Luke's Thought of the Month - Perceptions
Rembrandt was nine years old when Shakespeare died.
I have always been struck by this remarkable fact.
Luke’s Journal
Luke's Thought of the Month - Context
Context is everything and everything has context.
TEN FROM TEN
"In the last decade we have designed over 300 rugs but these are the ten designs that we have chosen that best represent our 10 years on the Pimlico Road”. Luke Irwin
Ten plays from Luke
We have been on the Pimlico Road for ten years, and we are celebrating with our anniversary collection Ten from Tens, 10 rugs from 10 years, and looking at some of our top tens. Here are ten plays Luke would like to see again.
Ten books from Luke
We have been on the Pimlico Road for a decade, and we are celebrating with our anniversary collection Ten from Ten, 10 rugs from 10 years, and looking at some of the team's 'top tens'. Luke reads widely, here are the top ten books he would happily pass on.
BY DESIGN SEASON TWO PODCASTS
By Design Season Two podcasts - now live By Design, the sell out talk series created by Sir John Soane Museum in partnership with Luke Irwin, returned for its second season in the summer of 2021. The series in which leading designers discuss an object that has inspired them in some way, and through it discuss and disse
'Bucklersbury in simple time'
At the heart of the city of London in the late sixteenth century Bucklersbury was, according to John Stow, ‘on both the sides throughout possessed of Grocers and Apothecaries.’
Winter Skies
"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" Percy Bysshe Shelley. A photo story celebrating winter skies.
What to see this month...Theatre
Luke saw 'The Mirror & The Light' last week and here are his recommendations for theatre to go and see this month.
About last night...
Last night we celebrated the opening of our new showroom with friends old and new. Here are pictures of the evening.
Award winning architect Amanda Levete In conversation with Will Gompertz
The last in our current 'By Design' season.
