
Victoria House/Basement
37—63
Southampton Row
WC1V 4DA

Opening times: 22—25 September 2011 / 10—19.00pm daily.

Check out: www.thedesignjunction.co.uk for more details.

EMBRACE OWNERS CLUB

A couple more shots of embrace in situ. First one again looking well used in donkey mode.

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A nice email from another happy customer. Thanks Adam for taking the time to take the picture and send it in. Looks great below your limited edition cl O ck.

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Great pic for the Embrace owners club album. This is a walnut embrace in "donkey" mode. Performing well I'd say. Cheers for the pic sid.....& kerry & slinky G.

embrace in situ!

Just burning my new Press packs for ICFF and are adding some very nice situ shots of embrace taken by the amazing photographer Alistair Nicholls. You can enjoy more of his work here: http://www.alistairnicholls.com/

I have a few more shots that I will post when I'm not right in the middle of the worlds most exciting city!

Highly Commended

Embrace = Highly commended for the Grand Designs Product Design Awards 2011.......NICE!

- Posted from my iPhone

Location:Edgware Rd,Paddington,United Kingdom

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Another one for the embrace owners club / andrex advert. Thank you heather for sending in the pic. Enjoy the puppy!

Happy Customer

Amidst all the stress's of moving studio and struggling to find storage space for too many prototypes, a few emails have put a smile on my face today. The first from Rob. A happy 'Woodskin' customer. Rob says:

"I follow your blog and occasionally see people send in pics of your products and while i cant afford the embrace or any other your other creations at the moment I hope one day I will! (I am debating the standard when it is available) however i thought i would send you a pic of something i can afford".

Thanks for this Rob and don't worry, I can't afford many of my pieces neither. The one thing I have always said to myself is to: "never design what you can't afford"..............I'm still trying to master this.

The second was an order for an embrace from somebody with a great address:

For anybody that isn't aware, that's the Isokon building. See info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isokon

I really hope this owner sends in a nice pic of the embrace in situ.

I really enjoy the fact that an embrace will be situated in such an iconic design building. I also enjoy the fact that embrace was designed for a university brief to design a modern take on the penguin donkey. A product that was designed for Isokon by Egon Riss, a former resident in the Isokon building. :)

WELL PACKED

When I received this yesterday, it put a smile on my face. Firstly because the embrace that was inside it was in absolute perfect condition and secondly because it confirms my packaging is actually worth the whole £6 I spend on it. The image shows the box that took my embrace from the UK to Germany for the Red Dot awards where it was taken out, judged and then packed up and sent from Germany back to the UK.

Incase you were wondering.......no, I didn't win. But I did win free entry, you wouldn't catch me paying over a £100 to enter a competition.

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Here's a great few snaps that were kindly sent to me by an Italian customer called 'Tomaso'. Tomaso looks to have a very cool house and it looks like he certainly reads the right books.

BATCH 02

Lots of packing and sending going on lately catching up on back orders as the first part of BATCH NO. 2 arrives in the studio. A quick snap of the B-E-A-UUUUUUUUUUTTTIIIFFFUUULL walnuts that have come with this batch, these are the best I've ever seen, i'd be proud to be the owner of one of these myself........one day......next to my walnut eames lounger and ottoman.

Also a quick snap of the results from the new debossing stamp on a birch embrace, (the old one was getting a bit worn).

PRODUCT TESTING

I thought I'd test the strength of embrace with a spot of indo-boarding. Test successful! Don't worry embrace has had a much more thorough testing than this and I know it's absolutely solid, well it takes my 15 stone weight jumping up and down on it! And it's a brilliant sledge!
PLEASE NOTE: This was an extremely scratched embrace that the delivery driver dropped from his fork lift, do not try this at home! :)

IN USE

I've just been around at Angus's (snowhome owner) doing a spot of puppy & kid sitting while he went out for a few festive drinks. This is the first time i've seen an embrace truly in situ and truly being used by somebody else that isn't family! It looks great and was a great feeling to see.

This is actually one of my early prototypes cold pressed and hand finished. I'm really surprised it's held up! Although on close inspection I'm not sure you could say it has. But it certainly looks cool in use and with puppy teething marks down the side!

EMBRACE FOR KIDS

Back in December I gave my Dad an embrace for Christmas. And when all the family gathered at his house for some festive fun I noticed my niece sat playing on the embrace, using the small table as a bench and the larger one as a desk. Right then I knew it would make a great photo, so when my niece was visiting the studio for the day I thought I'd get some quick snaps. Thanks for the modeling holly :).

A SNEAK PEEK

This week is the week of 'create10'. The degree show at York St John University, where I'm still based in my studio within the 'DesignWorks' residents space.

Every year at the show the residents also show some of their latest work. However, because I'm focusing on new products to be launched this September during the LDF, I will not be showing any BRAND NEW products. Instead, I've put a little bit of time into creating a limited edition run of an old design from my student days. I'll keep the product a secret until the show (although it's pretty obvious through the image above). I will also be showing the finished Pantone wallstores (by SELETTI) and Embrace (both now available through various UK retailers).

Here's a sneak peek of the packaging of that secret product! Once the show is underway, I'll will blog the product and make it available through my webshop: http://johngreendesigns.bigcartel.com/

Sitting Pretty

I received a nice image from one of my customers of their embrace in situ. It was a nice feeling to see an embrace that isn't in the workshop.

Now I've received this image I feel the urge to ask all the other embrace owners out there to send in their mages. SO..........if your reading this post, then please feel free to send in a pic of your embrace in situ. Please send them to: jg@johngreendesigns.co.uk

Maybe I'll email a few of you. :)