Founded by husband and wife duo Alexander and Helen Shepel, SHEPEL’ is a custom furniture manufacturer and multi-brand design studio which specialises in the crafting of luxury furniture and interiors. We chat to Alexander about the beauty of going bespoke…
Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: September 2024; our monthly instalment of sustainable life and style news where we curate a selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas and places to visit. This month we’re feeling inspired by the coming of…
Value in the second-hand and the salvaged seems to be rising, considerably. Where noses would once turn at the thought of something that wasn’t shiny and new and wrapped in cellophane, today car boot sales are back and booming, home…
Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: August 2024, which brings you sustainable lifestyle news every month. Our round-up includes our curated selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month we explore an opportunity to learn more…
Finding just the right candle is hard. Not only are there more scents on the market than sense, but greenwashing in the candle industry is most certainly aflame. You have ingredient lists that are beyond translation. “Vegan” labels slapped onto…
This summer, luxury design studio Elicyon celebrate 10 years of service to the industry. And we use service with significant intent here, because in only a decade Elicyon has triumphantly curated a hulking and most enviable portfolio of over 90…
Welcome back to enki’s Eco Edit: July 2024, which brings you sustainable lifestyle news every month. Our round-up includes our curated selection of eco-friendly brands, shopping ideas, and places to visit. This month we explore the new additions to Recork’s…
Tasked with transforming a derelict Victorian house into a family home fit for modern living, Rees Architects have carefully considered this building’s connection to its gardens within the Wanstead Village Conservation area. Born and bred in Wanstead, the owner had…
VEJA has recently opened the doors of its very first UK store within the cobbled circumference of Seven Dials, London. Taking residence on 45a Monmouth Street, the B Corp trainer brand worked with Deidra Hodgson on curating a retail space…
Fresh in from French design brand, Cornilleau, the Play-Style collection features meticulously crafted ping-pong tables that elegantly shape-shift into designer furniture for indoors and outdoors. Switching between the two modes in an instant, Cornilleau celebrates the joy of getting together…
Garde Hvalsøe, known for crafting high-quality kitchens and cabinetry, and Denmark’s leading manufacturer of exclusive wooden flooring, Dinesen, have joined forces with Copenhagen-based architects, Djernes & Bell, for the redesign of their showroom in Aarhus, Denmark. When three iconic Danish…
When it comes to curating sustainable homes and interiors, material matters. In fact, we’d go as far as saying that a healthy material palette is, in fact, what lays strong foundations for a non-toxic home. In most residential cases, gypsum…
Six Key Trends from an Inspired Industry Seventy-five brands in the Tile of Spain group of manufacturers offered fascinating displays at the 40th edition of the Cersaie fair in Bologna, Italy, celebrating an industry full of vibrancy and invention, and…
Emerging non-profit enterprise Common Knowledge is using a design blueprint to teach people how to build mobile tiny homes using sustainable materials. The Irish social enterprise has developed this new micro-home called Tigín, named after the Gaelic word for small…
Japanese designer Yuma Kano has creatively worked with forest debris to create ForestBank, a new type of wood that looks to minimise waste. This pioneering material design makes use of debris from the forest floor that would normally be considered…
